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题名/责任者:

The design of books : an explainer for authors, editors, agents, and other curious readers / Debbie Berne.

出版发行项:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2024]

ISBN:

9780226822952

ISBN:

0226822958

载体形态项:

246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

变异题名:

Explainer for authors, editors, agents, and other curious readers

丛编说明:

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

丛编统一题名:

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.

个人责任者:

Berne, Debbie, author.

论题主题:

Book design-Handbooks, manuals, etc.

论题主题:

Publishers and publishing.

论题主题:

Book industries and trade.

中图法分类号:

TS881

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

内容附注:

Introduction -- 1. The physical book. Kinds of books ; The parts of a book ; Printer's specifications ; Printing -- 2. Type. Brief history ; Looking at letters ; Font categories ; The character set ; Choosing type ; Type size ; Styling type -- 3. The cover. What's on a cover ; The creative brief ; Genre ; Craft ; Process ; The online cover ; The rest of the cover -- 4. Inside the book. The spread ; Front matter ; Back matter ; The body of the book ; The page ; Setting type ; Interior decorating -- 5. Illustrated books. Illustrated how? ; Vision and planning ; Designing visual books ; Image quality and production -- 6. Ebooks. Brief history ; Devices and apps ; Reflowable ebooks ; Fixed-layout ebooks -- 7. The design process. Traditional publishing ; Self-publishing ; The finished book -- Postscript -- Appendix. Type etiquette ; Freelance design contract ; Resources -- Glossary.

摘要附注:

"Of all the aspects of making a book, design is perhaps the most mysterious. Authors and readers surely realize that covers are designed objects that, like it or not, books are commonly judged by. But a book's interior is also the product of a designer's careful attention to such matters as where the page numbers go or how wide the margins are. Even publishing professionals-editors, agents, marketing staff-often have only the vaguest idea of how designers use type, color, space, and other elements to turn manuscripts into visually distinctive and compelling books. This is the first book that explains what designers do for the benefit of all the "word people" involved in making (and enjoying) books. By demystifying how she and her fellow design professionals approach their tasks, Debbie Berne seeks to make authors and publishing colleagues informed partners in design decisions and to ensure the process is collaborative from start to finish. She considers self-published as well as traditionally published authors in her advice. And along the way, she offers delightful reflections on how each part of a book functions and how they ideally come together as a package for the ultimate benefit of the reader"--

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