| copyright © |
n. exclusive legal right of an author to control the publication of his or her work - also v. |
| Do writers have to register copyright to prevent unauthorized publication? |
| author |
n. the writer of a book, play, essay, article etc |
| We've invited authors from all over the world to attend this year's book festival. |
| bind |
v. [bound, bound] to fix pages of a book together after printing - binding n. |
| If a book isn't bound properly, the pages might start falling out after a while. |
| blurb |
n. short, promotional description of a book usually printed on the cover or dust jacket |
| The blurb says it's about the murder of a famous Hollywood movie star. |
| chapter |
n. one of the main divisions or sections of a book |
| Just let me finish this chapter, and then I'll be with you. |
| contents |
n. a list near the front of a book or magazine showing all the sections or chapters it contains - also table of contents |
| There should be a page near the front that lists the book's contents. |
| desktop publishing |
n. the use of page layout software to design and produce printed publications and/or online content - also DTP abbr. |
| All you need to start a desktop publishing business is a computer and some DTP software. |
| e-book |
n. a book published in digital form that can be read on an e-reader or other electronic device with a suitable display - also electronic book or eBook |
| It took me a while to get used to reading e-books, but I really love them now. |
| edit |
v. to check, modify and generally prepare written material for publication - editor n. |
| Even famous writers have to let an editor edit their work before it's published. |
| e-publishing |
n. the business of publishing online or in digital formats, incl. online newspapers & magazines, e-books & e-journals etc - also electronic publishing or digital publishing |
| New profit sources in e-publishing include political e-mail and social media campaigns, data harvesting and selling, and so on. |
| e-reader |
n. a mobile device for reading any of the e-books and other digital publications stored in it - also e-book reader or e-book device |
| My first e-reader had a built-in dictionary for checking new words while reading. |
| fiction |
n. stories about imaginary events and people - fictional adj. - see non-fiction |
| After retiring from the police force, Walter became a successful writer of detective fiction. |
| font |
n. a set of letters and numbers in a particular style used for printing text or displaying it on a screen - also typeface n. |
| Which font will you use? Times New Roman or another one? |
| front cover |
n. the front of a book or magazine on which the title is usually printed |
| Romance novels with a beautiful young couple on the front cover always sell better. |
| hardback |
n. a book with hard, stiff covers made of board - also adj. |
| Compared to paperback and digital editions, hardbacks are really expensive. |
| index |
n. an alphabetical list at the back of a book showing names, places, topics etc and the pages on which they're mentioned - also v. |
| Non-fiction books usually have an index, but novels and other works of fiction don't. |
| inside front cover |
n. front flap of the book's jacket, sometimes carrying the blurb - IFC abbr. |
| Is there anything on the inside front cover? |
| jacket |
n. the protective paper cover supplied with most hardbacks - also dust jacket n. |
| The book's colourful jacket made it stand out in stores. |
| non-fiction |
n. informative writing about the real world, real events or real people [eg: science, history, biography etc] - also adj. - see fiction |
| If a book's about the science of climate change it's non-fiction, but if it's a novel about climate change it's fiction. |
| paperback |
n. a book with soft, flexible covers made of paper or card - also adj. |
| Paperbacks are lighter than hardbacks and easier to carry when you're travelling. |
| spine |
n. the long, narrow part of a book's cover that pages are fixed to and that faces outward from a shelf |
| The spine's got the title and the author's name on it, but shouldn't it also have the publisher's logo? |
| title |
n. the name of a book, chapter, poem, song, film etc |
| A book sells more copies if its title is catchy and easy to remember. |
| title page |
n. the page of a book (often the third) that carries the title in large type |
| Does a title page have anything on it besides the book's title? |
| typeset |
v. [-set, -set] to put type [i.e. letters, numbers, symbols etc] in the right order before printing a text - also adj. |
| Printed text used to be typeset by hand, but these days most publishers and printing companies use typesetting software instead. |