TY - GEN AU - Berne, Debbie TI - Design of books : an explainer for authors, editors, agents and other curious readers SN - 9780226822952 U1 - 744.5 PY - 2024/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press N1 - Contents Introduction 1 The Physical Book 7 Kinds of Books 9 The Parts of a Book 11 Printer's Specifications 18 Printing 27 CHAPTER 2 Type 31 Brief History 33 Looking at Letters 37 Font Categories 38 The Character Set 45 Choosing Type 49 Type Size 55 Styling Type 56 CHAPTER 3 The Cover 59 What's on a Cover 61 The Creative Brief 66 Genre 70 Craft 80 Process 90 The Online Cover 92 The Rest of the Cover 94 CHAPTER 4 Inside the Book 99 The Spread 100 Front Matter 101 Back Matter 107 The Body of the Book 109 The Page 120 Setting Type 123 Interior Decorating 130 CHAPTER 5 Illustrated Books 33 Illustrated How? 134 Vision and Planning 135 Designing Visual Books 141 Image Quality and Production 148 CHAPTER 6 Ebooks 151 Brief History 153 Devices and Apps 155 Reflowable Ebooks 156 Fixed-Layout Ebooks 163 CHAPTER 7 The Design Process 167 Traditional Publishing 169 Self-Publishing 185 The Finished Book 199 Postscript 201 Appendix 203 Type Etiquette 204 Freelance Design Contract 208 Resources 213 Glossary 217 Notes 226 Further Readings 233 Image Credits 237 Acknowledgments 238 Index 239 ER -