The Author's Desk Book Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of the Relations of the Author to the Publisher, Copyright, The Relation of the Contributor to the Magazine, Mechanics of the Book, Arrangement of the Book, Making of the Index, Etc.

_Being a reference volume upon questions of the_ RELATIONS OF THE AUTHOR TO THE PUBLISHER · COPYRIGHT · THE RELATION OF THE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE MAGAZINE · MECHANICS OF THE BOOK ·...

The present writer is a strong believer in the advantage to the author of remaining on a single publisher's list, provided the publisher has shown himself to be enterprising, an...

The law requires also that the postmaster to whom are delivered the articles to be deposited in the Copyright Office shall, if requested, give a receipt therefor, and shall mail...

The publication is accepted in England as being simultaneous if the time between publication in England and in America does not exceed fourteen days. It is important to note tha...

Type sizes in the present day are determined by the point system, the fundamental unit of which is the point. This is obtained by dividing a length of 13⅘ inches into 996 equal...

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In French, a forename is sometimes joined to a surname by a hyphen. In such cases make the entry under the family name, with a cross-reference from the forename: e.g., entry, _R...

NOTE.--_(b) Signifies terms used in connection with binding only. (c) Terms usually employed in connection with the composing-room. (e) Terms used in engraving. (el) Terms used...

=Half-binding= (_b_).--When a book is covered with leather on the back and corners, and the sides covered with cloth or paper, it is said to be half-bound, half-morocco, half-ru...

=Sorts= (_c_).--The letters in the boxes of a case; _out of sorts_, to be out of any needed letter or character; _runs on sorts_, when copy calls for more than the usual number...

Publisher: relations with author, 3; personality of, 6; decision on merits of manuscript, 7; creates advance demand for book, 8; handling of subsidized books, 11, 12; making con...