In this episode of The Editing Podcast, Denise and Louise demystify publishing language – the terms professionals use to describe the parts of a book – so that you can talk with confidence about your text. Listen to find out more about:
- the beginning (or front matter; prelims), the main or body text and the end matter (or back matter)
- part titles, half titles, and title pages
- forewords and prefaces
- acknowledgements
- pages, page numbers, and folios
- double page spreads (DPSs)
- rectos and versos
- running heads and running feet
- drop caps or dropped capitals
- chapter drops
- appendices and glossaries
- footnotes and endnotes
- bibliographies, references, and indexes
Editing bites
Indexing societies
- American Society for Indexing
- Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers
- Australia and New Zealand Society of Indexers
- China Society of Indexers (site in Chinese)
- Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer/German Network of Indexers
- Indexing Society of Canada/Société canadienne d’indexation
- Nederlands Indexers Netwerk/Netherlands Indexing Network
- Society of Indexers (UK)
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