[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question: Title page position
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:49:48 -0800 (PST)
Okay, am I the only oddball who bolds and 20 points all the pre-matter titles?
I figure whichever is the real title is covered, then. Saves my indecisive
nature from stalling interminably on which is the "real" title page. I figure
it cannot hurt, but maybe that is wishful thinking...
Valerie
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From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, January 11, 2012 1:27:31 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question: Title page position
Hi Mayrie, this raises a question for me. I've run into a lot of books that
have the title only on the first page, or the title and author. Then, within
the next several pages they may repeat that several times and then finally have
a page of what is the 'real' title page with the title, author and publisher on
it. Which one should I treat as the title page? Sometimes this page even
occurs
after the copyright page. I've been treating the one with title, author and
publisher on it as the title page.
Don't you love the publishing industry and how it has consistent layouts? grin.
Judy s.
Mayrie ReNae wrote:
Hi Denise,
>
>It sounds to me like the title page that staff is talking about is the first
>title page (many books have two). The first title page contains title, author,
>and publisher only. Generally, the second title page only contains the title
>of
>the book, and nothing else.
>
>So, I'd say not to move the title page that you have on page ten. I assume
>that
>at this point, before you've made any changes, that page 7 is blank. On that
>page, just type the title of the book, bold it, and enlarge it to 20 point
>font. Then type the author and below that the publisher.
>
>In most cases, the copyright page is on the flipside of the actual title page
>containing title, author, and publisher.
>
>And after those two pages are often acknowledgements, dedication, maybe a
>blank
>page, and possibly a page containing just the title of the book.
>
>You shouldn't ever need to reorder pages. It sounds like the title page of
>your
>book didn't scan clearly enough to give you recognizable text. This is very
>very common as publishers seem to think that fancy fonts are desirable on
>title
>pages and OCR chokes on them.
>
>Hope some of that ramble helps!
>
>Mayrie
>
>
>
>
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denise Wagner
>Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:45 AM
>To: bksvol-discuss
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question: Title page position
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I have a simple question. I submitted a book I proofread and it came back to
>me
>needing a title page. The note indicated it should be on page 7. It does
>already have a title page on page 10 right before the page where Chapter One
>begins.
>
>So, the question is: Is there a particular order in which the Front matter
>needs to be in?
>
>I plan to move the title page, of course, to page 7, but I just want to make
>sure I understand for future proofreading.
>
>Thanks,
>Denise
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