Basic Book Design

Welcome to the Wikibook on Basic Book Design or How to Make Your Book, Document, or Newsletter Look Professional.

Contents

 * /Introduction/

1. Documents

 * 1.1 /Software Applications/
 * 1.2 /"Art" vs. Readability/
 * 1.3 /Font/
 * 1.4 /Leading/
 * 1.5 /Justification/
 * 1.6 /Page Size/
 * 1.7 /Margins/
 * 1.8 /Headers, Footers, and Page Numbers/
 * 1.9 /Number of Pages/

2. Chapters

 * 2.1 /Headings and Subheads/
 * 2.2 /Master Documents/

3. Paragraphs

 * 3.1 /Indentation/
 * 3.2 /Word Division/
 * 3.3 /Widows And Orphans/
 * 3.4 /Quotations and Extracts/
 * 3.5 /Captions and Legends/

4. Sentences

 * 4.1 /Spaces Between Sentences/
 * 4.2 /Examples and Rephrasing/
 * 4.3 /Punctuation in Quotations/
 * 4.4 /Spelling and Grammar Checkers/
 * 4.5 /Reading Grade Level/

5. Words

 * 5.1 /Emphasizing Words/
 * 5.2 /Writing Out Numbers/
 * 5.3 /Gender/
 * 5.4 /Me, Myself and I/
 * 5.5 /E-mailspeak/

6. Characters

 * 6.1 /Straight Quotes vs. Curly Quotes/
 * 6.2 /Foreign Language Characters/
 * 6.3 /Dashes/
 * 6.4 /Ellipsis/
 * 6.5 /Ligatures/
 * 6.6 Small Caps
 * 6.7 /Bullets/

Front and Back Matter

 * /Capitalizing Words in Titles/
 * /Table of Contents/
 * /Indexes/
 * /Footnotes/
 * /References/

Graphics

 * /Ornaments/
 * /Charts and Graphs/
 * /Illustrations/

10. Covers

 * 10.1 /Graphics Software/
 * 10.2 /Hardcover vs. Paperback/
 * 10.3 /Title and Subtitle/
 * 10.4 /Front Cover/
 * 10.5 /Back Cover/
 * 10.6 /Spine/

11. Legal Issues

 * 11.1 /Copyright/
 * 11.2 /Right of Publicity/
 * 11.3 /Right of Privacy/
 * 11.4 /Libel/

12. Before Sending Your Book to the Printer

 * 12.1 /Copyeditors/
 * 12.2 /Asking for Feedback/
 * 12.3 /Pre-Printing Checklist/
 * 12.4 /Recommended Newsgroups and Websites/

Appendix
A. /About the Authors/