Terminology
Dust jacket
Blurb
Hardcover
- If brisk sales are anticipated, a hardcover edition of a book is typically released first, followed by a “trade” paperback edition (same format as hardcover) the next year.
- many academic books are often only published in hardcover editions.
Paperback
一些用纸包装的廉价书籍至少出现于19世纪，用于小册子和各种廉价小说。
Bookworm
Commercial book scanners
Commercial book scanners are not like normal scanners; these book scanners are usually a high quality digital camera with light sources on either side of the camera mounted on some sort of frame to provide easy access for a person or machine to flip through the pages of the book. Some models involve V-shaped book cradles, which provide support for book spines and also center book position automatically.
Folio
Samizdat
地下出版物
Book size
- folio, 305mm × 483mm
- quarto, 241mm × 305mm
想知道四百年前的书是什么形态——大小、排版、质量，最有效的途径就是去看First Folio (1623)。
Book design
Recto and verso