Basic Book Design

__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ 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/ Written communication B 50%