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Gregath Company e-zine
Volume 14, Number 6
June, 2015
Helping writers, genealogists and computer users of all kinds
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Please note that while an effort to generalize much of this text has been made, some references to "we, our, etc." still occur and much of the information provided applies to Gregath Company, Inc. and may not with other printer/publishers. ALWAYS double check with your printer/publisher on every detail.
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Table of Contents
You may click on each department below to
go directly to that article. At the end of each article (if supported) is
a link back to this contents.
What's It
Mean?
Design Inspiration
Book Manufacturing Concepts
Marketing Advice
Genealogy Ideas
Computer Help
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What's It Mean? A-Z
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Foot band/Headband (also header/footer or head/tail in binding): A strip of embroidered cloth at the end (top/bottom) of the spine, extending beyond the book block. Optional ALA element included in Gregath deluxe binding.
Terms marked with an asterisk (*) are not generally used in our office.
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For other writing, printing, publishing, marketing lingo, check our glossaries
at
http://www.gregathcomany.com/info/dictionary and
http://www.gregathcompany.com/info/dictionary/writers.html
Run across a word that
you don't understand? Try us -
email us your word, term or phrase and we will see if we can shed some light on
the matter!
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Design Inspiration
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Will you make an electronic edition available as well as printed books? Consider your formats in each to decide if one manuscript can be used without modification or by adding functionality to the electronic edition. Sometimes dual manuscripts for dual format editions are best.
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/publish/design/digital
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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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Logic dictates that books with a paper (soft) cover, will not last as long as books with a hard cover.
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Marketing advice
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When producing press releases, here are more suggestions:
Don't hesitate to include a headline (1 line - the essence about your topic and not include author's name)
Consider formatting with "talking points".
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/publish/service/marketing/freeadvertising.html
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Genealogy ideas
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Did you know the Arkansas Genealogical Society has free, proprietary database information in PDF online at http://agsgenealogy.org/databases/default.html?
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Computer aid!?! - see genealogy this issue
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