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Gregath Company e-zine
Volume 15, Number 12
December, 2016
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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Page Number (Electronic Manuscript): Number of page from the beginning of the manuscript. this file page number, not manuscript page number. i.e. the last page of the book is numbered 100, but there is a frontice piece and 8 alternately numbered pages making the last electronic manuscript page number 110.
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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As the end of the year approaches, sometimes economy is a good thing to keep in sight when designing your book. While most people realize hard bound copies cost more than soft bound copies, and electronic books even less, check with your publisher: Give them your goals - include wished for binding quality, general quantity, and anything else. Then ask if they have economical recommendations. You may be surprised at some of the creative solutions professionals can offer that an author may not have even considered.
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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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Do you have Copyright release for a reprint but don't have access to any materials but a printed book? Don't despair: As long as the book printing doesn't run into the binding a good quality manuscript is achievable fairly quickly. The bad news is, depending on the binding margin and state of paper, you may have to sacrifice the book. The spine can be cut off the book and the loose sheets digitized. This will not improve on anything in the printed copy, but generally the "copy of copy" will with today's software, the result is little to no visible quality loss for the general reader. If the paper from the book is still in good condition and the binding margin was large enough, the book may be rebound as well. Let us know if we can help.
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Marketing advice
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Marketing is promotion! To promote a book, many things should be pointed out such as:
bonus information included that is not "in print" - CD with content, link to private website/repository, QR Codes, etc.
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/marketing
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Genealogy ideas
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Wondering if PERSI (at Find My Past) is worth your
attention? Visit DearMYRTLE for a quick overview:
http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2014/10/wacky-wednesday-about-persi.html
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Have a tip? e-mail
us
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Computer aid!?!
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Do you have templates that you don't use - while you do use others? Perhaps you made a mistake on a template and don't need it anymore? Try right clicking on the template: you should get a shortcut menu which includes a delete function. Sometimes a bit of housekeeping in your files/types can save repeated scrolling or search time.
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Have a tip? e-mail
us
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About this e-zine
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