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Gregath Company e-zine
Volume 19, Number 8
August, 2020
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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Proportional Spacing (scalable font): Type in which every character in the set/alphabet takes as much or as little space as it needs. The "i" and the "w" would take up different amounts of space, rather than "typewritten" or set spacing where they would take up the exact same space.
*Ragged right (Left Justify): Text blocks that are justified on the left only have a ragged right margin because the right margin falls naturally with word breaks without forcing it to become even.
Terms marked with an asterisk (*) are not generally used in our office.-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
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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When designing your book, keep your target audience in mind. If older members are more owners, consider large print, companion media with resizable material and/or computer can read it. Be careful about adding content soley by newer technology - QR codes, etc.
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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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Will you be mailing a lot of books to single readers, or will you be hand selling books in person? If you will be mailing books in ones and twos, consider the weight - do you really need heavier or gloss/coated paper to make your book stand out?
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Marketing advice
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Using "standard typing paper" may allow you to charge less for shipping, thus making mail order more appealing to buyers.
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Genealogy ideas
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Do you have friends that research? If so, consider an ancestor exchange to get a new pair of eyes on difficult research. Be sure you set good ground rules: Amount of time exchanged, sharing research logs, etc.
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Have a tip?
e-mail
us
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Computer aid!?!
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Have you changed passwords lately?
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Have a tip?
e-mail
us
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About this e-zine
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