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Gregath Publishing e-zine
Volume 7, Number 8
August, 2008
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 The Gregath Publishing Company 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?
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Spiral Binding: Soft type of binding by means of a spiral-twisted wire or plastic coil at spine.
Library Binding Institute (LBI): The main trade associating representing the binding industry. They collaborated with the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) to produce the American National Standard fro library binding.
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For other printing, publishing, marketing lingo, check our glossary at http://www.gregathcompany.com/gloss.html
Run across a word that you don't understand?
Try us - e-mail
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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Do add other things besides text!
Books can be dry facts, or the most wonderful and engaging non-fiction historical account. However, it's always nice to "spice up" the text with other items.
Text items beyond your data:
This date in history...
Factoids, did you know, and "trivia"
newspaper items - both actual news and advertisements
"academic" history - history that influenced but not directly touched the family
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/publish/design/elements.html
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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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For more space savings, you may be able to work with the spacing before and after - yes they can be set to negative numbers. This is generally not as easy to work with though.
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This section is also published at
http://www.gregathcompany.com/FAQ\manuscript.html
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Marketing advice
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USPS Online click and ship - www.usps.com/business - can save you from 5 cents per package on up - the post office will even pick up at your door (just us your "door" address when creating your account, rather than a post office box).
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/bookselling.html
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Genealogy ideas
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Nothing new this month - do you have something you'd like to share?
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Have a tip? e-mail
us
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Computer aid!?!
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If adjusting line spacing in MS Word, go to the Format-Paragraph box. For a "quick squeeze" that most people wouldn't notice, instead of the default 12 point/single space, set it for 11 point/ 12 point space. This shrinks the font as well as the line spacing, but very little. By setting the line space 1 point higher than the font, it keeps the white separation space that makes it easier to read, but not as much as single space does.
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Note: All references to
"click" are using the left mouse button unless otherwise noted.
Have a question or tip?
e-mail
us We may be stumped, but either way you'll get a personal reply.
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About this e-zine
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