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37-500: Modern books are paginated consecutively, and all pages are counted in the pagination whether or not the numbers appear (see also: blind folio ). The page number , or folio , may be found at the top or the bottom of the page, often flush left verso , flush right recto . The folio may also be printed at the bottom of the page, and in that location it is called a drop folio . Drop folios usually appear either centered on each page or flush left verso and flush right recto. The book contains

74-406: A mass market paperback edition typeset in a more compact size and printed on thinner, less hardy paper. This is intended to, in part, prolong the life of the immediate buying boom that occurs for some best sellers: After the attention to the book has subsided, a lower-cost version in the paperback, is released to sell further copies. In the past the release of a paperback edition was one year after

111-416: A thumb index to help find material quickly. Gold leaf may also be applied to the edges of the pages, so that when closed, the side, top, and bottom of the book have a golden color. On some books, a design may be printed on the edges, or marbling or a simple colour applied. Some artist's books go even further, by using fore-edge painting . Pop-up elements and fold-out pages may be used to add dimensions to

148-547: A "jacketless" alternative has increased in popularity: these "paper-over-board" or "jacketless" hardcover bindings forgo the dust jacket in favor of printing the cover design directly onto the board binding. If brisk sales are anticipated, a hardcover edition of a book is typically released first, followed by a "trade" paperback edition (same format as hardcover) the next year. Some publishers publish paperback originals if slow hardback sales are anticipated. For very popular books these sales cycles may be extended, and followed by

185-409: A drop folio is used on the opening page of each part and chapter. On pages containing only illustrations or tables, page numbers are usually omitted, except in the case of a long sequence of figures or tables. The following are two instructive examples: The back matter , also known as end matter , if used, normally consists of one or more of the following components: Arabic numbering continues for

222-618: A flexible, sewn spine which allows the book to lie flat on a surface when opened. Modern hardcovers may have the pages glued onto the spine in much the same way as paperbacks. Following the ISBN sequence numbers, books of this type may be identified by the abbreviation Hbk . Hardcover books are often printed on acid-free paper , and they are much more durable than paperbacks , which have flexible, easily damaged paper covers. Hardcover books are marginally more costly to manufacture. Hardcovers are frequently protected by artistic dust jackets , but

259-587: A manuscript is numbered and the sides are referred to as folium rectum and folium versum , abbreviated as r and v respectively. This results in designations like 5r (the front side of the fifth sheet) and 8v (the back side of the eighth sheet). Hardcover A hardcover , hard cover , or hardback (also known as hardbound , and sometimes as casebound ) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth , heavy paper , or occasionally leather ). It has

296-979: A quote or point is drawn. For example, such usage is specified in their citation formats of both the Chicago Manual of Style , and The Bluebook . Some printed versions of the Christian Bible , such as the New Revised Standard Version and the Jerusalem Bible , recommence page numbering with page 1 at the start of the New Testament section, which follows directly after the Old Testament . Guidelines for technical manuals, especially loose bound manuals expected to be updated, often recommend numbering pages by chapter. When numbering by chapter, page "3-2"

333-473: A work—and especially of its body matter—is often described hierarchically. The first page of the actual text of a book is the opening page, which often incorporates special design features, such as initials . Arabic numbering starts at this first page. If the text is introduced by a second half title or opens with a part title, the half title or part title counts as page one. As in the front matter, page numbers are omitted on blank pages, and are either omitted or

370-400: Is the page spread. The left page and right page (called verso and recto respectively, in left-to-right language books) are of the same size and aspect ratio, and are centered on the gutter where they are bound together at the spine . The design of each individual page, on the other hand, is governed by the canons of page construction . The possible layout of the sets of letters of

407-409: Is the second page of chapter 3, page "A-3" is the third page of Appendix A. Larger newspapers have page "numbers" that begin with a letter -- page "B3" is the third page of the second section. In the book Humble Pi by mathematics communicator and YouTuber Matt Parker , the book uses a page numbering scheme where the pages count backwards from 314 to 0, referencing the approximation of 3.14 for

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444-467: The graphic design and immediacy is especially important and publishing tradition and formality are less important. The spine is the vertical edge of a book as it normally stands on a bookshelf . Early books did not have titles on their spines; rather they were shelved flat with their spines inward and titles written with ink along their fore edges. Modern books display their titles on their spines. In languages with Chinese-influenced writing systems,

481-401: The mathematical constant pi (π). E-books and other electronic documents published in a non- reflowable format such as PDF are normally paginated and numbered in the same way as their printed counterparts. While reading devices for reflowable documents such as EPUB e-books may display page numbers, these numbers change from device to device depending on factors such as the size of

518-430: The alphabet, or words, on a page is determined by the so-called print space, and is also an element in the design of the page of the book. There must be sufficient space at the spine of the book if the text is to be visible. On the other hand, the other three margins of the page, which frame the book, are made of the appropriate size for both practical and aesthetic reasons. The print space or type area determines

555-419: The back matter. The front cover is the front of the book, and is marked appropriately by text or graphics in order to identify it as such (namely as the very beginning of the book). The front cover usually contains at least the title or author , with possibly an appropriate illustration . When the book has a soft or hard cover with dust jacket , the cover yields all or part of its informational function to

592-419: The boards, and it too is covered by the cloth. A paper wrapper, or dust jacket, is usually put over the binding, folding over each horizontal end of the boards. Dust jackets serve to protect the underlying cover from wear. On the folded part, or flap, over the front cover is generally a blurb , or a summary of the book. The back flap is where the biography of the author can be found. Reviews are often placed on

629-406: The display and the selected font size. This makes them unsuitable for citation purposes. To remedy this problem, Amazon Kindle e-books contain what are called "location numbers", that is, numbers in the margin of the electronic text that indicate where the corresponding page begins in the printed version of the book. In codicology , each physical sheet ( folium , abbreviated fol. or f. ) of

666-729: The dust jacket. On the inside of the cover page, extending to the facing page is the front endpaper sometimes referred as FEP. The free half of the end paper is called a flyleaf . Traditionally, in hand-bound books, the endpaper was just a sheet of blank or ornamented paper physically masking and reinforcing the connection between the cover and the body of the book. In modern publishing it can be either plain, as in many text-oriented books, or variously ornamented and illustrated in books such as picture books , other children's literature, some arts and craft and hobbyist books, novelty/gift-market and coffee table books , and graphic novels . These books have an audience and traditions of their own where

703-406: The effective area on the paper of a book, journal or other press work. The print space is limited by the surrounding borders, or in other words the gutters outside the printed area. Blind folio Page numbering is the process of applying a sequence of numbers (or letters, or Roman numerals) to the pages of a book or other document. The number itself, which may appear in various places on

740-475: The first page of the body or main content begins with 1. The title page of the body, if present, is a blind folio; similarly, any section title pages (e.g., when the body is broken into multiple parts), are blind folios. The first page of chapter one would then be numbered as page 3. The sixteenth edition of the Chicago Manual of Style calls for the beginning of the text to begin with the Arabic number 1, while

777-467: The front matter (e.g., table of contents, foreword, preface). Front matter generally appears only in the first of a multi-volume work, although some elements (such as a table of contents or index) may appear in each volume. It can get in the way of reading a book for even the most devoted fans of an author. The following table defines some common types of front matter, and the "voice" (or point of view) in which each can be said to be given: The structure of

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814-424: The front matter that precedes it is to be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals. If the front matter is extensive and a second half-title page is included, it is to be numbered as page 1 and its verso as page 2. If a part title is included, it is to be included in the same numbering as the text. Page numbers do not appear on part titles. Most citation systems call for the identification of the page number from which

851-404: The general public are usually printed in hardback only for authors who are expected to be successful, or as a precursor to the paperback to predict sale levels; however, many academic books are often only published in hardcover editions. Hardcovers usually consist of a page block, two boards, and a cloth or heavy paper covering. The pages are sewn together and glued onto a flexible spine between

888-468: The hardback, but by the early 21st century paperbacks were released six months after the hardback by some publishers. It is very unusual for a book that was first published in paperback to be followed by a hardback. One example is the novel The Judgment of Paris by Gore Vidal , which had its revised edition of 1961 first published in paperback, and later in hardcover. Hardcover books are usually sold at higher prices than comparable paperbacks. Books for

925-453: The inside of the back cover page, extending from the facing page before it, is the endpaper. Its design matches the front endpaper and, in accordance with it, contains either plain paper or pattern, image etc. The back cover often contains biographical matter about the author or editor, and quotes from other sources praising the book. It may also contain a summary or description of the book Books are classified under two categories according to

962-411: The main text and a number of paratexts that comprise all of the additional matter that is included in the book. Front matter (or preliminaries; shortened to "prelims") comprises the first section of a book, and is usually the smallest section in terms of the number of pages. Front matter pages are traditionally numbered in lower-case Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, v, etc.), which obviates renumbering

999-406: The page in different ways. Children's books commonly incorporate a wide array of design features built into the fabric of the book. Some books for preschoolers include textured fabric, plastic on other materials. Die-cut techniques in the work of Eric Carle are one example. Clear or reflective surfaces, flaps, textiles and scratch-and-sniff are other possible features. A basic unit in book design

1036-478: The page, can be referred to as a page number or as a folio . Like other numbering schemes such as chapter numbering, page numbers allow the citation of a particular page of the numbered document and facilitates to the reader to find specific parts of the document and to know the size of the complete text (by checking the number of the last page). Even numbers usually appear on verso (left-hand) pages, while odd numbers appear on recto (right-hand) pages. In

1073-420: The pages of their books. Some publishers stick with the default numbering of the tool they are using, which is typically to number the first page of the front matter as 1 and all pages after that in a consecutive order. When publishers wish to distinguish between the front matter and the body, the initial title pages are blind folios, the front matter is numbered using lower-case Roman numerals (i, ii, iii...) and

1110-461: The pages using glue (perfect binding). Some small paperback books are sub-classified as pocketbooks. These paperbacks are smaller than usual—small enough to barely fit into a pocket (especially the back pocket of one's trousers). However, this capacity to fit into a pocket diminishes with increasing number of pages and increasing thickness of the book. Such a book may still be designated as a pocketbook. Some books such as Bibles or dictionaries may have

1147-608: The physical nature of their binding. The designation hardcover (or hardback) refers to books with stiff covers, as opposed to flexible ones. The binding of a hardcover book usually includes boards (often made of paperboard ) covered in cloth, leather, or other materials. The binding is usually sewn to the pages using string stitching. A less expensive binding method is that used for paperback books (sometimes called softback or softcover). Most paperbacks are bound with paper or light cardboard, though other materials (such as plastic) are used. The covers are flexible and usually bound to

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1184-460: The printing industry, in cases where odd numbers appear on verso pages and even numbers on recto pages, this is referred to as non-traditional folios (in the past, it had been referred to as Chinese folios , however this term has fallen out of favor in recent years). In books, some pages, known as blind folios , of the front matter and back matter are numbered but the numbers are not printed. Publishers are not consistent about how they number

1221-401: The remainder of a book when front matter content is added at the last moment, such as a dedication page or additional acknowledgments. Page number is omitted on blank pages and display pages (i.e., such stand-alone pages as those for the half title, frontispiece, title page, colophon, dedication, and epigraph), and it is either omitted or a drop folio is used on the opening page of each section of

1258-402: The spine text, when the book is standing upright, runs from the top to the bottom. This means that when the book is lying flat with the front cover upwards, the title is oriented left-to-right on the spine. This practice is reflected in the industry standards ANSI/NISO Z39.41 and ISO 6357., but "... lack of agreement in the matter persisted among English-speaking countries as late as the middle of

1295-480: The spine text, when the book is standing upright, runs from the bottom up, so the title can be read by tilting the head to the left. This allows the reader to read spines of books shelved in alphabetical order in accordance to the usual way left-to-right and top-to-bottom. The spine usually contains all, or some, of four elements (besides decoration, if any), and in the following order: (1) author, editor, or compiler; (2) title; (3) publisher; and (4) publisher logo. On

1332-663: The title is written top-to-bottom. In languages written from left to right, the spine text can be pillar (one letter per line), transverse (text line perpendicular to long edge of spine) and along spine. Conventions differ about the direction in which the title along the spine is rotated: In texts published or printed in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, Scandinavia and the Netherlands,

1369-609: The twentieth century, when books bound in Britain still tended to have their titles read up the spine ...". In many continental European countries, where the ascending system has been used in the past, the descending system has been used in recent decades, probably due to the influence of the English-speaking countries, such as Italy, Russia, Poland and elsewhere. In many continental European and Latin American countries,

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