This article is part of a series available on this Children’s Book Writing site. Each article offers an annotated glossary of terms specific to a particular aspect of the publishing industry and writing. For clarity and context, some terms may appear in more than one glossary.
The entire glossary encompassing all the terms listed in the combined articles, but without extended annotations, is also available on this site.
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BASIC PUBLISHING TERMS – The Book
- board book - small format book for toddlers made from sturdy thick laminated card. Confusingly, these are often listed in catalogs as hardcovers.
- bind up - two or more fiction books bound together in one volume. These are usually reissues of popular titles.
- binding - whether a book is hardcover, paperback, spiral bound etc. Some books are stitched, and others glued.
- front matter - the pages before the main content in a book e.g. title page, dedication, table of contents etc.
- hardback or hardcover - hard covered book. These are sturdier than paperbacks, so are popular with libraries, especially for children’s picture books.
- library binding - sturdy hardcovers
- paperback - soft covered book
- slipcase - a set of books such as Narnia is sometimes presented as one unit in a cardboard slipcase.
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