[Forum] Book publishing

Hello, I need help finding the guidelines for formatting and editing a book dedicated to teens/young adults. What is the best place to look for these? (The publisher prefers Chicago style). Thank you, Adina

[Forum] RE: What to name the publishing info page?

Thanks. Copyright page it is. I can now tell German publishers to please put that word at the top of the page and not "Imprint" or "Colophon" in their bilingual books and catalogs.

[Forum] RE: blank pages between chapters

Ahh ... the joys of self-publishing authors. But you're right, if he wants to stick in his Aunt Martha's recipe for grits in between parts, all you can do is advise him, and then he does what he wants. Problem only comes up if you think it's a really bad book for which he would accept very few of yo

[Forum] RE: Internships

Seconding the recommendation to check out Chicago Women in Publishing. Another organization to look into for job/internship postings is the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Chicago: http://www.ynpnchicago.org/s/269/start.aspx

[Forum] Publishing term

I just had a client contact Simon and Schuster regarding a book proposal. The website told her to submit a Title Information Sheet. Neither she nor I can find the term anywhere. Can anyone tell me what that is? Is it part of the front matter or something else entirely?

[Forum] RE: Best publishers for cookbook

Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing, does gorgeous cookbooks. Chronicle Books, here in San Francisco, also does some beautiful ones. It's worth going to the bookstore and finding cookbooks you like and then seeing who publishes them! Good luck!

[Forum] RE: "underway" is now one word in all uses -- AP Stylebook 2013

I bet you'll find that most newspapers and magazines embrace this (since most already follow AP) and most publishing houses and literary journals react with a giant "meh." AP is always trying to find ways to save more space for ads.

[Forum] RE: Ebook formatting

Hi drfarooq and welcome to the forum. I'm not quite sure I follow the question. Do you mean an alternative to CMOS's recommendations? What kind of e-book are you creating (what type of book, which industry or niche, who is your target audience)? If you are self-publishing, you have a lot o

[Forum] RE: When to use italics vs. quotation marks

Working in the publishing field, I'd hazard a guess that most publishers of fiction follow CMOS. But with fiction being artistic and creative rather than technical, there's no rigid way to approach it. There are many variations on the theme.

[Forum] RE: Page breaks in book publishing

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