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  2. Library binding - Wikipedia

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    Buckram variety swatches that can be used to cover books. Library binding can be divided into the two major categories of "original" and "after market". The original category is as it says: the book was originally bound with the idea that it would be used in a library setting where the book would receive harder use than those usual trade editions sold to the public.

  3. Book size - Wikipedia

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    The following table is adapted from the scale of the American Library Association, [1] [9] which uses a basis sheet of 19-by-25-inch (483 by 635 mm) [10] which is, confusingly if not explained by the source, half the text/book stock sheet of 25-by-38-inch (635 by 965 mm), and in which size refers to the dimensions of the cover (trimmed pages ...

  4. List of booksellers' abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Ex-lib: Ex-Library copy, a book once held in library. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Not to be confused with Ex Libris. Ex Libris: From the library of, referring to previous owner—often found on bookplates .

  5. Bookbinding - Wikipedia

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    Library binding refers to the hardcover binding of books intended for the rigors of library use and are largely serials and paperback publications. Though many publishers have started to provide "library binding" editions, many libraries elect to purchase paperbacks and have them rebound in hard covers for longer life.

  6. Volume (bibliography) - Wikipedia

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    For instance, a library that subscribes to a periodical and wishes to preserve it typically takes a set of the issues and has them bound into a volume. [2] [3] A publisher may also separately publish a volume out of previously published issues; this is common with graphic novels.

  7. Book design - Wikipedia

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    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 the inside of the back cover page, extending from the facing page before it, is the endpaper.

  8. Comparison of e-book formats - Wikipedia

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    It is a proprietary raster image compression and binding format, with reading time OCR plug-in modules. The company scanned a large number of Chinese books from the National Library of China, which became the major stock of their service. The detailed format is not published.

  9. Hardcover - Wikipedia

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    Some publishers publish paperback originals if slow hardback sales are anticipated. For very popular books these sales cycles may be extended, and followed by 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 ...