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The name and term stuck for any publisher's contents on a book's back cover, even after the picture was dropped and only the text remained. In Germany, the blurb is regarded to have been invented by Karl Robert Langewiesche around 1902. In German bibliographic usage, it is usually located on the second page of the book underneath the half title ...
The back panel or flaps of the dust cover are printed with biographical information about the author, a summary of the book from the publisher (known as a blurb) or critical praise from celebrities or authorities in the book's subject area. The back of a dust jacket often has a barcode for retail purchase, and the book's ISBN. The information ...
Front cover contents may usually be: For novels, the novel title in large letters, author name, tagline and symbol of publisher (in corner) Back cover (also called 'lower cover') contents may usually be: For novels, a back cover text or teaser that gives a hint of the story in an attractive way. A picture of the writer. A summary
Body text or body copy is the text forming the main content of a book, magazine, web page, or any other printed or digital work. This is as a contrast to both additional components such as headings, images, charts, footnotes etc. on each page, and also the pages of front matter that form the introduction to a book.
What I’ve written so far comes, more or less, from this 440-page book’s back cover blurb, but I’m not sure of a better way to summarize this work that I’ve been crafting for three years.
On 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.
B eyoncé’s latest album Cowboy Carter, which was released today, features a cover of what is widely regarded as Dolly Parton’s most renowned song, “Jolene.”While the pop star kept some of ...
The terms are shortened from Latin: rēctō foliō and versō foliō (which translate as "on the right side of the leaf" and "on the back side of the leaf"). The two opposite pages themselves are called folium rēctum and folium versum in Latin, [1] and the ablative rēctō, versō already imply that the text on the page (and not the physical page itself) are referred to.