In this episode of The Editing Podcast, Denise and Louise demystify publishing language – the terms professionals use to describe the parts of a book – so that you can talk with confidence about your text. Listen to find out more about:

• the beginning (or front matter; prelims), the main or body text and the end matter (or back matter)
• part titles, half titles, and title pages
• forewords and prefaces
• acknowledgements
• pages, page numbers, and folios
• double page spreads (DPSs)
• rectos and versos
• running heads and running feet
• drop caps or dropped capitals
• chapter drops
• appendices and glossaries
• footnotes and endnotes
• bibliographies, references, and indexes

Editing bites

• The Chicago Manual of Style
• New Hart’s Rules

Indexing societies

• American Society for Indexing
• Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers
• Australia and New Zealand Society of Indexers
• China Society of Indexers (site in Chinese)
• Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer/German Network of Indexers
• Indexing Society of Canada/Société canadienne d’indexation
• Nederlands Indexers Netwerk/Netherlands Indexing Network
• Society of Indexers (UK)

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Denise and Louise

• Denise Cowle Editorial Services (non-fiction)
• Louise Harnby | Proofreader &...