Anatomy of a book

A book is a collection of printed or manuscript pages sewn or glued together along one side and bound between rigid boards or flexible covers  a bound aet of blank sheets of paper e.g. for writing, a published work of literature, science, or reference, or a work intended for publication.          The anatomy of a book refers to the various parts that make up a book and they include; 1.      Front matter or preliminaries, which include the title page, copyright information, dedication, table of contents, foreword, preface, and acknowledgements. The items that are included may depend on the book, but in general, this area is where these items appear. Often front matter pages are numbered separately with lower-case roman numerals, such as i, ii, iii. 2. The text of the book. All of your chapters are included in the main body of the book and generally the page numbering starts at 1. 3. Back matter. This section includes notes, appendices, glossary, bibliography, and the index. Again, not every book has all these items. Now you should consider the pages themselves. First, find a book with a pleasing layout. Open it up and lay it flat on the table. You'll notice that even-numbered pages are on the left-hand (or verso) side and odd-numbered pages are on the right-hand (recto) side. Books  generally have text at the top and/or bottom of the page. This area often includes the book title, chapter title, and page number. These repeating elements are called headers, running heads, or footers (when they are at the bottom). In your layout software program, you need to set up these repeating elements, so they appear on every page automatically. I've written a couple of articles on laying out books in specific software programs that have more information. It is also divided into;       Book Cover or Book Board - The front and back covers are sometimes called the books boards.       Joint - The Joint is a small groove where the books boards are attached to the book and bends when the book is opened.       Raised Band - Raised Bands are raised areas on the spine. They were once the result of cords underneath the cover material that held the books covers on but are now mostly decorative.       Tail - The Tail is the bottom part of the book.       The End sheet - The End sheet is one piece of paper that makes up both the Fly Leaf and the Pastedown. It joins the book block to the cover. Sometimes you will find that this is two separate sheets depending on how the books End sheets were made.       Hinge - The books Hinge is the part that bends when the book is opened.       Fore edge - The Fore edge is the trimmed edge that is opposite of the spine and can sometimes is painted or gilded on higher end books.       Headband - The Headband is a decorative colored cloth band designed to protect the books spine.       The inside pages that make up a book are sometimes referred to as the Text block or book block. They are usually numbered and sometimes come with notes at the bottom to describe what was written on the page or give meaning to difficult words       Dust Jacket or Dust Wrapper - Hard bound books have protective paper or plastic wrappers that wrap around the covers of the book for protection. The dust jacket may also be called a dust wrapper and usually displays artwork as well as the title and author of the book. An example is the Rogers thesaurus dictionary. . s references       google.com       alltheweb       mamma.com       msn       Encarta dictionary