Project Gutenberg 2007-12-06 Public domain in the USA. 156 Hitchcock, Frederick H. (Frederick Hills) 1867 1928 De Vinne, Theodore Low 1828 1914 Vinne, Theodore Low de Vinne, Theo. L. de 06046354 The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Building of a Book" by Frederick H. Hitchcock and Theodore Low De Vinne is a non-fiction work written in the early 20th century. This informative volume presents a series of practical articles authored by experts in various aspects of bookmaking and distribution, aiming to demystify the complex processes involved in creating a book from manuscript to published work. The opening of the book features a foreword by the editor, Frederick H. Hitchcock, emphasizing the misconception that printing is an easy task. He contrasts the perception of bookmaking as straightforward with its technical intricacies, noting that successful commercial printing requires skilled craftsmanship and an understanding of diverse processes, such as typography, proof-reading, and binding. Hitchcock's introduction sets the tone for the subsequent articles, which collectively detail the multifaceted nature of book production, underscoring the collaborative effort of various specialists in ensuring the quality and integrity of printed materials. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Books Book industries and trade Z Text Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Teaching & Education 585546 585297 2024-09-10T08:58:37.548545 2023-09-10T12:03:20.502905 text/html text/html 585756 2007-12-06T10:04:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 609021 2007-12-06T10:04:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 682184 2024-09-10T08:58:45.566548 application/epub+zip 683575 2024-09-10T08:58:39.420536 application/epub+zip 266212 2024-09-10T08:58:38.352549 application/epub+zip 892162 2024-09-10T08:58:50.415485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 836624 2024-09-10T08:58:44.623546 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451960 2022-09-11T06:59:55.298788 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 539070 538940 2024-09-10T08:58:36.515615 2023-09-10T12:03:19.498888 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 539061 2007-12-06T10:04:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 191613 2007-12-06T10:04:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 539066 2007-12-06T10:04:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 191545 2007-12-06T10:04:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21166 2024-09-10T08:58:50.561483 application/rdf+xml 11791 2024-09-10T08:58:38.715543 image/jpeg 3248 2024-09-10T08:58:38.531544 image/jpeg 663843 2024-09-10T08:58:37.623672 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia