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Facility 4 - Lesson. 7 "A book on shelves. Expert Yulia Potemkina

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Continuing a series of posts about your book writing training (See previous posts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)I'll tell you about lesson seven. In this lesson, Yulia, the leading editor of the publishing house MIF, talked about her work and how the book looks structurally. Honestly, after this lesson, I realized that I would like to involve an editor in improving my book, whose work is similar to what happens at code review. It checks the quality of the material, the audience to which the book is aimed, and whether it is suitable for a particular audience, it also takes into account the reader’s solvency and determines which niche and series the book should be inscribed in. And then he takes the next steps.

  • Book plan and design Whether the material is properly designed and structured to be convenient for the reader. It is important that the design and format of the book should correspond to the audience and purposes of use.
  • Table of contents and structure of the book The logic and structure of the book are important for the reader, and it is also important to carefully exit the book. (finale). Also useful to the reader rubrication and table of contents, by which he understands the content of the book.
  • Volume and structure of the book The volume of the book depends on the reader. It is important to divide the book into chapters, sections and subsections for the convenience of the reader.
  • Additional texts and illustrations The illustrations in the book add complexity, so they should be justified in terms of benefit to the reader. It is also necessary to take into account their impact on the cost of the book and delivery time, as well as take into account the work with copyrights.
  • Charts and tables They should be simple and visual to facilitate the understanding of information. It is important to consider units of measurement and summarize the data in headings.
  • Origin of data Data sources must be specified to avoid copyright issues.
  • Publication apparatus This is the title for binding the book in the form of a preface, afterword, thanks, glossary and other reference materials.
  • Evaluation and restructuring of the book structure Since it is important to consider the needs and interests of the reader when creating a book, the publisher can offer his ideas and help in restructuring the structure of the book.

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