Reference
Publishing & Printing Glossary (A–Z)
Plain-English definitions of the words printers, designers and publishers use.
A
- ARC Publishing business
- Acid-free paper Paper
- Advance Publishing business
- Also by Marketing & sales
- Alt text Ebooks & digital
- Audiobook Ebooks & digital
B
- BISAC / Thema Publishing business
- Back cover copy Marketing & sales
- Back matter Writing & editing
- Baseline grid Typography & layout
- Basis weight Paper
- Beta reader Writing & editing
- Bleed Printing & prepress
- Blurb Marketing & sales
- Board book Binding & book structure
- Brightness Paper
- Bulk Paper
C
- C1S Paper
- CIP data Publishing business
- CMYK Printing & prepress
- Caliper Paper
- Case binding Binding & book structure
- Case laminate Binding & book structure
- Coated paper Paper
- Comp titles Marketing & sales
- Copyedit Writing & editing
- Copyright Publishing business
- Copyright page Publishing business
- Cover stock Paper
- Cream paper Paper
- Creep Printing & prepress
- Crop marks Printing & prepress
D
- DPI Printing & prepress
- DRM Ebooks & digital
- Developmental edit Writing & editing
- Digital printing Printing & prepress
- Dinkus Typography & layout
- Distribution Publishing business
- Dot gain Printing & prepress
- Drop cap Typography & layout
- Duodecimo Binding & book structure
- Dust jacket Binding & book structure
E
- EAN-13 Publishing business
- EPUB Ebooks & digital
- Earn out Publishing business
- Edition Publishing business
- Em dash Typography & layout
- Embossing Printing & prepress
- En dash Typography & layout
- Endorsement Marketing & sales
- Endpapers Binding & book structure
F
- FSC Paper
- Fixed layout Ebooks & digital
- Flap copy Marketing & sales
- Foil stamping Printing & prepress
- Folding dummy Printing & prepress
- Folio (format) Binding & book structure
- Folio (page number) Typography & layout
- Font Typography & layout
- Fore-edge Binding & book structure
- French flaps Binding & book structure
- Front matter Writing & editing
G
- GSM Paper
- Ghostwriter Writing & editing
- Grain direction Paper
- Grayscale Printing & prepress
- Groundwood Paper
- Gutter Typography & layout
H
- Halftone Printing & prepress
- Head and tail Binding & book structure
- Headband Binding & book structure
- Hinge Binding & book structure
- Hybrid publishing Publishing business
- Hyphenation Typography & layout
I
- ISBN Publishing business
- ISSN Publishing business
- Imposition Printing & prepress
- Imprint Publishing business
J
- Justified text Typography & layout
K
- KDP Select Ebooks & digital
- Kerning Typography & layout
- Kindle Unlimited Ebooks & digital
L
- LPI Printing & prepress
- Lamination Printing & prepress
- Launch Marketing & sales
- Lay-flat binding Binding & book structure
- Leading Typography & layout
- Leaf Binding & book structure
- Legal deposit Publishing business
- Ligature Typography & layout
- Line edit Writing & editing
- Lining figures Typography & layout
- List price Publishing business
- Literary agent Publishing business
- Live area Printing & prepress
M
- Manuscript format Writing & editing
- Margins Typography & layout
- Measure Typography & layout
- Metadata Publishing business
N
- Newsletter Marketing & sales
O
- Octavo Binding & book structure
- Offset printing Printing & prepress
- Old-style figures Typography & layout
- Opacity Paper
- Orphan Typography & layout
- Overprint Printing & prepress
P
- PDF/X Printing & prepress
- PFH Ebooks & digital
- PPI (image) Printing & prepress
- PPI (paper) Paper
- PUR binding Binding & book structure
- Perfect binding Binding & book structure
- Pica Typography & layout
- Point Typography & layout
- Preflight Printing & prepress
- Preorder Marketing & sales
- Print on demand Printing & prepress
- Print run Publishing business
- Printing line Publishing business
- Proof Printing & prepress
- Proofreading Writing & editing
- Public domain Publishing business
- Publisher of record Publishing business
Q
- Quarto Binding & book structure
- Query letter Publishing business
R
- RGB Printing & prepress
- Read-through Marketing & sales
- Reader magnet Marketing & sales
- Recto Binding & book structure
- Reflowable Ebooks & digital
- Registration Printing & prepress
- Returns Publishing business
- Rich black Printing & prepress
- Rights Publishing business
- Rivers Typography & layout
- Royalty Publishing business
- Running head Typography & layout
S
- Saddle stitching Binding & book structure
- Safe zone Printing & prepress
- Sans serif Typography & layout
- Scene break Typography & layout
- Self-publishing Publishing business
- Sell sheet Marketing & sales
- Sensitivity reader Writing & editing
- Serif Typography & layout
- Signature Printing & prepress
- Sink Typography & layout
- Small caps Typography & layout
- Smyth sewn Binding & book structure
- Spine Binding & book structure
- Spine width Binding & book structure
- Spiral binding Binding & book structure
- Spot UV Printing & prepress
- Spot color Printing & prepress
- Sprayed edges Printing & prepress
- Style sheet Writing & editing
- Synopsis Writing & editing
T
- Text block Binding & book structure
- Total ink coverage Printing & prepress
- Tracking Typography & layout
- Trim size Printing & prepress
- Typeface Typography & layout
U
- Uncoated paper Paper
- Untrimmed size Printing & prepress
V
- Vanity press Publishing business
- Verso Binding & book structure
W
- Wholesale discount Publishing business
- Widow Typography & layout
- Wire-O binding Binding & book structure
- Word count Writing & editing
X
- x-height Typography & layout