A Book for All Readers / An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries

by Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Books for Authors

Authors and Publishers

A MANUAL OF SUGGESTIONS FOR BEGINNERS IN LITERATURE

Comprising a description of publishing methods and arrangements, directions for the preparation of MSS. for the press, explanations of the details of book-manufacturing, instructions for proof-reading, specimens of typography, the text of the United States Copyright Law, and information concerning International Copyrights, together with general hints for authors. By G. H. P. and J. B. P.

Seventh Edition, re-written with additional material.

8°, gilt top               net, $1.75

CHIEF CONTENTS

Part I.—Publishing arrangements—Books published at the risk and expense of the publisher—Books published for the account of the author, i. e., at the author's risk and expense, or in which he assumes a portion of the investment—Publishing arrangements for productions first printed in periodicals or cyclopædias—The literary agent—Authors' associations—Advertising—On securing copyright.

Part II.—The Making of Books—Composition—Electrotyping—Presswork—Bookbinding—Illustrations.