\let\roman\rm \let\italics\it \font\sml=cmr8 %\font\sml=cmr7 % % \centerline{\bf Bibliography} \medskip \noindent This bibliography was created on behalf of the University of London Phototypesetter User Group, and contains descriptions of a selection of books which may be useful to those using the phototypesetter. It concentrates on books relating to the design of books and on those dealing with manipulation of text on computers. The order in which the books are listed is a classification in which books about books come first and those dealing almost exclusively with computers come last. For most of the books I have added a short comment which should indicate whether these are books to buy and treasure, to order through a library or flick through in a bookshop. A fuller, computer-readable version of the text is available as a Famulus citations file. Requests for copies of the bibliography, amendments and suggestions for additional books, should be made to {\obeylines Carol~Hewlett, Computer Service London School of Economics Houghton Street London, WC2A~2AE email: {\tt hewlett@uk.ac.lse} } \bigskip\hrule\bigskip % \goodbreak{\parindent0pt Horace Hart:\par {\it Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press Oxford}\par Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York. 39$^{\rm th}$ Edition. 1986 \smallskip 182 pp. Proof marks, further reading, index. \quid8. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishing history:\/} Originally compiled by Horace~Hart,~MA Printer to the University, 1883--1915. First edition, 1893. Fifteenth edition (the first for general sale), 1904. Thirty-eighth edition 1978. Thirty-ninth edition 1983, reprinted 1986 with corrections. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} In printing and publishing houses Hart is a household word. First printed in 1893, specifically for Compositors and readers at the University Press, Oxford, and first published (in its 15$^{\rm th}$ edition) in 1904, this little book of Rules has become indispensable to all professionals, and widely useful to others concerned with the business of putting words into print -- which includes such matters as alternative spellings, punctuation, capitalization, italicization, abbreviations, and many other details. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} This book and the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors together give the house style of OUP at its best. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{ \roman F Howard Collins:\par {\italics The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors}\par Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1981 \smallskip} \rm 448 pp. Proof marks. {\quid}9. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishing history:\/} Originally the Authors' and Printers' Dictionary, first edition 1905, eleventh and last edition 1973. The current book was edited from that last edition by the Oxford English Dictionary Department. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} This authoritative dictionary is an indispensable aid to writers, editors, journalists, publishers and all those concerned with the written word. It provides rulings on a variety of problems, including spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, foreign words and phrases commonly used in English, and proof-correcting conventions. It ensures an up-to-date and consistent style in material intended for publication. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{ \roman Judith Butcher:\par {\italics Copy Editing}\par Cambridge University Press. 1975 \smallskip} \rm \quid22 {\medskip\noindent {\it Comment:\/} the standard English work on copy editing \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman {\italics The Chicago Manual of Style}\par University of Chicago Press. 13$^{\rm th}$ edition, 1982 \smallskip} \rm 738 pp. Glossary, proof marks, further reading, index. \quid30 {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishing history:\/} First edition, 1906, 12$^{\rm th}$ edition 1969. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} For over seventy-five years the University of Chicago Press {\it Manual of Style} has been the standard reference tool for authors, editors, copywriters, and proofreaders. Updated many times since 1906, it now goes into its thirteenth edition -- the first to introduce a change in title. Bowing to what has become nearly universal usage, we now call the {\it Manual} what everybody else calls it, {\it The Chicago Manual of Style\/} -- or, for short, {\it The Chicago Manual\/}.\hfil\break Two pervasive features characterize the present edition: it reflects the impact of the new technology on the entire editing and publishing process, and it spells out, in greater detail and with many more examples, the procedures with which it deals. It is, in short, much more a `how-to' book for authors and editors than was its predecessor. In chapter 2, on manuscript preparation and copyediting, for example, new sections have been added on how to mark a manuscript and how to mark type specifications on a script. Chapter 12 (`Tables'), completely rewritten, begins with advice on how to make a table from raw data. Chapters 15 through 17, on documentation, have been reorganized and greatly expanded, offering many more alternative methods of citation and a wealth of examples. In chapter 18 (`Indexes'), clear step-by-step procedures for the mechanics of index making are set forth. The terminology and methodology of technological advances (in word processing, computerized electronic typesetting, and the like) are reflected most prominently in chapter 20, `Composition, Printing, and Binding' (new to this edition), and in the Glossary. Other notable features of the present edition are chapter 4 (`Rights and Permissions'), rewritten in light of the new copyright law, and chapter 9 (`Foreign Languages'), which includes a new table of dicritics, a pinyin (Chinese) conversion chart and data on several more languages.\hfil\break Throughout, {\it The Chicago Manual} aims to give clear and straightforward guidelines for preparing and editing copy -- with the emphasis on the sensible, the practical, and the economical. As did its predecessors, the thirteenth edition of the {\it Manual} states the style preferences of the University of Chicago Press and reflects the current practices and requirements of the great majority of American publishers. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} The standard American work on typesetting style etc. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Hugh Williamson:\par {\italics Methods of Book Design -- The Practice of an Industrial Craft}\par Yale University Press, New Haven and London. 3$^{\rm rd}$ edition. 1983 \smallskip} \rm 392 pp. Glossary, further reading, index. \quid13. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishing history:\/} First edition, 1956, and second edition, 1966, published by Oxford University Press. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} Since its first edition was published in 1956, this book has been recognised as a classic work, and has become a basic tool for the practising book designer. $\ldots$ Writing for authors, booksellers, librarians, and the general reader, as well as for teachers and students of printing design and for publishers and printers, the author assumes no technical knowledge in his readers. He deals with such matters as the preparation of copy, the selection and arrangement of type, the designer's part in book illustration and jacket design, and the economics of book production; and he explains the materials and techniques of book production and their effect on the design of books. His analysis, for the benefit of the designer, of computer-centered digital photo-composition, based on his first-hand experience as a printer and typographer, is of particular interest and value. $\ldots$ The third edition has been completely rewritten to cover innovations in book production tendencies and techniques over the last twenty years, in the light of the author's continued experience in publishing and printing. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} All you need to know about producing books. Highly recommended. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman John Miles:\par {\italics Design for desktop publishing -- a guide to layout and typography on the personal computer}\par Gordon Fraser Gallery Ltd. London and Bedford. 1987 \smallskip} \rm 103 pp. Glossary, proof marks, further reading, index. \quid12. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} This book is produced with a standard of layout unusual in desktop publishing. The text has been written and laid out on a personal micro by a professional designer with many years of typographic experience. Here, clearly, simply and thoroughly he examines the whys and wherefores, the do's and don'ts of design and production for various types of printed material. These he relates to the specific needs of the pc and its user and he shows how the problems can be solved.\hfil\break All print requires careful presentation but for material that must persuade, instruct or sell, that care is particularly important. Following the sound advice informally presented here, many desktop publishers will dramatically improve the visual quality of their productions. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} a very useful introduction to design, with emphasis on publications such as newsletters. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Henry Jacob:\par {\italics A pocket dictionary of Publishing Terms -- Including explanations and definitions of words and phrases commonly used in the production and distribution of books}\par Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd, London. 1976 \smallskip} \rm 70 pp. It {\it is} a glossary! proof marks, further reading. \quid2. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} Over six hundred terms used internationally in the preparation, production and distribution of books concisely described and explained -- entries include proof correction; paper sizes; typesetting, printing and binding processes, techniques and machines; blockmaking and platemaking; as well as the various sales, editorial and administrative functions performed in publishing. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Stanley Unwin:\par {\italics The Truth About Publishing}\par George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London. 8$^{\rm th}$ edition. 1976. \smallskip} \rm 256 pp. index. \quid13. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishing history:\/} First published 1926; eigth edition revised and partly re-written with much new matter by Philip Unwin. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} Hailed by the late Jonathan Cape as `the Publisher's Bible' and reviewed on its first appearance as `more than a guide book for young authors or an eye-opener for a would-be publisher $\ldots$ it is a fascinating inside story of a little understood profession told by an acknowledged expert', {\it The Truth About Publishing} was at once recognized as the authoritative work on the subject. $\ldots$ the reader is taken through the various departments, the arrival of manuscripts, editorial consideration, agreements, production, selling at home and overseas, copyright, publicity, publishing as a profession $\ldots$ \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} This book summarizes the stages in publishing and contains a section on book design. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman S H Steinberg:\par {\italics Five Hundred Years of Printing}\par Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, England. 3$^{\rm rd}$ edition 1974 \smallskip} \rm 400 pp. Further reading, index.\par {\it not in print} {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishing history:\/} First edition, 1955; second edition, 1961; third edition revised by James Moran. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} {\it Five Hundred Years of Printing} traces the close interrelation between printing and culture. The author's erudite but highly readable survey takes in not only a long time-span but also particular topics like censorship, best-sellers, popular series, and the connection between printing and education, language, and literature. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} has lots of very good illustrations. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman James Felici and Ted Nace\par {\italics Desktop Publishing Skills -- A primer for Typesetting with Computers and Laser Printers}\par Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. Reading, Massachusetts etc. 1987 \smallskip} \rm 180 pp. Glossary, further reading, index. \quid20. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} Until now, books on desktop publishing have focused on available hardware and software and have neglected the more lasting skills needed to use these tools effectively. This book has been written in response to this need. It provides, in one place, a coherent and accessible introduction to the principles, processes, and techniques of publishing that must be understood before your document production with computers and laser printers can realize its full potential.\hfil\break {\it Desktop Publishing Skills} introduces publishing basics, such as typesetting, design, and page make-up. It is independent of any specific computer or laser printer, making it a more generic and permanent resource for study or reference. What's more, since the entire book was produced by the authors using the technologies and methods described in the book, you will be able to pick up additional ideas on the effective use of desktop publishing by just looking at the book itself. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} From the \TeXline\ review: I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone with any interest in getting more out of computerised typesetting. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Kathy Lang\par {\italics The Writer's Guide to Desktop Publishing}\par Academic Press Inc (London) Ltd, London. 1987 \smallskip} \rm 184 pp. Glossary, index. \quid10. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} Intended for people who write reports and other office documents, articles, books, directories, magazines and newsletters, this book describes how a computer can help in all stages of such tasks. The author takes a practical, commonsense approach, explaining the problems to be expected as well as the facilities to be enjoyed in the use of desktop publishing systems. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} A disappointing book: get Felici and Nace's {\it Desktop Publishing Skills} instead.\bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Deke McClelland and Craig Danuloff:\par {\italics Desktop Publishing Type and Graphics}\par Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Ltd., London. 1987 \smallskip} \rm 265 pp. Proof marks. \quid27 (May 1988 in Dillons.) {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} {\it Desktop Publishing Type and Graphics} is a comprehensive reference to the font and graphic capabilities of desktop publishing. It provides users of electronic publishing software and systems with a complete set of examples as well as succinct descriptions and usage suggestions. With this excellent source of visual ideas and sound advice, the desktop publisher will learn which tools and abilities are available and how they can be used quickly and effectively. \medskip} {\noindent Review in: Electronic Publishing Newsletter, July 1988 (The newsletter of the BCS Electronic Publishing Specialist Group). \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} This book consists entirely of examples showing various typefaces in various sizes. Useful in showing what can be done. I thought it very expensive, but possibly worth it for a group of people doing dtp or similar. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Michael L Kleper:\par {\italics The Illustrated Handbook of Desktop Publishing and Typesetting}\par John Wiley. \smallskip} \rm 770 pp. Further reading. \quid25 {\medskip\noindent Review in: \TeXline\ number 7, February 1988 \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman {\italics Chicago Guide to Preparing Electronic Manuscripts for Authors and Publishers}\par University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 1987 \smallskip} \rm 143 pp. further reading, index. \quid8. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishing history:\/} Edition numbers not given, but earlier versions were published in 1983 and 1984. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} This guide to preparing manuscripts on computer offers authors and publishers practical assistance on how to use authors' disks or tapes for typesetting. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} Basically this book describes the mark-up system prefered by the University of Chicago Press, although there is some sensible stuff about transfering machine-readable material to your publisher. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Kate L Turabian:\par {\italics A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations.} \par The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London. 5$^{\rm th}$ Edition, 1987. \smallskip} \rm 300 pp. Further reading, index. \quid6. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishing history:\/} First edition 1937; fifth edition revised and expanded by Bonnie Birtwistle Honigsblum. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} For over fifty years Turabian's {\it Manual for Writers} has offered comprehensive and detailed guidance to authors of research papers. The fifth edition, extensively revised and issued in a larger format, retains the features that have made the manual, in its earlier editions, the choice of over 5,000,000 writers and students. Throughout, the advice and examples of style usage are based on the thirteenth edition (1982) edition of {\it The Chicago Manual of Style\/}. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} This is not about anything more sophisticated than typewriting. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman J C van Vliet (editor):\par {\italics Text processing and document manipulation -- Proceedings of the First International Conference of the Electronic Publishing specialist group, held in Nottingham, April 1986}\par Cambridge University Press for the BCS Workshop Series. 1986 \smallskip} \rm 278 pp. \quid19 to BCS members (25\% discount) {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} The book covers all aspects of computer document preparation, text processing and printing. Computers are being used increasingly in the processing of documents, from simple textual material, such as letters and memos, to complete books with mathematical formulae and graphics. This volume contains contributions from several established leaders in the field and a number of research articles refereed by an international programme committee. As such, the book gives a good impression of the state-of-the-art in this area. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} I don't know whether this is relevant to photo-typesetting \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman J C van Vliet (editor):\par {\italics Document Manipulation and Typography -- Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Document Manipulation and Typography, Nice (France) April 20--22 1988}\par Cambridge University Press. 1988 \smallskip} \rm 288 pp. Further reading. \quid30. {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} This book is concerned with all aspects of computer document manipulation, text processing and printing. Computers are being used increasingly in the processing of documents, whether they be simple texts, such as letters and memos, or complete books with mathematical formulae and graphics. It is now the case that material may be extensively edited or manipulated on the computer before subsequent output on media such as impact printers, laser printers or photocomposers.\hfil\break Presenting a truly international collection of in-depth papers submitted by many of the experts on electronic publishing, this volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of new ideas and techniques in the field. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} My impression is that this collection of papers is a bit too theoretical if you are principally concerned with the look of your finished work. It includes papers on non-European script. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman A Colin Day:\par {\italics Text Processing}\par Cambridge University Press. 1984 \smallskip} \rm 150 pp. \quid8 in 1987 {\medskip\noindent Extract from review in {\italics University Computing}: This is a clearly written, succinct and well-organized book $\ldots$ A most readable book, equally suitable for computer science students and humanities students (if you believe in teaching them programming), with numerous examples and solutions.\medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} I don't know whether this is relevant to photo-typesetting \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Donald E Knuth:\par {\italics The \TeX book}\par Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts etc. 1986 \smallskip} \rm 483 pp. Index. \quid22 {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishing history:\/} sixth printing 1986; the copyright is 1984 and 1986 by the American Mathematical Society, who are joint publishers. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} Here is the definitive guide to the use of \TeX, written by the system's creator, Donald E. Knuth. \TeX\ represents the state-of-the-art in computer typesetting. It is particularly valuable where the document, article or book to be produced contains a lot of mathematics, and where the user is concerned about typographic quality. \TeX\ software offers both writers and publishers the opportunity to produce technical text, in an attractive form, with the speed and efficiency of a computer system. \medskip} {\noindent {\it Comment:\/} Contains some advice on book design, as well as being {\it the\/} \TeX\ manual. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Adobe Systems, Inc:\par {\italics PostScript Language Program Design}\par Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1988 \smallskip} \rm 256 pp. \quid20 {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} $\ldots$ this guide to the theory and techniques of PostScript programming $\ldots$ begins with a brief overview of the language and takes the reader step by step through a very basic program. Next it explains PostScript concepts that pertain to writing code to creating graphics ({\it sic\/}). \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Adobe Systems, Inc:\par {\italics PostScript Language Reference Manual}\par Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1985 \smallskip} \rm 256 pp. Index. \quid22 {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} It provides a complete description of the language, fully cross-referenced and indexed for the professional programmer and more sophisticated user. With a highly technical, command-by-command description of the language, it gives an overview of the concepts behind PostScript as well as detailed information on implementing the language. The manual assumes a working knowledge of programming, raster imaging and photocomposition. \bigskip} % \goodbreak{\roman Adobe Systems, Inc:\par {\italics PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook}\par Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1985 \smallskip} \rm 256 pp. Index. \quid16 {\medskip\noindent {\it Publishers' description:\/} This definitive guide to PostScript, the software in the Macintosh Office's LaserWriter that enables the printer to produce typeset-quality print and graphics, is from Adobe Systems, Inc., the corporation that created PostScript. A step-by-step, easy to understand guide, this manual gives novices an introduction to the structure of the PostScript language, number handling, graphics operators and image production, and includes practical cookbook examples of their use. The book details how to create running heads, how to make hairline rules, how to draw squares, set typefaces amd make screens. It is a reference guide for anyone who prepares newsletters, brochures and advertisements. }} \smallskip \rightline{\sl Carol Hewlett}