As an editorial manager at Penguin, Rebecca Lee has seen hundreds of books into print. Here, she explains the mysteries of the craft, from copyediting and proofreading through typesetting and design to printing and binding. She recounts the history of the blurb, and offers insights into the arcana of grammar, punctuation, indexes and footnotes, alongside entertaining anecdotes and humorous typographic errors such as the ‘Fight Letters from Charlotte Brontë’.
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