In this episode of The Editing Podcast, Denise and Louise demystify publishing language – the terms professionals use to describe the parts of a book – so that you can talk with confidence about your text. Listen to find out more about:the beginning (or front matter; prelims), the main or body text and the end matter (or back matter)part titles, half titles, and title pagesforewords and prefacesacknowledgementspages, page numbers, and foliosdouble page spreads (DPSs)rectos and versosrunning heads and running feetdrop caps or dropped capitalschapter dropsappendices and glossariesfootnotes and endnotesbibliographies, references, and indexesEditing bitesThe Chicago Manual of Style New Hart’s RulesIndexing societiesAmerican Society for IndexingAssociation of Southern African Indexers and BibliographersAustralia and New Zealand Society of IndexersChina Society of Indexers (site in Chinese)Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer/German Network of IndexersIndexing Society of Canada/Société canadienne d’indexationNederlands Indexers Netwerk/Netherlands Indexing NetworkSociety of Indexers (UK)Ask us a questionThe easiest way to ping us a question is via Facebook Messenger: Visit the podcast's Facebook page and click on the SEND MESSAGE button.Denise and LouiseDenise Cowle Editorial Services (non-fiction)Louise Harnby | Proofreader &...