Mass Communications Chapter 10:

Papyrus- One of 1st substances to hold language and symbols

Parchment-  treated animal skin

Codex - book in which paper-like sheets were cut and sewed together along an edge

Manuscript Culture -period during the middle ages when priests & monks advanced the art of bookmaking

Illuminated Manuscripts -  books from the Middle Ages with illustrations

Block Printing-developed by early Chinese printers; hand carving illustrations into blocks of wood then printing it on paper

Printing Press- first method for mass production; made in the 15th century. It reduced the size and cost of books

Vellum -  handmade paper made from treated animal skin, used to print the Gutenberg Bible

Paperback books - Cheap paper covered books, introduced in the United States in mid-1800s

Dime novels - cheaply produced and low-priced novels popular in the US starting in the 1860s

Pulp fiction -  a term that describes late 19th century paperbacks and dime novels

Linotype - technology made in the 19th century that enabled printers to use a typewriter style keyboard

Offset lithography - enabled books to be printed from photographic, reducing the cost of color and illustrations and permitting computers to perform typesetting

Trade books -  the most visible book industry segment

Professional books - technical books that target various occupational groups and are not meant for ordinary people

Textbooks - books made for elementary through high school and college

University Press - the segment of book industry that publishes scholarly books in specialized areas

E-book - Digital book

Book challenge -formal complaint to have a book removed from a library

Acquisitions editors - editors who seek out and sign authors to contracts

Subsidiary rights - selling the rights to a book for use in other media forms

Developmental editor -  editor who provides authors with feedback

Copy editors - the people in magazine, newspaper, and book publishing who attend to specific problems in writing, such as style, content, and length

Design managers - publishing industry person who works on the look of a book

E-publishing - Internet based publishing houses that design books for low prices for authors who want to self publish a title