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Gregath Publishing e-zine
Volume 7, Number 1
January, 2008
Helping writers, genealogists and computer users of all kinds
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Table of Contents
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What's It Mean?
Design Inspiration
Book Manufacturing Concepts
Marketing Advice
Genealogy Ideas
Computer Help

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What�s It Mean?
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Adhesive binding: Soft or hard type binding. Pages held together by adhesive/glue, rather than any form or sewing or mechanical attachment (stapled).

Back Matter: Material in the back of a book, after the main text - after word, reference, bibliography, index, etc.

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For other printing, publishing, marketing lingo, check our glossary at http://www.gregathcompany.com/gloss.html
Run across a word that you don't understand? Try us - e-mail us your word, term or phrase and we will see if we can shed some light on the matter!
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Design Inspiration
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Clip art can be found in a variety of places. However, since you are publishing a book that you will probably be charging money for, you must be careful about Copyrighted work. More information about Copyright can be found at http://www.copyright.gov. Sources of clipart abound online and you can right the webmaster/publisher for permission if they are not copyright free. There are clip art books and CD combos you can purchase that have unrestricted work. Old books, periodicals and catalogs may be either public domain or under expired Copyright as well.

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This section is drawn from
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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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Hybrid Continued: Disks can be placed in envelopes or slim-line jewel cases to be delivered (or shrink wrapped) with printed books, or spindles may be attached to the end sheets to secure a CD in a hybrid book. Content ideas for this include:

Well marked fact or fiction files - your notes, unrelated information and "best guesses"

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This section is also published at http://www.gregathcompany.com/media.html
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Marketing advice
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If you attended a college or other institute of higher learning, don't forget to contact them with PR. Many would love to run an alumni success story.

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This section is drawn from http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/marketingfreeadvertising.html
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Genealogy ideas
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The Registry of War Ration Books, including 83 Canadian books can be found at the link below. For those of you not familiar with food rationing, during World War Two the government issued ration stamps in books to each family member. There were four series of books, and there was a
complicated maze of instructions (typically published in the newspaper) as to which stamps were valid at any given time.

Prior to this project at Genealogy Today, the largest known private collection of ration books was a 900-book collection housed in Colorado. The registry was approaching 5,000 books (early October 2007), and is expected to double again in 2008. In addition to the books being collected,
contributions from visitors to the web site are helping expand the database and ensure these interesting genealogical documents get properly archived.

To view the images, visit this page and search for surnames:

Index of War Ration Books
http://genealogytoday.com/guide/war-ration-books.html

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Computer aid!?! - NA
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