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caption  

Any text directly describing or related to an image.

category  

A group of books of similar genre, form, or readership, gathered together for sales and marketing purposes: e.g., modern fiction, bestsellers. A category is not necessarily a genre, since it isn’t always content-based.

chapter  

Shorter sections that logically divide a book-length work.

chapter epigraph  

Quote at the beginning of a chapter.

chapter head  

All the elements making up the beginning of a chapter, before the main text of the book begins again. This can include chapter titles, numbers, epigraphs, illustrations, etc.

chapter number  

The chapter's identifier in the sequence of chapters.

chapter title  

The chapter's title.

ClearType  

Display technology that makes digital fonts dramatically more readable, using existing font technology and hardware. For more information, see the Open eBooks Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/OpenType/cleartype.

colophon  

Inscription at the end of a book with information relative to its production: fonts, size, paper, printers, etc., can all be part of this. Occasionally colophon is used to mean the publisher logo.

content

The matter contained in a book.

content provider  

The individual or organization that supplies the original content for an eBook or paper book. The content supplier can be an author or other creator, publisher, or packager.

conversion  

The process of changing material from one form to another.

copyright notice  

Legally required statement of who owns what rights in the book.

core book elements  

The elements required for the core reading experience: the book at its most streamlined. This always includes the author, title, and text; and occasionally includes illustrations or other elements.

core reading experience  

The trancelike experience a reader has when she plunges into a book and finds herself immersed in the story or content, without sidetracks or delays caused by things like footnotes and forewords. This is the linear book experience cut to its essential bones: the title, author, and body.

cover art  

Art or graphic presentation used on the paper book’s cover to attract attention and set expectations for the book’s content.

cover copy  

The text on the front and back cover and spine of a (paperback) book.

cover flats  

The printed cover or jacket of a paper book, unfolded, used as a marketing tool.

creator  

The author or other individual or group responsible for generating or supplying content of a book.

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