Appearances of Inire

Jeff Wilson · 29 Jun 2010, 19:01 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:01:51 -0500
Subject: (urth) Appearances of Inire
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On 6/29/2010 1:08 PM, John Watkins wrote:
> ...and almost everyone in the world refers to a "page" as being a single
> face of the paper, not a single sheet of paper.  Which there are
> different numbers on the opposite sides of the sheet.

Technically, most published books have several pages printed on a large 
sheet of paper that is called a signature when it is folded for 
attachment to others to form a volume. They are (or were) then cut into 
separate leaves to give the reader access to the pages otherwise 
concealed within the folds.

The Book Club edition of SotL, for instance, has 16 signatures by my 
count, accounting for the 279 pages of story, 1 about the author, and 8 
front matter if they alternate 10 leaves as in the first signature with 
8 leaves as in the last. There are two more protective blank leaves of 
sturdier paper which are actually part of the end papers glued inside 
the covers.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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