What is A Book Typesetting?

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Book typesetting is the process of designing the layout/format/design of the text of a book.  There are a number of aspects of book typesetting that the editor/author should keep in mind when typesetting the book.  First, the font should be appropriate for the type of book.  A serious book that is non-fictional should not have a font that looks comical or too detailed.  Rather a more conservative font would be appropriate for the book.

Book typesetting also involves the organization of the different elements of the book, including graphics, text, charts, graphs, photos, type, etc.  The arrangement of these elements should flow together and have a unifying them.  If they are not flowing together well, or if a certain element does not fit with the theme of the book, it should be discarded or placed within a portion of the book where it fits better.  The book should not be too filled with one element or another, but mixed with a good balance.

Of course when typesetting a book, the author should use a software spell checker to check spelling and grammatical mistakes.  However, these spell checkers often do not include very unique words or words of a different language.  So the author/editor must also go through the book line by line to ensure that the grammar and spelling errors are all cleaned up.  The more people who proofread the book, the better the results will be with fewer errors.  The author should understand the use of every word in his/her book.  If a word's usage is questionable, the author should look up the word in the dictionary to ensure that his/her use of the word is warranted.

Again, there should be at least two people minimum who proofread the book.  One person goes through the book and spells out every word as well as speaks every grammatical mark.  So the person would speak the words "period, comma, quote, single quote," while the other person would carefully listen and note whether the grammatical mark should be placed there.  The other person would also note whether the verbal structure of the book makes sense when spoken out loud. 

In terms of punctuation, one space should always be used after all punctuation with no exceptions. The two spaces rule applies to typewriters only. Underlining should never be done as modern word processors can type in italics.

The above guidelines should always be followed when typesetting a book to ensure the highest quality.