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Final artwork, including typesetting and graphics ready for reproduction in the final book production process.

Contract/Publishing Agreement
A legal document detailing an author or illustrator’s agreement to sell to a publisher some or all rights to a creative work. Contracts specify what rights under copyright are being granted, the author’s and publisher’s respective obligations under the agreement, the author’s compensation, and other provisions. Agreements can be thick with legalese and typically include anywhere from 3 to 20 pages, with up to 100 clauses.

Content Edit
An edit of a book that checks the flow of the text, its organization, continuity and content.

Copy Edit
An edit that checks for grammar, spelling, punctuation and other "typos."

Copy Editor
Person who edits or redacts copy (manuscript material) submitted by an author. Such editing has the goal of correcting grammar irregularities and inconsistencies and of correcting punctuation, spelling, usage and style.

Copyright
The exclusive, legally-secured right to, among other things, reproduce and distribute works of original expression. Expression is your own unique way of expressing an idea, telling a story, or creating a work of art. Under copyright law, creators hold copyright in a book or other literary work from the moment they put the words down on paper, into a computer file, or into some other tangible medium. Copyright protection in works created after January 1, 1978 generally lasts until 70 years after the death of the creator. Copyright in works created by businesses or before 1978 can last for 95 years from publication. After a work is no longer protected, it falls into the public domain.

Copyright Page
A page toward the front of the book which indicates that the book is protected by copyright, and that permission must be obtained to reproduce all or part of the book. Typically this page also includes cataloging data for libraries.

Cover Design
Aesthetic layout of the front and back covers of a book.

Credit Line
Line of text that assigns credit to the owner of the copyright of the material it refers to.