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bookmaking

bookmaking

1 4.3
Making books by writing, designing, printing, and binding them
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊkˌmeɪkɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : edición
  • The workshop on bookmaking taught students how to design, print, and bind their own books.

Examples

  • But as revivalist typographers made clear (and as Morris was no doubt aware), the goal of suppressing distractions was effected through not only type design but also other aspects of bookmaking, including the variety of paper and method of impression used by the printer.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Many people assume that verbal texts can readily be transferred intact from one object to another; to them, the only reason to collect "books" (physical objects) instead of "works" (texts in any embodiment) is an interest in the crafts of bookmaking and in the printing and publishing industries.

    Academic text (1999)

  • She pursued her passion for bookmaking by studying the art of letterpress printing and handmade binding.

  • After years in the publishing industry, he finally opened his own shop dedicated to the craft of bookmaking.

Synonyms

publishing
vsbookmaking
324 3.3

Business that prepares and sells books and magazines

emphasizes creating printed works through writing, design, printing and binding

How Professional

publishing
324 3.3
bookmaking
  • Specialized
1 4.3
bookbinding
  • Specialized
2 4.6

Surface Forms

bookmaking singular
bookmakings plural

Morphology

bookmaking = book + making (transparent) = book + make + ing

Clear compounding of 'book' + 'making' (the process of making books); the meaning follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Bookmaking also comes from the simple sense of making a book — putting pages together and binding them — so it means the craft or business of creating real books.