Exam Details
| Subject | Editing and pre-press | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Post Graduate Diploma in Book Publishing | |
| Department | School of Humanities (SOH) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
What do you understand by 'House Style' Discuss with reference to different house styles adopted for different types of books.
Write an essay on the commissioning process in a publishing house. Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.
Differentiate between a Referee and a Reviewer of books. Who is more important and why?
Write a note on the process of refereeing, giving some of the areas a referee would look at in his/her assessment.
Distinguish between elementary, medium and heavy copy editing, using appropriate examples.
Write an essay on "Proof-reading: A new way of reading". Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.
'What are the four basic kinds of layout? Briefly discuss each type.
Discuss the three methods of artwork preparation, using appropriate illustrations.
5. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 150 -200 words each:
Substantive Editing
Multimedia Publishing
Evaluation of Books and Articles
Copy Marking
Cropping and Scaling of Illustrations
Write an essay on the commissioning process in a publishing house. Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.
Differentiate between a Referee and a Reviewer of books. Who is more important and why?
Write a note on the process of refereeing, giving some of the areas a referee would look at in his/her assessment.
Distinguish between elementary, medium and heavy copy editing, using appropriate examples.
Write an essay on "Proof-reading: A new way of reading". Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.
'What are the four basic kinds of layout? Briefly discuss each type.
Discuss the three methods of artwork preparation, using appropriate illustrations.
5. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 150 -200 words each:
Substantive Editing
Multimedia Publishing
Evaluation of Books and Articles
Copy Marking
Cropping and Scaling of Illustrations
Other Question Papers
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- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Editing and pre-press
- Editing Books for Children
- Editing Scientific, Technical and Medical Books
- Editing Text Books
- Introduction to Publishing and its legal aspects
- Marketing , Promotion and Distribution of Books
- Production and Emerging Technologies