Design (Book and Cover)
Layout, selection of font and font size and typesetting of a book. See Cover Design.
Developmental Editor
Person who deals with the overall organization of a book's manuscript rather than with changes such as wording of sentences within paragraphs. A developmental editor also addresses reordering entire blocks of text and such an edit may extend to reordering entire chapters. The edit may also address tone, voice, addition or deletion of material, complexity of material and transitions among paragraphs and sections of the book. Compare to Book Doctor.
Disintermediation
Business arrangement in which there is no middleman in a transaction.
Discount (short discount, deep discount, industry-standard discount)
Reduced book price offered by self-publishers to authors who prepay for copies in bulk.
Distributor
Company, group or individual who sells products or services to retailers instead of to consumers.
Domain Name
Registered Web address or URL of a particular party. Registration often requires a small fee that prevents other parties from registering the same domain.
Download
Move file(s) from a server, from a network or from the Internet to a computer. Move file(s) from a computer to a diskette, CD or memory stick. Down implies moving to a smaller device. Compare Upload.
DPI (Dots per Inch)
Convention expressing graphic resolution of a graphic file, resolution of a computer monitor or potential printing density of a computer printer.
Layout, selection of font and font size and typesetting of a book. See Cover Design.
Developmental Editor
Person who deals with the overall organization of a book's manuscript rather than with changes such as wording of sentences within paragraphs. A developmental editor also addresses reordering entire blocks of text and such an edit may extend to reordering entire chapters. The edit may also address tone, voice, addition or deletion of material, complexity of material and transitions among paragraphs and sections of the book. Compare to Book Doctor.
Disintermediation
Business arrangement in which there is no middleman in a transaction.
Discount (short discount, deep discount, industry-standard discount)
Reduced book price offered by self-publishers to authors who prepay for copies in bulk.
Distributor
Company, group or individual who sells products or services to retailers instead of to consumers.
Domain Name
Registered Web address or URL of a particular party. Registration often requires a small fee that prevents other parties from registering the same domain.
Download
Move file(s) from a server, from a network or from the Internet to a computer. Move file(s) from a computer to a diskette, CD or memory stick. Down implies moving to a smaller device. Compare Upload.
DPI (Dots per Inch)
Convention expressing graphic resolution of a graphic file, resolution of a computer monitor or potential printing density of a computer printer.
THE "D" GLOSSARY
