Beyond the Codex: Book design in the digital age

Sadokierski, Z

Beyond the Codex: Book design in the digital age

Sadokierski, Z

Permalink

Publisher:: Cambridge Scholars Publising
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Publishing and Culture, 2019, pp. 169 - 183
Issue Date:: 2019-01-01

Closed Access

	Filename	Description	Size
	BeyondTheCodex_Sadokierski-final.pdf	Accepted Manuscript version	229.2 kB	Adobe PDF	View/Open

Copyright Clearance Process

Recently Added
In Progress
Closed Access

This item is closed access and not available.

Full metadata record

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Sadokierski, Z https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9600-8538	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Baker, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Brien, DL	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Webb, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Publishing and Culture, 2019, pp. 169 - 183	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1-5275-2804-9	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/137576
dc.description.abstract	Drawing on Genette’s paratextual theory, recent extensions of that theory, and my insights gleaned from fifteen-years experience as a commercial book designer, this chapter describes how visual and material paratexts – the format, book cover and layout – provide cues for interacting with and interpreting codex books. The chapter addresses what is lost and gained in designing these visual and material paratexts for codex versus e-books. Finally, the chapter argues that understanding the function of visual and material paratexts should inform how we design for all kinds of digital publications; at this ‘incunabula’ stage of digital publishing, we need to reflect on what is, to better design what could be.	en_US
dc.publisher	Cambridge Scholars Publising	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Publishing and Culture	en_US
dc.title	Beyond the Codex: Book design in the digital age	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.location	Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.consider-herdc	true	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

Drawing on Genette’s paratextual theory, recent extensions of that theory, and my insights gleaned from fifteen-years experience as a commercial book designer, this chapter describes how visual and material paratexts – the format, book cover and layout – provide cues for interacting with and interpreting codex books. The chapter addresses what is lost and gained in designing these visual and material paratexts for codex versus e-books. Finally, the chapter argues that understanding the function of visual and material paratexts should inform how we design for all kinds of digital publications; at this ‘incunabula’ stage of digital publishing, we need to reflect on what is, to better design what could be.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:

http://hdl.handle.net/10453/137576