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If you're confused about terms you find when dealing with the world of media, then the Writer's Encyclopedia can be helpful. Trying to read the book from cover to cover is like reading a dictionary (not recommended, but I did it anyway), but you will learn plenty of new facts you may not have known otherwise. For instance, a cutline is the text that accompanies a picture. A frontispiece is the page immediately preceding the title page illustrating the book's major theme or subject. And a peg is an angle that a nonfiction writer uses to develop an article. All good stuff.

Since this was published in 1996, there are plenty of outdated entries for computer technology. Compuserve isn't the leading dialup internet provider any more. :-) But many of the terms and entries are still applicable. A solid book for budding writers.

"Writer's Encyclopedia" is a must for any writer who's questions go unanswered for lack of someone who KNOWS. The people at Writer's Digest know what they're talking about, and the dictionary style referencing is perfect. This book is like having a professional right there beside you whenever you need them.

Anything you want to know about the publishing industry, this book has it. GREAT resource for looking up those terms that seem foreign.