What is a dummy book?

A dummy book is a small model of a book. It has no content except for page numbers and optional handwritten information such as the following:

• Title page
• Front and back matter pages
• Blank pages
• Text and illustration placement

It shows how the pages will be arranged in the finished product.

Here is a diagram of a typical dummy book:

• Dummy book

• Concept module: dummy book
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): D
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 8 December 1998

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