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29 Know your book

Every book has some standard parts. Read the clues and name the parts.

1. A thin flexible cover of the book.

2. The author’s own statement about the book.

3. A statement about the book by someone other than the author.

4. It tells what the book contains and on which page you will find it.

5. The edge of the book facing outwards when shelved.
glossary
preface
6. List of books, articles or websites used or referred by the spine
author stated at the end of the book. foreword

7. An alphabetical list of definitions of difficult words at the paperback
end of the book. index
contents
8. An alphabetical list with page numbers of the subjects, bibliography
places and people covered in the book.

What is the ISBN at the back of a book?
ISBN 978-93-82686-330 There are thousands of publishers across the world

and millions of books get printed every year. If you
pick up any book, turn it around, you will see a
number which looks like the one shown here. What
does it mean?

ISBN stands for International Standard Book Numbering. It is a numbering
system that is used to describe the book. It is a 13 digit number, divided
into four groups and separated by a hyphen. It gives information about the
country where it is published, the publisher, the title of the book and a
check digit.

No two books can have the same ISBN.

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