EDItEUR just released a new Application Note, one in an ongoing series of short whitepapers that look in-depth at a single ONIX topic that users are asking about or that EDItEUR is aware can be problematic.
You can see and download the full list of Application Notes here, but we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight one of them: Special editions — those books produced with sprayed edges, metallic foil blocking, coloured ribbons for bookmarks, decorated endpapers, or a deliberate rough edge to the book block, intended to make the book desirable or even collectable as a physical object, not just a carrier for the book’s content. For some types of books, particularly some genre fiction, such decorative approaches have become an important part of the product specification.
If you’ve struggled to properly define what makes you your book “special,” this Application Note will help to end the struggle by showing you what to include so downstream data consumers can identify precisely how this edition differs from the “regular” edition, as well as what to highlight for book buyers who may be willing to pay a higher list price for certain features.
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Read the full Application Note on EDItEUR's website for detailed examples, edge cases, and complete technical guidance. It's worth the time — getting these distinctions right benefits everyone in the book supply chain.
In case you missed it
EDItEUR also added a new ONIX Application Note covering ONIX record references to its website.
All the ONIX Application Notes are here, and there are about 50 of them now. Each is a document that focuses on a specific aspect of ONIX, and most cover that single topic thoroughly. Many of the documents are quite short and designed to be straightforward to read. A few take the form of pre-recorded webinars.
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