Portal:Books/Did you know


 * ...that in English language works the table of contents is at the beginning of a book, but in French and Spanish ones it is at the back, by the index?
 * ...that print space determines the effective area on the paper of a book, journal or other press work, and is limited by the surrounding borders?
 * ...that the craft of bookbinding may have originated around the 1st century A.D.?