Does a chapbook have to be a 8.5 x 11 page folded twice or can it just be the full 8.5 x 11 page? I have really long poems and i wish to get them published. I've looked up sites and they all say to fold the page twice but my poems would not fit if i did that no matter how small the font. I'd really appreciate the help thanks.
2007-02-23 06:44:24 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It can be the full 8.5 X 11. You don't have to fold it.
Here's some info I got off of a website:
"In general, chapbooks were inexpensive publications designed for the poorer literate classes. They were typically printed on a single sheet of low-quality paper, folded to make eight, sixteen, or twenty-four pages, though some examples were longer still. Closely related to the chapbook were two other forms also hawked in the streets during the same period. Broadsides were texts printed on one side of an entire sheet of paper. Smaller slip-poems were printed on a long strip of paper cut from a larger sheet."
2007-02-23 07:51:27 · answer #1 · answered by Jade D. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋