abbreviation for English Language Teaching; an important sector of the educational book market.

a typological measurement, so called because it represents the width of the widest character in the alphabet. In general use it is a synonym for pica em

the reverse of the title-page

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abbreviation for Association of American Publishers, the trade association for US publishers.

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