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Colophon (publishing)

In publishing, a colophon (/ˈkɒləfən, -fɒn/) is a brief statement containing information about the publication of a book such as an "imprint" (the place of publication, the publisher, ISBN and the date of publication).

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Colophon (publishing)

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples6
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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colophon colophons book books title page information end printing sometimes modern may history printed text printer data publisher verso also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
aninstance ofis a brief statement containing information about the publication of a book0.80text
a chapterinstance oftext0.80text
bookinstance oftext0.80text
manuscriptinstance oftext0.80text
or recordinstance oftext0.80text
associated personinstance ofThe colophon usually contained facts relative to the text0.80text

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