Sobrecubierta in english
Dust jacket
pronunciation: dʌstdʒækət part of speech: noun
pronunciation: dʌstdʒækət part of speech: noun
In gestures
sobrecubierta1 = upper deck.
Example: Cabins on the upper decks usually cost more than those on the lower decks.sobrecubierta2 = book jacket ; dust jacket [dust-jacket] ; jacket ; dust wrapper ; overlay.
Example: The printed wrappers of paper or the like placed over the cover of a document at the time of its publication are known as the book jacket.Example: Whoever cataloged it at LC, and I'm willing to bet it happened elsewhere too, probably didn't get much beyond the dust jacket where there was a big clue about something special to the book.Example: A jacket or sleeve is a protective envelope for a sound disc, made of cardboard or paper.Example: Heavens! there must be dust wrappers, too; the best of the books on exhibition apparently have them, and anyway they also make a book look more professional.Example: The pressmen therefore patched the tympan with overlays of tissue paper wherever the type was low, a process that could take hours for a really uneven forme.more:
» presentación de la sobrecubierta = blurb [Nota introductoria escrita por una persona diferente del autor que aparece en la sobrecubierta de un libro, normalmente el doblez delantero] ; jacket blurb [Nota introductoria escrita por una persona diferente del autor que aparece en la sobrecubierta de un libro, normalmente el doblez delantero] .
Example: Most borrowers, seventeen in all, had read the blurb on the jacket and twelve had dipped into the text before deciding to borrow. Example: If these aspects of a book have been highlighted by the title, subtitle, table of contents, or jacket blurb, they may be reflected in the subject headings or classification numbers assigned when the work is cataloged.