What is a title page and why is it important?
Adapted from LC’s Electronic CIP Publisher’s Manual, Section 13.1: QBI adheres to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2), which defines a title page as “A page at the beginning of the item bearing the title proper and usually, though not necessarily, the statement of responsibility and data related to publication.” [1]. AACR2 states that the title page (or its substitute, for example, the front cover) is the chief source of information for bibliographic information. The title page determines the form of name to be used for authors new to the catalog and is the primary authority for the transcription of the title and subtitle, statement of authorship, function of other contributors, etc. If your forthcoming book does not have a formal title page (for example, the front cover serves as the title page), provide the front cover information. Without a title page (or its substitute), P-CIP data cannot be provided.
