Are there any specific punctuation or grammatical rules for titles?
Run your title through a spell check to ensure there are no spelling errors. Of course, it’s fine if something is spelled wrong intentionally (for instance, Goin’ instead of Going). Also, in most cases, capitalize the first and last word, and all “main words,” or nouns, pro-nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and sometimes subordinating conjunctions (if, because, as, that, etc.) of the title. Articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and but, if, or, for, nor), prepositions, regardless of length, and the infinitive “to” are usually left lowercase. No word should be all uppercase unless it is an acronym. Of course, it is up to you and your preference. Also, this should not be affected by any font or style choices that you wish to make on your title page and cover. For the official title, listed in the Wordclay database, the title should be listed in a standardized style.
Run your title through a spell check to ensure there are no spelling errors. Of course, it’s fine if something is spelled wrong intentionally (for instance, Goin’ instead of Going). Also, in most cases, capitalize the first and last word, and all “main words,” or nouns, pro-nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and sometimes subordinating conjunctions (if, because, as, that, etc.) of the title. Articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and but, if, or, for, nor), prepositions, regardless of length, and the infinitive “to” are usually left lowercase. No word should be all uppercase unless it is an acronym. Of course, it is up to you and your preference. Also, this should not be affected by any font or style choices that you wish to make on your title page and cover. For the official title, listed in the HBF Publishers database, the title should be listed in a standardized style.
