Talk:Chapter (books)

asterism (typography)

The article would benefit by also mentioning or defining the terms subchapter, section, and asterism. In particular, is "section" a technical term or fixed to any degree in the field of publishing? — Hippietrail 18:02, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that by asterism you are referring to asterism (typography)? This would be preferable than asterism which is a disambig page. For any new editors, typing [[asterism (typography)|asterism]] will link to the correct asterism page, without reading awkwardly.Paddles 14:14, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to see a typography of a book here. --157.24.23.136 (talk) 14:45, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Length

Are all chapters in a certain book meant to be of approximatly the same length, or can some be longer or shorter than others by a few pages? Lady BlahDeBlah 22:22, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've read books that only had 20+ page chapters, like Potter, and books with a few very short chapters, like in Hitchhiker's Guide. --Johan Tenge - /spit

What do you call an "introduction" that appears at the start of a chapter?

I have searched for this information on Google but haven't found the answer. Not all books have chapters with this kind of introductory material, and to clarify, the material is not part of the story. I have seen quotes and poems used this way. One of my favorite books, Artistic Differences, has these great anecdotes (which I am guessing are true) at the start of each chapter.Mpbruskotter (talk) 18:56, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why chapters?

I would like to know two related things concerning chapters:

How did they arise, historically?
What purposes do they serve in a novel?

81.149.133.88 11:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I actually searched for "chapter" looking to learn those sorts of facts, because I don't know where else to look. Does anyone else?

video games

A number of video games, mostly role-playing video games, use a chapter division very similar to books. I'm wondering because of their similarity should this article be moved and expanded or should a separate article for video games be created?陣内 _Jinnai 22:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You should know that role games are often based on a book (and its chapters), and they were played as board games.--157.24.23.136 (talk) 14:45, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I’d like to second this motion. An “In other media” section could make sense given that many movies and games use chapters, which isn’t covered here. Anon’s reply about RPGs isn’t productive I feel. Especially since many games which use chapters aren’t based on books, weren’t played as board games, and often aren’t even RPGs. The Uncharted series, for example, divides itself up into chapters. Fritz1776 (talk) 12:15, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Examples

Should there be examples of what a chapter title looks like on a page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.150.251.124 (talk) 07:51, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Case of chapter titles?

The article should address, whether chapter titles should be in "Camel" case (starting every word except of prepositions and particles with a capital letter). VictorPorton (talk) 19:31, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

'chapter' is 'chapitre' in french

the page lists (right at the beginning of the text) the french translation of 'chapter' as 'sommaires'. the correct word would be 'chapitre'.

'sommaire' is the french name for the table of contents of a book. 'sommaires', the translation the article gives, is its plural.

even in old french books, i have not seen chapters being called 'sommaires'. there is a chance i might be wrong about the historical usage, but at any rate, the translation given in the article does not correspond to modern french usage.

i suggest correcting the translation or removing it altogether, as i don't think it is really useful information in this article. what i mean is, why would the french version of the word be specially relevant enough to warrant its separate inclusion in the article? 2A02:1205:505D:6F00:3DF4:20CB:7C8A:E139 (talk) 17:30, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]