Okay, so I've worked out my own system, but I was wondering what others do perk-wise in the following situations:

1. The book title?

(I always italicize)

2. The author's name?

(I leave it normal)

3. Title of a series?

(I usually bold it, for no good reason)

So, what do you do?

I italicize book titles and do nothing for authors. Book series can be tricky.

I usually italicize if it's an official title for the series, one that you would see on the cover, like Series Title: Book Title. But if the series title is less formally employed, like Hardy Boys or something, then I'll just capitalize and nothing else.

But I can't promise I've been consistent in that over the years.

-Andy

We're all so inconsistent. I tend to

~ bold book titles but that's only to make it stand out since it's infrequently in the first paragraph
~ italics chapter titles, quotes/direct copy from book, very personal and slightly OT inclusions
~ never caps unless it's in the quote or title
~ no special treatment for author name
~ italics for scientific/Latin names

patsy