I found the question Which words in a title should be capitalized? Regarding the number of answers votes and also according to my personal taste I like to capitalize titles. But what exactly are titles? Only the single main book title? What about other smaller semantic parts? Chapter headings, sub-chapter, ...
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Welcome to EL&U. The finer points of capitalization are a matter of style; you should observe the discipline of your editor, publication, or organization, or in the absence of a house style, adhere to the guidance of the style manual of your choice.– chosterCommented Apr 3, 2017 at 16:41
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According to CMoS and APA (two popular style guides), some lower-level headings aren't capitalised in headline-style.
Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (headings by level):
- Centered, Boldface or Italic Type, Headline-style Capitalization
- Centered, Regular Type, Headline-style Capitalization
- Flush Left, Boldface or Italic Type, Headline-style Capitalization
- Flush left, roman type, sentence-style capitalization
- Run in at beginning of paragraph (no blank line after), boldface or italic type, sentence-style capitalization, terminal period.
APA (headings by level):
- Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Headings
- Left-aligned, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading
- Indented, boldface, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text after the period.
- Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text after the period.
- Indented, italicized, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text after the period.
