Anyone ever attempt to do a book? 1010 Responses

Last post: 2 months ago | Thread started: Oct 2, 08, 2:35 p.m.

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• Iggyboo

  I am just curious. I am starting to gather some illustrators, who I am all set with. And trying to pull together some writers, who I am still searching for to do a children's book. This is a personal project. I have never tried to do one of these before. But I'd love some advice from you the publishing experts about making a book for the first time.

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• doesnotexist

  make some friends in the publishing sector

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:37 p.m. – Permalink

• d_rek

  you could always do a small limited edition run before trying to publish a massive amount. ie: 100-200 handbound/handmade books using available printing resources.

  There's also a couple of places online that do perfect binding and what not, although I can't name them off the top of my head.

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:40 p.m. – Permalink

• scarabin_net

  http://lulu.com

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:42 p.m. – Permalink

• blueless

  Be organized. The book feature in InDesign is your friend. The Indexing in Indesign is not great however your idea doesn't sound too big... Be sure to work with a printer that can give you accurate spine measurements once you have your page count.

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:47 p.m. – Permalink

• doesnotexist

  there are formulas for spine measurements based on the paper you're using. your printer should be providing it to you.

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:49 p.m. – Permalink

• digdre

  I am making one.
  qbn moleskine project.

  lolz

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:50 p.m. – Permalink

• arthur

  I believe books will be in my future plans as well. I've got some friends at publishing houses - and it's good to see this info.

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:51 p.m. – Permalink

• digdre

  I always wanted to create a book, with much famous designers, adding 2pages to the book orso.. and some interviews in it.. publish it etc..

  but ain't happening I guess

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:51 p.m. – Permalink

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:51 p.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  thanks for the responses. I am playing with doing a children's series of books. It's a pet project. Fantasy stuff. But I figured what the heck better to do a project that you'd love to do for yourself than for someone else. I'll have to look into making some connections in the publishing industry as well.

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 3:05 p.m. – Permalink