We're almost done making the 50 copies of The Borough of Blackwell, but what makes a book a book? At some places maybe fancy tools and lots of supplies, but not at Phone Booth Press! From a pile of paper to a book in just 9 easy steps, take a look:
The first step is to put the pages in order. The book is 64 pages (including end papers) with 4 pages per sheet. That means there are 16 8.5x11 sheets in a book. To save money we use 2 files, one is 7 sheets in black and white and is mostly text, the other is 9 pages in color. The b/w pages mostly alternate with the color pages in this order: {C, BW, C, BW}, {C, C, BW, C}, {C, BW, C, BW}, {BW, BW, C, C}. The book is organized in 4 signatures, groups of pages that are folded together, which is the next step!
Sometime in the last few months I started way too many projects to actually be able to finish all of them. I've been spending the past few weeks trying to organize them all and finish some. I'm gonna go print a couple pages to be able to bind the last two copies of Brendan's book and Jess and I are on a schedule to finish our new book by the end of April. Hopefully we can stick to it. I've been putting everything together on the computer and I made this cover mock up, hopefully we'll be able to figure out a version that has less white space.