How a Book Is Made: From the Author to the Reader

Follow the book through:

-- The author

-- Sales meetings

-- The editors

-- Media appearances

-- Book design

-- The bookstores

Through interviews with the people who write, design, produce, print, market and sell the books, as well as dozens of photographs illuminating the process, this volume demystifies bookmaking and explains who does what and when. This book is the definitive look at the inner workings of the publishing industry, and will be a "must-have" for students in publishing curriculums, first time authors, potential self-publishers or anyone else who wants to have a better understanding of this changing industry.

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