How Books Are Made

The book-production process, a whirlwind tour – with Klara Skinner

<p>Arthur and his colleague Klara Skinner describe the entire book-making process in forty-five minutes. This is an episode especially for process junkies: a whirlwind tour through planning, commissioning, tools, writing and review, manuscript development and editing, design, permissions, typesetting, digitisation, artwork, stylesheets, software development, page refinement, proofreading, indexing, testing, deployment, publication, and those inevitable reprint corrections. Whew!</p><p>Links from the show:</p><a href="https://electricbookworks.com/thinking/modern-book-production-process/">A visual overview of the modern production process</a><a href="https://basecamp.com">Basecamp</a> for project management<a href="https://www.wearefutureproofs.com/">Futureproofs</a> for collaborating on page proofs virtually<a href="https://seths.blog/2010/01/quieting-the-lizard-brain/">Seth Godin’s blog post</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtZfTpV4KPE">conference talk</a> on the ‘lizard brain’.

A podcast about the art and science of making books. Arthur Attwell speaks to book-making leaders about design, production, marketing, distribution, and technology. These are conversations for book lovers and publishing decision makers, whether you’re crafting books at a big company or a boutique publisher.