Thursday, March 15, 2007

How a storybook is made

All storybooks start with an author's idea. When a story is finished, the author sends it off to a publishing house, then where the editor reads the manuscript.

The publisher has to decide if they want to publish the story. Once everything has been agreed, the author signs a official contract. First they have to checked for mistakes by a proofreader, then they must find a designer inserts the illustrations and all the corrections.

The finished pages are put on a disk and sent off to the printer, who produces page for everyone to check. When any corrections have been made, the book is ready to print. At the printer's the sheets of paper are folded, gathered, bound inside the cover and trimmed to the right size.

Finally the big day arrives!  After long time of hard work, by many different people, the storybook has found its way to the book stores.  

1 comment:

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