Monday 2 February 2015

Build a Book - Contents



Introduction. 8
Introduction. 8
Chapter 1 Getting Organized. 10
Who will take part?. 10
Enlisting extra help. 10
Organizing your book. 12
Your theme. 13
Time scale. 14
Word-processing, collecting and collating work. 15
Finance. 16
Some post-workshop tasks. 18
Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Workshop. 19
Your tasks. 19
Critical time-planning. 20
Space for your workshop. 21
Some points to ponder 22
Enthusing others. 22
Contacting support workers. 22
Extending the life of your book. 23
Your check list 25
Chapter 3 Working with a Charity. 28
Some advantages. 28
Choosing you charity. 28
Etiquette. 29
Advance Planning. 30
Chapter 4The Shape of the Workshop. 32
Establishing motivation. 32
The Creative Writing Element 33
Word processing. 34
Editing. 34
Illustrating. 35
Design. 35
Marketing. 36
Alternative ways of managing illustration, design and marketing  36
Timing and Organisation on the Day. 37
Chapter 5 The Creative Writing Exercises. 38
A warm-up exercise. 39
Figure 1. 40
Figure 2. 42
Figure 3. 44
Figure 5. 47
Figure 6. 48
Easy poem 1 Opposites. 50
Easy Poem 2 Acrostics. 50
Haikus. 51
Quincains. 52
Writing by numbers. 53
Writing for shape. 53
Writing with the senses. 54
Flash Fiction. 55
Stories. 56
Writing non-fiction. 60
Trouble-shooting. 61
Pace. 61
Dialogue. 62
Description and Exposition. 62
Show, don’t tell 62
Point of View.. 63
Kill Off Your Darlings. 63
Clichés. 63
Chapter 6 Word Processing. 64
The logistics. 64
Using Word and standard fonts. 64
Saving work. 65
Post-workshop work. 66
Chapter 7 Editing. 68
Three stages of editing – individual editing. 68
Working Individually. 69
Peer editing. 70
Choosing work. 70
Chapter 8 Illustration. 72
Atmosphere. 72
What to illustrate. 72
How to Illustrate. 73
What Needs to Happen Later 73
An Alternative Approach. 74
Chapter 9 Design. 75
What Needs to Be Considered. 75
Size of Book. 75
Order of book. 75
Page layout 76
Fonts. 77
Integration of pictures. 77
The Logistics. 78
Chapter 10 Marketing and Publicity. 79
A Fine Distinction. 79
Getting Started. 79
Cost of the book. 79
The Benefits. 80
Activities. 80
Creating Copy. 81
Beyond the Workshop. 82
Chapter 11 Publishing as a Web Book. 83
Some Web Hosting Companies. 83
Blogger 83
Office Live. 84
Weebly. 84
Word Press. 84
Designing Your Web Book Using Office Live. 85
Overall look of the site. 85
Overall design of the site. 85
Creating Individual Pages. 86
Chapter 12 Post-Production. 88
Finishing Off Work. 88
The Technical Stuff. 89
Promoting the Book. 89
Local press. 89
Local Bookshops. 90
Other schools. 90
Using Social Media. 91
Word of Mouth. 91
Create Promotional Materials. 91
School Newsletter 92
School web site. 92
School Assembly. 92
Selling the Book. 92
Book Launch. 93
Ongoing relationship with charity. 93
Future Life of the Book. 94
Chapter 13 The Technical Stuff. 96
1. Choose and set the page size. 96
2. Tidy up the fonts. 97
3. Fix the typing and spelling. 98
4. Add any artwork. 101
5. Add the front matter 102
6. Design the cover 103
7. Prepare the interior for publication. 108
Create Adobe PDF options. 109
Print to Postscript file. 114
Distil the Postscript file  to PDF format 116
8. Prepare the cover for publication. 117
Create Adobe PDF options. 119
Print to Postscript file. 121
Distil the Postscript file  to PDF format 124
9. Register the title with Lightning Source. 125
10. Submit the title to Lightning Source. 127
Chapter 14 Some Legal Matters. 131
Copyright 131
Respecting Others’ Copyright 132
Names. 132
Photographs. 133
Permissions. 134
Chapter 15 The Book Launch. 135
When to Hold Your Launch. 135
Where to Hold Your Launch. 136
Who to Invite. 137
What to Do. 138
Preparation. 139
Chapter 16 Case Studies. 140
Case Study 1. 140
Length of workshop. 140
Students. 140
Theme. 140
Charity supported. 140
Other contributors. 140
Logisitics. 140
Design. 140
Cover 141
ISBN.. 141
Special promotion features. 141
Web book. 141
Interesting information. 141
The launch. 141
Case Study 2. 142
Length of workshop. 142
Students. 142
Theme. 142
Charity supported. 142
Other contributors. 142
Logisitics. 142
Design. 142
Cover 143
ISBN.. 143
Special promotion features. 143
Web book. 143
Interesting information. 143
The launch. 143
Case Study 3. 144
Length of workshop. 144
Students. 144
Theme. 144
Charity supported. 144
Other contributors. 144
Logisitics. 144
Design. 144
Cover 145
ISBN.. 145
Special promotion features. 145
Web book. 145
Interesting information. 145
The launch. 145
Case Study 4. 147
Length of workshop. 147
Students. 147
Theme. 147
Charity supported. 147
Other contributors. 147
Logisitics. 147
Design. 147
Cover 148
ISBN.. 148
Special promotion features. 148
Web book. 148
Interesting information. 148
The launch. 148
Case Study 5. 149
Length of workshop. 149
Students. 149
Theme. 149
Charity supported. 149
Other contributors. 149
Logisitics. 149
Design. 149
Cover 150
ISBN.. 150
Special promotion features. 150
Web book. 150
Interesting information. 150
The launch. 150
Appendix 1 Creating a Press Release. 151
Appendix 2 Working with Lightning Source. 153
Appendix 3 Working with Vista Print 155
Appendix 4 Working with Café Press. 156
Appendix 5 Working with Chapeltown. 157
Appendix 6 Working with Social Media. 158
Facebook. 158
Linked in. 158
Twitter 159
The Build a Book Website. 159

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