Build a Book Workshop - the full contents

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  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 21
• Enthusing others. 21
• 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 4 The Shape of the Workshop. 32

• Establishing motivation. 32
• The Creative Writing Element 33
• Word processing. 34
• Editing. 34
• Illustrating. 35
• Design. 35
• Marketing. 35
• 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
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• 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. 97
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 
8. Create Adobe PDF options 
9. Print to Postscript file 
10. Distil the Postscript file  to PDF format 
11. Prepare the cover for publication 
12. Create Adobe PDF options 
13. Print to Postscript file 
14. Distil the Postscript file  to PDF format 
15.  Register the title with Lightning Source.
16. Submit the title to Lightning Source. 128

Chapter 14 Some Legal Matters. 132

• Copyright 132
• Respecting Others’ Copyright 133
• Names. 133
• Photographs. 134
• Permissions. 135

Chapter 15 The Book Launch. 136

• When to Hold Your Launch. 136
• Where to Hold Your Launch. 137
• Who to Invite. 138
• What to Do 
• Preparation. 140

Chapter 16 Case Studies. 141

Case Study 1. 141

• Length of workshop. 141
• Students. 141
• Theme. 141
• Charity supported. 141
• Other contributors. 141
• Logisitics. 141
• Design. 141
• Cover 142
• ISBN.. 142
• Special promotion features. 142
• Web book. 142
• Interesting information. 142
• The launch. 142

Case Study 2. 143

• Length of workshop. 143
• Students. 143
• Theme. 143
• Charity supported. 143
• Other contributors. 143
• Logisitics. 143
• Design. 143
• Cover 144
• ISBN.. 144
• Special promotion features. 144
• Web book. 144
• Interesting information. 144
• The launch. 144

Case Study 3. 145

• Length of workshop. 145
• Students. 145
• Theme. 145
• Charity supported. 145
• Other contributors. 145
• Logisitics. 145
• Design. 145
• Cover 146
• ISBN.. 146
• Special promotion features. 146
• Web book. 146
• Interesting information. 146
• The launch. 146

Case Study 4. 148

• Length of workshop. 148
• Students. 148
• Theme. 148
• Charity supported. 148
• Other contributors. 148
• Logisitics. 148
• Design. 148
• Cover 149
• ISBN.. 149
• Special promotion features. 149
• Web book. 149
• Interesting information. 149
• The launch. 149

Case Study 5. 150

• Length of workshop. 150
• Students. 150
• Theme. 150
• Charity supported. 150
• Other contributors. 150
• Logisitics. 150
• Design. 150
• Cover 151
• ISBN.. 151
• Special promotion features. 151
• Web book. 151
• Interesting information. 151
• The launch. 151

Appendix 1 Creating a Press Release. 152

Appendix 2 Working with Lightning Source. 154

Appendix 3 Working with Vista Print 156

Appendix 4 Working with Café Press. 157

Appendix 5 Working with Chapeltown. 158

Appendix 6 Working with Social Media. 159

Facebook. 159

Linked in. 159

Twitter 160

The Build a Book Website. 160

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