In Task 3A, we are required to print out a real book with the content we had in Task 2, here are the text and visuals that I included in my book.
Story (Text)
Figure 1.1 Task 2 Story (Text)
Figure 1.2 Task 2 Visuals
In Task 1 Exercise 2, I explored several book size options and determined the book size as 180mm x 240mm.
Final Book Size : 180mm x 240mm
Figure 1.3 Book Size Explorations & Closed Book Mock-up
Figure 1.4 Opened Book Mock-up
I didn't use the grids I had in Task 1 Exercise 5 so I tried different margins for the book, and this is my final margins and columns.
Figure 1.5 Margin and Columns Settings
Figure 1.6
I also got some layout inspirations from Pinterest for the table of contents and body text.
Figure 1.7 Inspirations of Book Layout
Fonts
I decided to choose IM FELL English - Italic as my book covers and chapter titles font, and I also applied Bembo Std - Regular as my body text font. I found out that IM FELL English font is quite attractive for book titles so I downloaded the font and installed it on my laptop.
Figure 1.8 Fonts Choice
Final Layout (Thumbnails)
Figure 1.8 Thumbnails
Figure 1.9 Thumbnails
Figure 1.10 Thumbnails
Working on The Book
Mr. Hijjaz had recommended some of the printing stores for us to do the printing work in class. I decided to choose Mummydesign Print and start communicating with them for the process of printing the book. I choose to use Ivory Card (250gsm) as my cover material and Simili Paper (120gsm) as the content material. I was struggling with using glossy paper or matte paper during the process of determination, I do some research and I saw my friend's outcome of using matte paper as the material of the book, I loved the texture and color so I immediately finalized with the matte paper. For the binding type, I applied a stapler bind on my book.
Total Printing Cost: RM65.70/book
SUBMISSIONS - FINAL TASK 3A
Figure 2.1 Thumbnail Layout 01, PDF
Figure 2.2 Thumbnail Layout 02
Figure 2.3 Thumbnail Layout 03
Figure 2.4 Thumbnail Layout 04
Mockup Printout
Figure 3.1 Mockup Printout 01
Figure 3.2 Mockup Printout 02
Figure 3.3 Mockup Printout 03
Figure 3.4 Mockup Printout 04
Figure 3.5 Mockup Printout 05
Flip Through Video
Figure 4.1 Flip Through Video 05
Final Spreads
Figure 5.1 Final Spreads 01
Figure 5.2 Final Spreads 02
Figure 5.3 Final Spreads 03
Figure 5.4 Final Spreads 04
Figure 5.5 Final Spreads 05
Figure 5.6 Final Spreads 06
Figure 5.7 Final Spreads 07
Figure 5.8 Final Spreads 08
Figure 5.9 Final Spreads 09
Figure 5.10 Final Spreads 10
Figure 5.11 Final Spreads 11
Figure 5.12 Final Spreads 12
Figure 5.13 Final Spreads 13
Figure 5.14 Final Spreads 14
Figure 5.15 Final Spreads 15
Figure 5.16 Final Spreads 16
Figure 5.17 Final Spreads 17
Figure 5.18 Final Spreads 18
Figure 5.19 Final Spreads 19
Figure 5.20 Final Spreads 20
Figure 5.21 Final Spreads 21
Figure 5.22 Final Spreads, PDF
Flip HTML
REFLECTION
Experience: Seeing the final outcome of my printed book makes me feel so pleased and joyful. The feeling of publishing a physical book compared to an e-book is completely different. Everything feels more real and tangible when I have the book in my hands. This was my first time publishing a book, and the whole process went quite smoothly. Fortunately, everything proceeded without problems because I made sure to communicate clearly to prevent errors and selected a trustworthy printing company that was suggested by Mr. Hijjaz. After doing a lot of research, I'm really happy with the paper's texture and quality. I even printed copies of this book for my own collection because it has so great meaning for me.
Observations: I observed throughout this process that choosing the appropriate paper choices and binding styles for publishing requires a lot of learning. Out of all the options, I like matte paper the most so I also chooses that as my paper material. It enhances the book's overall appearance by providing brilliant colors and a beautiful finish.
Findings: I learned that printing a book is a complicated process with many moving parts to consider. To prevent wasting money, it is essential to double-check everything before printing because even minor errors can have a big impact on the outcome. Through this task, I learned a lot about the details of book printing, from selecting the appropriate book materials and paper textures to establishing appropriate bleed margins.
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