[Impress Group] An editorial handbook that compiles the basic knowledge needed for those who create everything from commercial magazines to doujinshi and zines! “How to Make a Book: Planning, Specifications, Content Composition, Design, Editing, and
Proofreading” Now on Sale Impress Holdings Corporation Press Release: September 26, 2025 To Members of the Media An editing handbook that compiles the basic knowledge needed for those who create everything from commercial magazines to doujinshi and zines! “How to Make a Book: Planning, Specifications, Content Composition, Design, Editing, and
Proofreading” now on sale
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Proofreading” https://books.mdn.co.jp/books/3225303016/ For those who want to create a book now. An editing handbook compiling the basic knowledge needed for those who create everything from commercial magazines to doujinshi and zines! ★Includes a download bonus exclusive to purchasers!! (This bonus is only available in the print edition) This is a book-making textbook and resource collection for book-loving creators who love paper books and want to make one but don’t know where to start, who make books their own way but want to learn the proper way to make them, or who want to acquire knowledge that will be useful when communicating with printers. This book explains the production process from an editor’s perspective, providing knowledge and know-how that will be reassuring for editors of doujinshi and zines, as well as commercial magazines. This is a useful book for anyone who wants to create a book in this day and age!! [From the “Introduction”] This is a borderless book. Genres such as commercial magazines, fanzines, zines, research presentations, portfolios, and commemorative magazines. Printing methods such as offset printing, digital printing, inkjet printing, and risograph printing. Binding methods such as books that are commissioned to a printing company for binding, or handmade or photocopied books. The positions of authors, editors, publishers, etc. Tasks such as writing, design, DTP, and proofreading… This book breaks down the barriers between each of these disciplines and explains the knowledge and techniques needed to create a book on a unified level, based on the know-how of the traditional publishing industry. [Main Contents of This Book] ●INTRODUCTION Creating a 16-page photo book STEP 1: First, consider the overall structure and the content to be included on each page. STEP 2: Try cropping and positioning photos to add rhythm and variety. STEP 3: Consider the cover design by combining photos and titles. STEP 4: Print and bind with imposition for a saddle-stitched booklet ■CHAPTER 1 PLANNING – Plan the book’s production process and content – Decide on the book’s basic specifications – Decide on the printing method and number of copies -Decide on the specifications for the main text paper and cover. ○Materials [Major binding methods and names of each part] [Paper Size and Format] [Paper Type and Weight] ■CHAPTER 2 PAGE DESIGN ・Consider and plan the book’s structure ・Design the format of the body of the text ・Design and formatting of parts other than the body of the text ○Reference Materials [Basic names of typefaces and fonts] [Sample of line spacing and body font] [Text and Printing] [Nodoaki Sample and Layout Design] [Selecting the Theme Color] [Image Handling and Border Types] [Text Elements and Note Types] [Heading Variations] [Major optical illusions that affect layout] ■CHAPTER 3 PROOFREADING ・Organize the manuscript ・Proofread using a proof copy ○Materials [List of punctuation marks and characters] [List of proofreading symbols] [Kanji binding/opening] ■CHAPTER 4 COVER DESIGN ・Designing the cover and front cover – Location of the Japanese Book Code and Book JAN Code – Announce and promote your book – Design of announcement and promotional images 〈Author Profile〉 Inoue Nokia Designer and illustrator. His books include “Color Encyclopedia: Basic knowledge and color schemes, color charts, traditional colors, and customary color names, DIGITAL COLORS for DESIGN,” “How to create submission data, revised edition: CMYK 4-color printing, spot color 2-color printing, business cards, postcards, doujinshi, and goods,” “Creating design: basics, layout, shapes, letters, colors, and practice,” “Creating design with Illustrator,” and “Illustrator design basics: fundamentals and techniques useful for production,” among many others. [Specifications] Written by Kia Inoue List price: ¥2,860 (¥2,600 10% tax) B5 size / 208 pages / Full color ISBN
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Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yuki Tsukamoto) is a media group with Impress Holdings as its holding company. The company develops highly specialized media, services, and solutions businesses focusing on the key themes of “IT,” “music,” “design,” “mountaineering and nature,” “aviation and railways,” “mobile services,” and “academics and science and engineering.” The company also develops and operates content business platforms. URL:
https://www.impressholdings.com/ [Contact for this matter] MdN Corporation, Inc. Email: info@MdN.co.jp URL: https://books.mdn.co.jp/ For more information about this release