Chapter 6From Pictures to a Book: Production

6.1 The Challenges of Producing a Photobook

If you have made it to this stage of the photobook, where all that needs to get done is to have your desired number of copies printed and bound, what could possibly still go wrong? The sobering answer is: almost everything. If you have made your series of dummies, depending on the amount and degree of work you have put into them you probably have run into some of the problems you might be encountering when producing your final book. The following is a list of common problems that photobook makers frequently run into. Lest you think these problems are limited to self-publishers, most publishing houses are very familiar with them as well. Unlike self-publishers, ...

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