05.31.11 - F I N I S H E D !

My book is finally here!

You can read an interview about the book on the Csimota blog.

You can order it here: Csimota shop.

I will be dedicating at the Hungarian Book Fair (Vörösmarty tér) on the 5th of June (sunday) at 10h00.

See you there!

05.08.11 - The making and publishing of my book (Part 5) - I'm finished!

Sorry for not posting in a while, but I was working hard, and had no time... So this is how one average day looked like for me this past week: I worked at my "day job" from 9am to 6pm, went home and worked on my book from 9pm to 'who knows what time in the night'.

After several rounds of corrections I am proud to announce that my final book draft has been accepted by my publisher!!!

It's finished, and with this, most of my work is completed, but there is still much to be done before you and I can hold the book in our hands...

04.30.11 - The making and publishing of my book (Part 4) - Cover page drafts

After making about 12 different cover page drafts for my book I needed a break, so I started fooling around with everything I found around me... 

monsters on letters

elephant

04.28.11 - The making and publishing of my book (Part 3) - My new best friend

I spent my evening scanning illustrations and editing them on photoshop, and I must say, we became good friends with my new scanner :)

04.27.11 - The making and publishing of my book (Part 2) - Counting the pages

It's not that easy figuring out how many pages my book should have. I need to follow some golden rules:
- 1 blank page (first and last pages)
- 4 end pages
- Title page
- © page

- The total number of pages should be an amount that can be divided by 8!

With this in mind, I started measuring and counting the pages of my favourite children's books to see how they were made. After careful consideration I have come to the conclusion that mine should be as following:
- size: 170mm x 180mm or 170mm x 170mm (to be decided later)
- number of pages: 40

04.26.11 - The making and publishing of my book (Part 1) - creating the final prototype

My project is on a roll and hopefully in a few weeks my book will be out! Yesterday I discussed layout plans and publishing details with Csimota (my publishing house). Since then, I spent hours on my PC finalizing the prototype but at the end of the day I had to print and lay it all out because I couldn't see any more if the compositions were working and if the transitions between double pages are coherent.

I will try to document the whole process, new post coming soon!