Travel back in time to 1947 and watch this documentary on how books are made.
Fascinating.
But remember it still starts with you, the author!
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I loved this, Steve. I’m a romantic and feel the romance in the way books used to be made. Sure, it’s faster today, but … look at the workmanship that went into the book back then.
Thanks, Steve, for sharing this bit of history with us.
With all the steps involved, it’s so amazing that everything in the final product would be in the correct order, from the letters, to lines, to pages, all right side up and ready to be read.
I was mesmerized….and I’m not sure what that says about me…lolol. Thanks for share!
Other than skipping over “This man’s manuscript needs a thorough edit,” this was a lot of fun! 🙂
I loved it. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! This was fascinating. Technology has sure come a long way. My husband was an offset printer in his youth, but he didn’t print books.
My first job was in a letterpress print shop much like this one (making $1/hour!). I was in high school. Years after I went to university, graduate school and then began my career, the process moved to offset printing and, finally, to digital. But there was nothing like the smell of ink on freshly cut paper and that familiar “clink” of the old Linotype machine. Good memories. Thanks for sharing this!
Now we know how novelists acquired such mystique! Between the resources it took to make a book and the time invested by editors in the vein of Max Perkins before the book ever went to press, seeing your work in print was a BIG DEAL. Thank you for the fun perspective. And thank you for these daily blogs! They’re informative, encouraging and entertaining, and I look forward to reading them each day.