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Book Production Control

Name: Book Production Control
Author: David Bann
ISBN: 9781859593547

by David Bann

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Overview

A manual for the production controller or manager working in book publishing. It outlines the purpose and methods of all the tasks required and complements the skills a production controller will acquire while learning in-house or on training courses. Areas covered include pre-press, estimating and costing, print buying, specification, scheduling, orders, quality control, production and the environment and includes recent technical developments in ebooks and digital printing.

About the Author, David Bann

David Bann is a graduate of the London College of Printing (now Communication) and a Fellow of the Institute of Paper, Printing & Publishing. He has spent his career on the production side of book publishing. He was formerly Production Director at Penguin and Rainbird and has lectured extensively on book production. He recently retired as Production Consultant from Michael O’Mara Books but still handles production for several independent publishers. He is the author of The All New Print Production Handbook and Book Production Control.