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+ {% extends 'index.html' %}
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+
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+ {% block title %}handbook - laniakea books{% endblock title %}
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+
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+ {% block intro %}
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+ {% endblock intro %}
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+
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+ {% block content %}
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+ < main >
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+ < h1 > Handbook</ h1 >
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+
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+ < p class ="lead ">
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+ What about the specifics of our book production?
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+ </ p >
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+
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+ < h2 id ="book-text "> 1. Book text</ h2 >
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+
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+ < ol >
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+ < li >
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+ Acquire book text in any form
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+ < ul >
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+ < li > title</ li >
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+ < li > subtitle</ li >
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+ < li > blurp</ li >
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+ < li > author bio</ li >
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+ </ ul >
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+ </ li >
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+ < li >
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+ Typeset book
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+ < ul >
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+ < li > Affinity Publisher / Adobe InDesign</ li >
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+ < li > TeX / Tectonic</ li >
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+ < li > typst</ li >
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+ </ ul >
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+ </ li >
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+ </ ol >
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+
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+ < h2 id ="book-design "> 2. Physical book design</ h2 >
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+
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+ < ol >
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+ < li > Decide book dimensions</ li >
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+ < li > Decide paper gsm and calculate spine width</ li >
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+ < li >
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+ Design cover
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+ < ul >
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+ < li > front</ li >
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+ < li > back</ li >
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+ < li > insides</ li >
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+ < li > spine</ li >
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+ </ ul >
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+ </ li >
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+ </ ol >
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+
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+ < h2 id ="printing "> 3. Printing</ h2 >
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+
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+ < ol >
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+ < li > Decide number of copies</ li >
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+ < li > Get quotes from printers</ li >
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+ < li > Decide retail price</ li >
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+ < li >
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+ ISBN
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+ < ul >
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+ < li >
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+ Issue and assign ISBN
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+ < ul >
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+ < li >
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+ < a href ="https://www.nielsenisbnstore.com/ "> https://www.nielsenisbnstore.com/</ a >
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+ </ li >
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+ </ ul >
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+ </ li >
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+ < li >
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+ Generate EAN-13 ISBN barcode with zint
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+ < ul >
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+ < li >
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+ < a href ="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Article_Number "> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Article_Number</ a >
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+ </ li >
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+ < li >
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+ < a href ="https://github.com/zint/zint "> https://github.com/zint/zint</ a >
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+ </ li >
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+ </ ul >
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+ </ li >
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+ </ ul >
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+ </ li >
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+ </ ol >
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+
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+ < h2 id ="online-presence "> 4. Online presence</ h2 >
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+
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+ < ol >
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+ < li >
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+ Supply book data
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+ < ul >
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+ < li >
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+ < a href ="https://www.nielsentitleeditor.com/ "> https://www.nielsentitleeditor.com/</ a >
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+ </ li >
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+ </ ul >
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+ </ li >
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+ < li > Produce HTML files and create epub</ li >
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+ < li >
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+ Validate epub using epubcheck
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+ < ul >
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+ < li >
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+ < a href ="https://github.com/w3c/epubcheck "> https://github.com/w3c/epubcheck</ a >
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+ </ li >
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+ </ ul >
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+ </ li >
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+ < li > Add book files on website</ li >
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+ </ ol >
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+
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+ </ main >
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+
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+ < div class ="plug ">
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+ < div class ="plug-text ">
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+ More details of how this works in practice?
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+ </ div >
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+ < a href ="/how-it-works/ "> How it works</ a >
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+ </ div >
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+ {% endblock content %}
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