We’re delighted to announce our newest Lunchtime Learning event! These webinars aim to help you develop a new skill, add a new service to offer clients, or perfect and update something you are already doing. These webinars are presented by experts, include a Q&A session, and provide attendees with a post-event recording link.
WHAT: 10 Production Processes Every Book Producer, Editor, and Designer Should Know plus Design and Production Questions to ask your Customer Before You Take the Job
WHEN: August 6, 2026, at 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT
WHERE: via Zoom (register below to get meeting link)
COST: Free for ABPA members; $15 for nonmembers
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Do you know what slugs are? (Hint: they’re not just little critters that invade your garden!) What about the terms “bleed,” “layer,” and “preflight”? Do you know how to indicate a special treatment in a design file or why images need to be linked?
Production-design jargon is enough to make your head spin. Still, publishers often cite file-production errors as a primary reason they’re reluctant to work with book packagers.
In this informative two-for-one Lunchtime Learning talk, you’ll discover what items to check and crosscheck before submitting final files to your customers. You’ll also learn important production- and design-related questions to ask your clients before you bid on a job.
Don’t let production mistakes or inadvertent file errors be the reason you lose repeat business! Whether you’re a new book producer, editor, or designer—or a longtime veteran—you’re sure to benefit from this lively and valuable session.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Rebecca Razo of Coffee Cup Creative LLC, a multi-faceted writing, editing, and creative services provider for the publishing and product-development industries. The company specialized in illustrated nonfiction books for adults ad children across a range of categories.
John Clifford of John Clifford Design, an award-winning designer of book covers and complex interiors, including art directing photographers and illustrators. My experience includes cookbooks, architecture, arts and crafts, kids, corporate histories, sports, how-tos, interior design/decorating, wellness, and photography books.
Maximize you skillset and register today!
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