Final Setup Plans

Design
-Manchester bee in fluorescent mixed with glow in the dark ink on the front, colour yet to be decided
-Title on bind but if too small a glow in the dark bar with the title on the cover along with the bee
-full bleed images inside
-paint edges black due to unavailability of facilities to print on black stock but to mimic what it would look like 'edge painting' method using a brayer and padding press http://ohsobeautifulpaper.com/2012/01/the-printing-process-edge-painting/
-6x8 size
-quotation on introductory page from 'Neon' book
-cloth bookrum cover
-add 'films not dead' in glow in the dark on last page to add an added feature supporting that its not dead, came alive in the night on this occasion shooting neon signage
- double sided satin is very expensive although preferred stock, therefore I will continue with glossy as it adds the sheen to the images and reflects light relating to the format of neon type.
-get lit manchester title or if side is too small for this to be legible, have it all glow in the dark as a bar
-perfect bound if print of book is not thick enough
-cloth bookrum as the cover to relate to manchesters cotton industry and the manchester bee that represents this industrial revolution and the hardwork of the time
-photo size down from 8x10 to 6x8 to avoid magazine look and to save money
-continue with manuscript grid full bleed images landscape photos being double paged
-pair images to compliment each other in colour and effect
-keep pages apart from introductory quote text free to keep the ambiguity and mystery of the night time imagery and allow the text and minor details to be the focus and to keep it a photography book to allow peoples own interpretations of the words/type/location as the style of these photos adds mystery and will encourage people to look out for these or their own wherever they are


commercial considerations
-would be black stock limited by facilities here which would mean no exposed white cracks from bookbinding processes
-paper supplier has not delivered 2 sample requests for papers i intended to experiment with for this publication within 2 weeks for reasons unknown which would not be an issue for a publishing house
-smaller size of book will be cost effective