The document discusses the process of creating a "camera ready copy" to publish one's own book. It notes that while desktop publishing tools make self-publishing possible, creating a camera-ready copy requires skills in design, typesetting, illustration, and proofreading. The process involves undertaking all the tasks of page making, including mixing text and artwork, adding page numbers, and properly formatting chapters. Care must be taken with design, content, citations, artwork sizing, and consistency. Creating a quality camera-ready copy requires mastery of myriad publishing tasks as the copy will be directly printed from the submitted file.

1. Be a Proud Owner of a
Creation
Today with the assistance ofa desktop and laser printer, you can create text and art on your own
that is suitable for publication. However, this endeavour is not going to be an easy one. In case you
want to do it, you will have to be versed in skills of art formation and bookmaking so as to achieve
your goal.
Peep into the procedure
The procedure of Camera ready copy is quite vast and scattered. Once you start with it, book is
going to be printed by a photo-offset procedure direct from camera ready copy you submitted. It is
quite critical and so it is vital that you review all the instructions that are given or told to you. Make
sure that you deposit a sample of work before you proceed and that you systematically proofread
your entire work before you deposit it. The way you submit your copy to publisher, it will be the way
you are going to see it in print.
You are going to undertake the tasks of page maker, illustrator, typesetter, proof-reader and quality-
control professional. It is because you are the sole maker of your book. Every single taskis critical to
the outcome and nothing can be skipped. As you are the type setter you need first to design
document. It is to ensure that a reader can understand the given content. While you are doing this
task, you have to be careful with the design. Just keep the design simple yet beautiful. If your design
is intense, the readers might lose their interest in the text and focus only on the design. Once you
are done with the design, you have to write the content in the simplest yet professional manner.
Make sure that the content has no errors or typos.
Then when you undertake the tasks of page, you will require mixing text with art and tables so that
reader can suitably reference the cited material. There has to be proper page numbers and
identifiers. Make sure that you begin the chapters on a fresh page and align the facing pages. This
way, your book will get a real appearance. After all, when you are putting so many efforts in your
Camera ready copy, you have to be careful about everything.
While you perform the tasks of illustrator, you will have to create the artwork that helps in
explaining the reader all the given text concepts. Apart from this, all types of artwork will need to be
balanced in size. Moreover the figure is to be cited frequently. Everything has to be snuggled in the
form of citations and sizing of the figures demand being consistent.

2. So, while you are working on your Camera ready copy, you have to be ready for myriad of tasks.
After all, your copy is going to be your sole product and it has to be great!
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