F&G means "folded and gathered." They are sheets from a print run, folded, cut, and gathered together but without binding them together and without the hard cover that the final book will have. It shows us what the final pages will look like, so the publisher and I can approve the way the colors are printing and to see if we need to make any little changes before the real print run. Sometimes F&Gs are sent to reviewers before publication as well.
PENGUIN CHA-CHA is my first picture book that I've both written and illustrated; all the others I've illustrated but not written. So this one is extremely exciting for me. Yay for sneaky, dancing penguins!
The publication date will be October 2013.
2 comments:
Hi My name is ola, I hope to one day publish one of my childrens stories.Have you ever heard of Cretespace,its a on demand publishing company.Are on demand companys good or is it best to find a regular publishing company? What company did you use?How do you know what publishing company to use?
Ola
Hi Ola. There are times when on-demand publishing is useful, but I prefer to be published by a regular publisher. I would suggest that you join the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (www.scbwi.org) to learn about the children's book industry before you submit to publishers. SCBWI has wonderful resources to help you figure out what would be best for your stories.
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