Stock

We research several different stocks to produce the book to make it authentic as possible.

Initially the plan was to print the design onto mount board in order for it to be bulky and resemble the thick pages of some small children's books which we'd seen in Waterstones. However this wasn't taken forward as it would have difficult to produce and make it look professional. There is no way to print directly onto mount board so if paper designs were pasted onto it it might look unprofessional. Another consideration was the shapes we planned to cut out of the pages, which would have been a lot more difficult and inaccurate on mount board.

We then looked at bulky newsprint for the pages. This was to resemble the glossy pages of children's books but also the cream tone to nod to a more adult aesthetic. These worked well in their aesthetic and allowed shapes to be cut from the pages fairly easily.

We discussed mounting the cover to be hardback using skills in bookbinding however we wanted to use a pamphlet stitch which would have been difficult if this was the case. The hardback also would have been harder to produce as a mass production since we have to make 6 books as part of the brief. Instead we made sure to make the shiny side of the bulky newsprint the cover of the book, giving it a gleam.