Office Management

    I have been engaged in setting up an assortment of workstations for the numerous operations going on within the current 10k sq ft studio space. I make mention of some of those operations throughout the assorted blogs associated with IMS.

   As is to be expected at this time of year, my mind has turned toward accounting and the Management Office. I have, for many years, experimented with an array of accounting methods and processes, none of which have really been properly effective, thus creating a mire of ineffective garble. So it is the I have turned my attention to the facilities, equipment, resources, systems and personnel required to correct this problem.  

   That being said, I am looking to locate personnel that can work on that aspect of the operation. This something that will take time to restructure and it is also something that I want to build upon, not something that I want to dive into, until it is clear that the working relationship are copasetic.  That being said, I continue to look for a CFO to supervise those matters. I welcome inquiries from those wanting to work out of our physical facilities in Southampton, Pennsylvania.  AG

A New Look for the Book

Printer's Layout, On-Demand Limited Edition Books

There were numerous unseen anomalies and corrections to be made. 

The end result was a shift in the overall look of the pages.

I opted to lessening the amount of ink on the page

by reducing the opacity of the outer page.

I like it better.

BOOK ONE will go to the printer today for a Limited Quantity as I start to build inventory.

If all goes well, BOOK TWO will follow shortly.

UPDATE: 3/23

   This post was a draft, an outdated draft because circumstances changed, but here's the skinny... The On-demand books will begin with jobbing out the printing for the limited quantities required to build inventory. Once the inventory is up to speed, I'm very much looking at putting a printing press in the studio. Beyond publishing the seven book series, there is the music score, which in itself, is larger than the Illustrated Storybook and the Libretto combined. It rather depends on the demand and how the licensing turns out.   I am set on the design and implementation of the Hand-stitched Books, but the reality is that those books must remain Limited Editions, simply because of the time factor of making those books cannot meet any large quantity orders. If another publisher steps up to license the Perfect-bind books, then production and distribution of the Unlimited Editions will be out of my hands. This is probably the most advantageous situation, since I need to focus on theatre activities and not get tangled up in book production and distribution.

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