Custom Soft-Cover Baby Readers: May 1, 2025
In Spring 2025, TWB will be on press with ALL of our titles, soft-cover and board:
Soft Covers
Rock-A-Bye Baby Reader (Eng, Newborn - 1 yr) Despertar a la lectura (Sp, Newborn - 1 yr)
Board Books
Rock-A-Bye Baby Reader (Eng, Newborn - 1 yr) Despertar a la lectura (Sp, Newborn - 1 yr)
Bunnaby Bunny (Eng, 1- 3 yrs) El conejito Claudio (Sp, 1 - 3 yrs)
Now is the time to plan for your program's custom covers. Consider your intended audience and information to place on your covers: texts, logos, program-specific graphics, QR codes, etc. Our templates (see below) indicate space available for content on a grayscale run. (Full-color edits allow greater flexibility if useful.)
**ATTN: Full-color custom clients
You may submit family photos from your area to appear in your custom Baby Readers this Fall!
Your books can better represent the cultures and ethnicities of your particular area's
families. Too, your photos might evoke pride of place, featuring your facilities/library, local landmarks, or some parents in team/campaign/library/school/community garb. (Go team!) Here are the details.
Please contact us to request sample custom client books to help demonstrate how others have used the space available to customize their printings. Too, we can generate draft versions of your own proposed covers. These PDFs can be great visual aids as you discuss project scope with your colleagues, coalition, board, funders and/or other involved parties.
Below, we've outlined 3 simple steps to guide you through TWB's custom-cover ordering process:
1 - **Complete Order Form by May 1st**
Please provide us with a completed Order Form with all the necessary information. Including delivery address and the presence/absence of a delivery dock!
Custom Soft-Cover Order Form - TBA
Custom Board-Book Order Form - TBA
2 - Direct Your Cover Design
These templates define best "real estate" for your community's custom material on the covers. Refer to Areas A through E when directing your edits and graphics placements. If you download the template, you can write your texts on a print-out and email a scan back to us. Or, you could email your edits and cite the template's "Area X" to help us place your edits correctly. Your graphics files may be emailed as attachments to us: TheBabyReader@yahoo.com.
Cover Templates
3 - Await your PDF proof!
Upon receipt of your instructions and graphics files, Cheryl will start drafting your custom cover file.
Your project's designated Proofer will receive a PDF via email that incorporates the requested edits. This is an iterative process. Your Proofer will receive (and consult colleagues as necessary) until such time as your Proofer alerts TWB that the current PDF is approved as "Ready for the Presses".
Time Table for Custom Books
Soft-Covers: Spring 2025
By May 12 : Clients give Final Approval for custom covers.
By June 15 : Completed books are delivered.
Payment due by 6/30/25.*
Board Books: Annual 2025
By May 20 : Clients give Final Approval for custom covers.
By Sept 30 : Completed books are delivered.
Payment due by 10/15/25.*
*TWB's standard practice is to invoice after delivery. If more useful to your ordering process, please request a pre-delivery invoice.