The 6th (of 12) student manual came back from the print shop a couple of weeks ago, and today we finally finished the printing and binding of the accompanying student manual. We do the set up for both books - "we" being Gabi and I...she does the student manuals (much more complicated!) and I do the teacher manuals. The cost of "professional printing" for the teacher's manuals is prohibitive, so we do these pretty much "in-house." The student manuals are printed by MultiMedia International in Arad, a print shop started with the help of EBM personnel. Our print run for teacher's manuals, however, is only 65 - not worth firing up the big presses! So, when everything is ready for print, my trusty flash drive and I make a trip to the local copy center, get the original printed and copies made, and then head back to the office.
We use plastic comb binding for these books to help keep the costs down and make the manuals teacher-friendly at the same time. The binding machine and I have passed many hours of "bonding" time together. It's good for the arm muscles :)
We're going to have a celebration time soon with all of the translators and proofreaders who have worked on the project so far. I want them to know how much we appreciate their investment and how important this "halfway" milestone is. Now that we're halfway done, I'm starting to figure out how this whole translation/publication process works!
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