Something we wanted to share with you today was a look into what goes into a book, as well as a peek into the little extra things we in the office tend to see as we produce a release but you as readers don't normally get to experience.
Sometimes when we release a book, you'll notice how there are chapters that have previously been released on the site through our magazine subscription service. Generally, chapters are initially released through magazines, and once an artist has released enough content within their respective magazines a book is eventually published. Essentially these book releases are an opportunity for the artist to showcase their work for their fans. And within these releases you'll see higher quality paper, a dust jacket cover, and maybe some bonus content the mangaka made specifically for the book.
In many cases, artists will go back and touch up older chapters to improve for their book release. SAVAN is no exception to this.
Check out just a few examples we noticed when we went through the book ourselves:
When a book is licensed and published overseas, you sometimes lose that high quality showcase feeling; almost as if it was lost in translation. FAKKU has always taken the approach of releasing the books as close to the original as possible to maintain that high quality feel as it was meant to be. The last thing we want is for our fans to feel like they miss out on features that the artist created specifically for you.
Here are some of the materials we prepared to send our printers:
When printing, often Japan will use more than 4 colors (CYMK) to print jackets and add additional specific colors to overlay and increase the vividness of the artwork. If you're interested in reading more about this, you can check it out here:
Jacket Making Process
Would you like to see more content like this? Please let us know in the comments, and don't forget to preorder SAVAN's first book here: