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The Book Manufacturers' Institute currently offers two items:

1) The Well-Built Book: Art & Technology — A compelling, 28-minute presentation explaining the book manufacturing process from pre-press to press to bindery.  Now available in DVD format only.

2) Manufacturing Standards & Specifications for Textbooks (MSST) — The official Advisory Commission on Textbook Specifications (ACTS) publication detailing the approved guidelines for the manufacture of elementary and high school textbooks. 
New 2006 revised edition **NOW AVAILABLE**

To order either of the above, click on the "PDF" icons below to download and print the order forms. (Please note: in order to download the PDFs you'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, which ships with most systems for both PCs and Macs). If you don't have the Reader, go here.

1) The Well-Built Book: Art & Technology                   

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2) Manufacturing Standards and Specifications for Textbooks

(click to download)

 

 

 

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