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A Special Limited Edition for 2023
Tournament of Books
To Benefit 826 National
2023 Tournament of Books Rooster Book 2023 Ruled Paper
To the Brackets, Once Again
Once again, we’re the title sponsor of The Morning News Tournament of Books that runs during March. We’re making our way through the books in this, the 19th edition of this literary cage-match, and hope you are too.
From TMN: “In case you’re new to all this, the ToB is an annual springtime event here at The Morning News, where a group of the best works of fiction from last year enter a March Madness-style battle royale. In March, these novels will be seeded and paired off in an NCAA Tournament-like bracket. For each pairing, one of our esteemed judges will read both novels and advance one, with a transparent explanation of how they made their decision.”
You can find the competing books and judges here and also, check this Brief History of the Tournament of Books.
Cover illustration by Carson Samson.
A Little Help Please
We’ve made a small batch of sweet Memo Books with the ToB mascot on the cover. Inside you‘ll find 48 pages of ruled paper along with a checklist of the tournament books on the inside back cover.
Buy one or more of these for $5 each and we’ll donate the profits to 826 National, a nine-chapter network that provides under-resourced students, ages 6-18 with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills. Give us a hand please. You know, for kids.
SPECIFICATIONS:
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Cover illustration by Carson Samson. Visit instagram.com/carsonsamson_art
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Proudly printed by the good people of Team Concept Printing, Carol Stream, Ill.
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Cover: French Dur-O-Tone 80#C “Packing Brown Wrap,” with a thick, brute force 3-color application of “Rooster Red,” black, and white soy-based Toyo inks.
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Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Double Knee Duck Canvas Light Brown” soy-based Toyo ink.
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Cover and Innards printed on a Komori GL 640L 6-color UV printing press.
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Bound by Horizon SPF-200L “Bookletmaster” with dual 20-pocket feeder towers.
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Trimmed on a 45" Saber 116 paper cutter.
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Corners precisely rounded to 3/8" (9.5mm) by a CRC round-corner machine.
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Ruled lines: 1/4" (6.4mm).
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Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm x 140mm).
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FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.
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All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
