- 1). Write the book in your favorite word processing or publishing program. Remember the books that you read as a child, the lessons you learned, and the characters you liked when writing out your story.
- 2). Integrate the words with pictures that you created yourself or by using free, legal clip art.
- 3). Ask someone to proofread your book and ask him for suggestions. Make any changes that need to be made.
- 4). Save the book in a universal program like Adobe Reader. This will create a PDF file. Save it onto a flash drive or other portable drive.
- 5). Take the drive into a print center to have it printed. Ask the print center to print your document like a book, printing on both sides of the paper. Ask for a sample print to make sure everything is correct.
- 6). Have the print center print your book on a heavier paper like a card stock or cover stock.
- 7). Choose a clear cover for your book and and backing piece, like a heavy card stock or vinyl backing. Choose which color spiral binding you would like and have the book bound for you at the print center.
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