Coats and Many Colors

laminates.

"After the covers were printed," says Nardi, "they went through a matte film lamination and spot UV on a Sakuri silk screen machine." The embossing department then created raised letters for the cover, which, says Diana Lomomaco, Putnam's senior production manager, is why they chose a heavier paper stock.

The result is a varied textural end product that compliments the books historical dimensions. But it wasn't easy, says Peabody. "In the beginning, we went through the design starting with silver foils," he reveals. He says

the team also considered gold before settling on the antiqued look that Werner conceptualized.

YES YOKO ONO

by Alexandra Munroe with Jon Hendricks

An open-minded affirmation for a veritable pop cultural casserole, Yoko Ono may bring to mind much multiplicity, but her performance and conceptual art has been ironed out into a new anthology from Harry N. Abrams and the Japan Society. Inside, the book chronicles Ono's art in word and image, whereas the cover boasts a stark, foil image of Ono's face as photographed by Iain MacMillian more than 30 years ago. The 352-page title's cover also includes a CD-ROM, which, according to the publisher, created additional production concerns.

Not only did the 100-year-old Italian printer, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A.'s Printing Division, need to focus on the metallized image of Ono's face on the front cover, but the binding had to allow for placement of a CD-ROM within the cover slot. The interactive CD-ROM is not a surprising addition for either Abrams or Mondadori—both of which are dedicated to e-publishing. The book's printer recently signed an agreement with Microsoft to develop e-books and CD-based products for the Italian language market. YES, too, was digitally printed sheet offset, rotogravure and engraved.

At Mondadori, the book's paper and inks were chosen for quality control. Throughout color proofing, the photo-preparation process was tightly controlled and packaged to conform to production standards recognized by the International Standards Organization (ISO).