{"id":828,"date":"2017-06-19T16:27:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T15:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=828"},"modified":"2023-02-16T13:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:08:07","slug":"printers-tales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/printers-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Printers\u2019 Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Available in Ebook Formats and Paperback<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?asin=B0096U8B10&amp;preview=inline&amp;linkCode=kpe&amp;ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_KEF8FVRW16K2R8XW6N6V&amp;tag=daveslinotypw-21\" width=\"336\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Printers Tales is a compilation of over 30 stories, from various authors, about the printing industry in the pre-digital age.<\/p>\n<p>Before computers became common-place in the late 1970s, to produce a printed page required the skill and expertise of a multitude of time-served craftsmen.<\/p>\n<p>Compositors worked with lead type to create words letter by letter. Paper was pressed on to inked letters to reproduce words and sentences. Many of these skills have long-since been forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>This compilation brings together memories of the printing and newspaper industries from that era.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of the stories involve the Linotype machine, a mechanical typesetting machine, that was used to produce newspapers, and other publications, from the 1880s until the computer revolution of the 1970s\/80s.<\/p>\n<p>There are stories, poems and limericks from authors from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand, all of whom share a common workplace experience.<\/p>\n<p>From tales from American &#8220;tramp printers&#8221; who were able to travel the length and breadth of the United States working on various newspapers on the way, to the unique language and terminology used by compositors on a London Fleet Street &#8220;companionship&#8221; and lots of stories in between.<\/p>\n<h4>Ebook Version<\/h4>\n<p><b>Available for Kindle on <a href=\"http:\/\/mybook.to\/tales\">Amazon\/Apple Books.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>All Ebook formats available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/QZF3Rz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Smashwords<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Print Version<\/h4>\n<p>Printers&#8217; Tales is also available in a print version. Just over 100 pages, nicely laid out on cream paper, with a matte soft cover. Available now on <a href=\"http:\/\/mybook.to\/tales\"><strong>Amazon.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below are a couple of samples from the print version which uses gothic headings and easy-to-read serif type.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong>\u00a0All the\u00a0stories in the book are published on this website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/images\/gen\/PT1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/images\/gen\/PT1.jpg\" alt=\"Sample 1\" width=\"470\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/images\/gen\/PT2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/images\/gen\/PT2.jpg\" alt=\"Sample 2\" width=\"435\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available in Ebook Formats and Paperback Printers Tales is a compilation of over 30 stories, from various authors, about the printing industry in the pre-digital age. 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