Writing upside down

[the_faery_queen]

brian froud did it with his faerie book, good faeries were one way up, bad faeries the other way up. i liked it, it worked well witrh that, but it would depend on the book, i imagine. if it is meant to be hard back, and has pics, i can see it working far more easily than a paperback book. but froud also had two covers, one on front, one on back, so you didn't know which way was the right way. guess it depends on how well its done

[cornelius]

I used to read some sort of comics that were built up that way. forget their titles, but they were meant for little kiddies

I think you can easely get away with it, unless, you're reader has to twist and turn to read it all. Keep it simple, I'd say.

[Marky Lazer]

It basically is meant as two-books-in-one. You start with book one (or two ), when you're getting somewhere around the half of it, you finished the first story. Then, you're asked to close the book, turn it upside-down and start reading from page one again. I also meant to have two front covers, one for every story.

[simondavidmiller]

Is this what you mean?.....

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[simondavidmiller]

almost worked! for some reason some of the letters didn't come out...

i'll try in a different font:

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[simondavidmiller]

OK - well that didn't work either.

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Simon

[Lith]

If you're sending it in digitally you wouldn't want to send it as a photoshop or illustrator file. that would be one massive headache for the publisher. Send it as a single, normal file, then attach a pictures of samples you printed out demonstrating how the book would work.

[chrispenycate]

There were a number of books published like this; essentially it's two quite separate books bound into one cover.
Therefore bookbinders know how to do it, if you can explain clearly uenough what you want.

[mosaix]

Originally Posted by Marky Lazer

I'm thinking about a project where I need some pages normal and some upside-down. Does anyone of that is possible in Microsoft Word, and if so, how to do it? And, if not, any program that CAN do it?

Cheers!

Print it out and turn the required pages through 180 degrees.

[areader]

Ummm yes, I've seen the 3 Billy Goats Gruff done that way: traditional version/troll's version.

Explanation here Upside-Down Printing (paintshop pro is not as pricey as some).

For a tedious way of doing it Powerpoint it.
MrExcel Message Board :: View topic - msword - can't flip text upside down

Alternatively look for an upside down font and import it into your fonts. Select, highlight and transform font. The problem there would be that they would need the font to view it in their program.

Save it as a webpage within word and you should have some stupidly simple script command that will do it.

The final problem is do they accept word submissions(bugs and stuff ..as many don't).

[lin robinson]

I'd say you're making a mistake with this. The book reader can quickly flip the book over, but what is the publisher going to do?
(Ans: spike your MS and move on to something readable and not so cute)

Like the previous poster said...send a normal MS...two different ones perhaps, with a note explaining your purpose.

Gimmicks are NOT the way to make friends with people who have to read stuff all day.

[dustinzgirl]

Um, I don't think the publisher would be very put out. Many magazines come with pages upside down, I have seen books with one half up and one half down, esp. in the classics for children, where they put two condensed books in one.

Its the same publishing process, people. Just the words are upside down. Its not complex. I can do it in LULU if I want too.

The problem is the writer getting the formating upside down on specific pages and not the entire doc. I have no idea how to do that, but it won't hurt the publisher any.

[lin robinson]

Wait a minute, I thought we were talking about submitting this to a publisher to try to get it accepted. In which case it won't be if it's weird like that.

If it's a POD thing, ask the publisher how to do it. No problem.

[dustinzgirl]

Originally Posted by Marky Lazer

I'm thinking about a project where I need some pages normal and some upside-down. Does anyone of that is possible in Microsoft Word, and if so, how to do it? And, if not, any program that CAN do it?

Cheers!

Originally Posted by lin robinson

Wait a minute, I thought we were talking about submitting this to a publisher to try to get it accepted. In which case it won't be if it's weird like that.

If it's a POD thing, ask the publisher how to do it. No problem.

Thats what people started talking about, but that is not the question or concern. I don't think Marks concerned with publishing. He just wants to know how to do it on his computer. Which is nice to know before you self pub. or trad. pub. so he can see what the reader will see before either editor, publisher, or reader sees it.

[Lith]

He said somewhere that he intended to send it to a publisher, electronically.

I bet you could do it with macros. But I have no idea how.