# Event Details - **Event Name**: INKLUDED: Book Production - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 07:15 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for a panel-led discussion discussing the behind-the-scenes processes of 4-color book production from the HBG production department.About this EventINKLUDED: Spotlight Event December 2025 - 4-Color Book ProductionWe may know about the editors, the publicists, and the designers in the book world. But let's dig a little deeper into the production of the book itself. How do we translate a book from a digital manuscript to the physical product? That is the job of the production manager, who acts as the liaison between the in-house team and the manufacturing vendors who print the actual books.This Spotlight will specifically look into four-color production for illustrated books and graphic novels. What's the difference between one-color and four-color production? What makes four-color production more complicated in comparison to one-color? What details does one look at in four-color production? What are the qualifications to become part of the production department?In this Spotlight event, a panel of HBG production managers will discuss the ins and outs of four-color production and what really goes on during the manufacturing process. If you've ever been curious to know who makes the physical books you buy, this is a Spotlight event you don't want to miss!Titled 4-Color Book Production, this event will take place on Thursday, December 4th at 6:00 PM EST. Registration will close on Wednesday, December 3rd at 1PM EST. This event will be an in-person and virtual HYBRID.*Doors will open at 5:30 PM EST and close at 6:05 PM EST. If you are running late, please email the event coordinators to let us know in advance so we can make sure to let you into the building.This event will be entirely free, but we encourage any amount of donation to help Inkluded to continue our mission into 2026. Please only get a ticket if you will 100% attend the event, as space is limited.Ruiko Tokunaga (she/her) is the VP, Production and Manufacturing at Hachette Book Group. She started her career as a Production Assistant at Simon & Schuster Children’s Books and held various positions at HarperCollins Children’s before moving to Hachette just over 10 years ago. When not at work, she is probably reading or planning her next vacation. A lifelong New Yorker, she currently resides in Brooklyn with her cat, Pig.Lillian Sun (she/her) is currently Senior Production Director of Children’s Books at Hachette Book Group. At Hachette, she has worked on various titles for Black Dog & Leventhal, Running Press Kids, and all the imprints within Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, including their graphic novel line, LB INK. Together with her tenure at HarperCollins Children’s Books, she has nearly thirty years of manufacturing book production experience that covers a wide breadth of book types, formats, and genres. She has had the pleasure to work with such venerable voices and talents in the children’s industry, including Katherine Applegate, Victoria Aveyard, Peter Brown, Christopher Denise, Kevin Henkes, Molly Idle, Jon Klassen, Christoph Niemann, Veronica Roth, Lemony Snicket, as well as the legendary estates of CS Lewis, Shel Silverstein, and Maurice Sendak.Maisa Nammari (she/her) is based in Boulder, Colorado, and is a production assistant managing the production of Little, Brown’s 1-color frontlist titles. She joined Hachette Book Group’s Boulder office in 2023, having previously been a publishing professional hopeful, interning at Writers House and Thompson Literary Agency. She is a co-lead of HBG’s Employees of Color Employee Resource Group. Maisa loves gardening, pottery, and living near the mountains with her fiancé, dog, two cats, and several dozen houseplants.Erica Huang (she/her) is a production associate working on 1- and 4-color frontlist titles for the Little, Brown Books for Young Readers imprints. She previously worked as a production assistant at Artisan Books, a lifestyle and cookbook imprint part of the Workman Publishing group, before moving over to children's books at LBYR. She is a matriculant of the Inkluded Academy program and a current member of the Inkluded Programs committee, helping to put together the Spotlight and Pathways events for the general public, industry professionals, and publishing hopefuls.Come check us out on all our social media platforms below:Website: www.inkluded.orgTwitter: @GetInkludedInstagram: @inkludedorgLinkedIn: Inkluded Inc.Agenda?: 05:30 PM - 05:50 PMEntry Time/Social Period?: 06:05 PM - 07:00 PMPanel TalkInfo: A panel of 4 production managers and coordinators will answer questions about four-color production, discuss their routes to publishing and production specifically, and talk about what makes production an interesting department to work in.?: 07:10 PM - 07:15 PMFinal Questions/Wind-down - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/inkluded-book-production/100001849488222059 - **Event Categories**: Art, Nonprofit, literary-art, Kids - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Hachette Book Group - **lat**: 40.7607411 - **long**: -73.97941 - **full address**: Hachette Book Group, 1290 6th Avenue, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: INKLUDED: Book Production - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/5d09fe1531755b51335c76060905b3bfeabef5db59ab0c39924c630fb2798b38-rimg-w946-h740-dc000000-gmir.png?v=1763613542 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is INKLUDED: Book Production being held? - **A:** INKLUDED: Book Production takes place on Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 07:15 pm at Hachette Book Group, 1290 6th Avenue, New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing INKLUDED: Book Production? - **A:** INKLUDED: Book Production is organized by Inkluded. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "INKLUDED: Book Production", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/5d09fe1531755b51335c76060905b3bfeabef5db59ab0c39924c630fb2798b38-rimg-w946-h740-dc000000-gmir.png?v=1763613542", "startDate": "2025-12-04", "endDate": "2025-12-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/inkluded-book-production/100001849488222059", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Hachette Book Group", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1290 6th Avenue", "postalCode": "10104", "addressLocality": "New York", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.7607411", "longitude": "-73.97941" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for a panel-led discussion discussing the behind-the-scenes processes of 4-color book production from the HBG production department.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-27", "availabilityEnds": "2025-12-04", "validFrom": "2026-04-27", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/inkluded-book-production/100001849488222059" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-27", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-27", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/inkluded-book-production/100001849488222059", "price": 0, "name": "In-Person+ Optional Donation" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-27", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-27", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/inkluded-book-production/100001849488222059", "price": 0, "name": "In-Person-Free" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-27", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-27", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/inkluded-book-production/100001849488222059", "price": 0, "name": "Hybrid/Online Attendance- Free" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-27", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-27", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/inkluded-book-production/100001849488222059", "price": 0, "name": "Hybrid/Online Attendance + Optional Donation" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Inkluded", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/inkluded/23876362" } ] } ] ```