Field Notes has made a small batch of sweet Memo Books with the The Morning News Tournament of Books mascot on the cover. Inside you’ll find 48 pages of graph paper along with a checklist of the 2025 tournament books on the back cover.
From TMN: “In case you’re new to all this, the ToB is an annual springtime event here at The Morning News, where a group of the best works of fiction from last year enter a March Madness-style battle royale. In March, these novels will be seeded and paired off in an NCAA Tournament-like bracket. For each pairing, one of our esteemed judges will read both novels and advance one, with a transparent explanation of how they made their decision.”
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Proudly printed by the good people of Team Concept Printing, Carol Stream, Ill.
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Cover: Neenah Environment 80#C “Grocer Kraft,” with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of “Dachshund Nose Black” soy-based Toyo ink.
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Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Double Knee Duck Canvas Light Brown” soy-based Superior ink.
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Cover and innards printed on aKomori GL 640L six-color UV printing press.
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Bound by Horizon SPF-200L “Bookletmaster” with dual 20-pocket feeder towers, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
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Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a CRC round-corner machine.
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Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
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Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm x 140mm).
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FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.
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All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.