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Dear Reader,

We are so excited to show you our amazing magazine! It was a journey to get to this point, but we are very happy you are here. If you want to know more about us, you can read our bios, but collectively we are all freshmen at LASA high school. LASA is the Liberal Arts and Science Academy, a magnet school in Austin, Texas.

We discovered our shared love of books while brainstorming topic ideas. If things had gone a little differently you might be reading a magazine about something completely different. Afterwards we started reaching out to people, from authors to librarians, for interviews we could use in our stories. Some interviews were easy to come by, some less so, but we managed to interview 13 people for this magazine. While we were reaching out to potential interviewees, we were busy creating infographics, folios, and page layouts. We went back and forth on our folio design. A folio is the little book in the corner that has the page number on it. The layouts in particular were tricky. We had to balance text, photos, and graphics while making all the articles cohesive yet unique. We are particularly proud of our graphics. If you look at the article, The Fellowship of the Book on page 10, you will see some of our best graphics made by our graphics editor.

We have included articles on the way authors write books, book clubs, events at bookstores, and the lives of librarians. We hope your appreciation for books deepens as you get a peek behind the scenes of libraries, bookstores, and authors. We have learned so much while creating this magazine and we want you to discover everything we did. Happy Reading!