“Manufacturing is problem solving. You learn to do it here and you can use it in all other areas of your life.”

-Blake’s Dad, Blake Prepares for Manufacturing

Good Morning,

Welcome to the July 2025 newsletter by MAKE Publishing! In this newsletter, we are thrilled to share 10 things about our new book, Blake Prepares for Manufacturing. Once released, this book will continue our mission to educate, inspire, and equip the next generation to win in manufacturing. We are thrilled to release this book to you later this summer… until then, let’s dive in!

10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BLAKE PREPARES FOR MANUFACTURING

This summer MAKE Publishing will release our second book, Blake Prepares for Manufacturing. Here are 10 things you need to know.

1. One Main Character: Blake Prepares for Manufacturing continues the story of our main character, Blake.

2. Two Sections: Manufacturing skills and character traits

3. Three Types: Blake learns to identify then solve three unique types of problems and embrace three specific types of accountability

4. Four Contributors: Our team that made this book possible

5. Five Terms: At least five manufacturing terms are defined in per story in our glossary

6. Six Stories: A collection of six short stories, written to develop manufacturing skills and character traits in the next generation.

7. Seven Jobs: Blake learns by experiencing seven different jobs in manufacturing.

8. Eight Characters Join Blake in his development throughout book

9. Nine Drafts were completed after outline and before text insertion to book

10. Ten Years: Blake’s age in the book and the age of our target reader

Are you excited to learn about manufacturing and can’t wait for our new book to release? Please see all we have going on at MAKE Publishing and share this email with a friend!

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Joe & Amanda