Cover to Cover is published alongside a Welsh version, O Glawr i Glawr to coincide with the publishers 120 year anniversary in September 2012. Pont Books is an imprint of Gomer Press who are, this year, celebrating their 120th year as a printing and publishing company. On Thursday morning, 27 September, the award-winning author and illustrator, Rob Lewis along with Sioned Lleinau, the author of the Welsh adaptation, O Glawr i Glawr, will be launching the book with the pupils of Llandysul Primary School. The book features Robs trademark sheep as both author and editor but there are real-life photographs too which show machinery and personnel at a working printing and publishing company. The reader is introduced to the technology and vocabulary used in the industry such as editor, storyboard, designer and proofs and the questions and comments from the characters ensure that the story is presented in a fun and entertaining way.

During the process, metal plates are created and John Llewelyn Jones from Llandysul is seen checking that the pages are in the right order on the plates before sending the book to print. There is one plate for every colour and there are four colours altogether Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black and by printing one colour over another, they produce all the colours needed. Vince Lloyd has worked for Gomer Press for over forty years and he can be seen working on the folding machine. Like many others at Gomer, Vince has worked for the company since leaving school and, with over fifty full and part-time employees, Gomer remains an important employer in the rural Teifi valley. To this day, Gomer Press is a family business and Jonathan Lewis is the managing director of the company his great-grandfather, J.D.Lewis, founded in 1892. On the last page of the book, theres a photograph of Jonathan, his brother Rod and their father John Lewis next to an old printing press and we continue to be astonished by the considerable develpoment that the industry has seen over the years. During the summer of 2012, a new printing press and machinery were installed at Gomers site in Llandysul as the company continues to invest in the future.

It is thanks to J.D. Lewiss initiative, the perseverance of the Lewis family and Gomers workforce throughout the years that many wonderful Welsh and English books adorn many bookshelves in shops, libraries and homes across Wales and Cover to Cover is a special picture-book to celebrate Gomers 120th birthday this year.