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Advance Information Sheet

This example requires the sample images dummy-logo.png and chicken.png as well as the barcode-qr.pdf file created in Exercise 28.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{drm}

\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{flowfram}

\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}

\newflowframe{0.6\textwidth}{\textheight}{0pt}{0pt}

\newdynamicframe{0.3\textwidth}{\textheight}{0.7\textwidth}{0pt}[sidepane]

\newstaticframe{2in}{2in}{\dimexpr(\textwidth-2in)}{0pt}[logo]

\setstaticcontents*{logo}{\includegraphics[width=2in]{dummy-logo}}

\begin{dynamiccontents*}{sidepane}
{\raggedright\bfseries\scshape\Large
Oh No! The Chickens Have Escaped
\par
}

\centering
\bigskip

\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{chicken}

\bigskip

\begin{tabular}{@{}ll}
Genre:  & Children's Illustrated \\
        & Fiction\\
RRP:    &\pounds5.99\\
Format: & Paperback\\
Pages: & 30\\
Pub Date: & 1st August 2014\\
ISBN: & 978-x-xxxxxx-xx-x
\end{tabular}

\vfill

\includegraphics{barcode-qr}

\vfill

\end{dynamiccontents*}

\begin{document}\raggedright

\section{About the Book}

A fun illustrated children's story about some escaped chickens. 
Fred and Mabel are looking after Granny's chickens for the day
but, oh no, they've escaped. Will Fred and Mabel find them all
before the chickens get into the road or get eaten by the hungry fox?

\section{About the Author}

Dickie Duck lives somewhere or other and won the best fowl book
award in 2014. He likes writing silly stories about ducks and
chickens.

\section{Keypoints}

\begin{dinglist}{118}
 \item A fun way of teaching children to count.

 \item Children will enjoy the repetition and rhyme.

 \item Features chickens doing stupid things.

 \item Completely fictitious book encourages children's
imaginations.
\end{dinglist}

\section{Marketing}

\begin{dinglist}{118}
 \item Written by award-winning author.

 \item Illustrated by world famous artist.

 \item Some other really interesting marketing information.
\end{dinglist}

\section{Contact}

\begin{tabular}{@{}l}
Dickie Duck\\
1 The Street\\
Another Village\\
Some City\\
Imagineshire\\
YZ1 2AB
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

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