diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f7275bb..da4150c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 venv/
+metadata.db
diff --git a/simplelayout.py b/simplelayout.py
index 023cff3..8c3807a 100644
--- a/simplelayout.py
+++ b/simplelayout.py
@@ -7,24 +7,41 @@ from calibrestekje import Book, Publisher, init_session
 pagewidth, pageheight = landscape(A6)
 
 doc = SimpleDocTemplate("text.pdf", pagesize=landscape(A6),
-                        rightMargin=72, leftMargin=72,
-                        topMargin=72, bottomMargin=18)
-
+                        rightMargin=18, leftMargin=18,
+                        topMargin=0, bottomMargin=18)
 
 content = []
 styles = getSampleStyleSheet()
 
 session = init_session("sqlite:///metadata.db")
 
-# publisher = (session.query(Publisher)
-#                     .filter(Publisher.name == "MIT Press").one())
 for book in session.query(Book).all():
+
     print (book.title)
+    print (book.authors)
+    
     # c.drawString(10,pageheight-10, book.title)
     # c.showPage()
-    p = Paragraph('<font size=12>{}</font>'.format(book.title), styles["Normal"])
+
+    # create a paragraph and append content to it - e.g. book.title, book.authors etc
+    p = Paragraph('<font size=12>{}</font>'.format(book.title), styles["Italic"])
+
+    content.append(p)
+    # content.append(PageBreak())
+    content.append(Spacer(1, 12))
+
+    #import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
+
+    format_string = '<font size=12>{}</font>'
+    all_authors = [author.name for author in book.authors]
+    glued_together = format_string.format(", ".join(all_authors))
+
+    #if all_authors==['John Markoff']:
+    #	import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
+
+    p = Paragraph(glued_together, styles["Normal"])
     content.append(p)
-    # content.append(Spacer(1, 12))
     content.append(PageBreak())
+    content.append(Spacer(1, 12))
 
-doc.build(content)
+doc.build(content)
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