If you are using Microsoft Word, or any other word processing program, it can be very difficult to set up bleeds correctly and have everything line up evenly throughout the interior of the book. We suggest using a more robust piece of software like Adobe InDesign.
Adobe does offer a free trial for 30 days, and has monthly plans as well. If you are using a page layout program like Adobe InDesign , and want certain pages to bleed, you will need to include the bleeds and crop marks when you export your file as a PDF file. Adobe offers a great help section on how to set-up your document with bleeds using InDesign.
This setting will alert you to any low resolution images and embed all of your fonts as well. Font Embedding is when all the font information is captured from your computer and stored inside the PDF file.
If the fonts are not embedded in your PDF files, the type can reflow and become distorted. Even common Fonts like Times need to be embedded, because what we have found is there are many different versions of the Common Fonts.
The good news is that embedding Fonts is quite Easy. If the Cover artwork is part of the Text file, it will mess up the Margins of the Text, after the Cover is extracted. Please review our Cover Template for details on how to set up the Book Cover. The Text PDF files must be the same size as the book trim size being ordered. If PDF book files are supplied as 8. Reducing the file size is not recommended, because it will make the type small and hard to read.
DiggyPOD has a Video Tutorial at the top of this page, that will show you how you set-up your files to the correct trim size. We recommend that your page numbers, header, or footers are not on the binding side of the book. A easy way to avoid this common book printing problem is to have your page numbers, headers, or footers at the bottom center of the book.
If you are still unsure, just simply print out two pages that are front and back and place them back to back to see if everything is okay. We put a lot of work and time into quality checking each file, and when you send a new file, we have to start the process again from the beginning. Most of the time, we can fix most common issues with your files.
You can choose this option when you place your order, and if there are any common issues with the files, we will fix them. We will also let you know what issues we fixed when we upload the online proof for your approval. If you have to send in new files that we cannot fix. If you send the Word file to us, it will reflow and cause all sorts of formatting issues. When you send us your book files in PDF, we don't have to worry about the Text reflowing. All new orders get an online proof of the Book Cover and Text file before we go to print.
You can also order a hard copy proof when placing your order. The online proof is free, but the hard copy proof is an extra fee. What you see is what you get. Once you finish all the art and text, you can Just save it as a PDF and your full print cover is done.
But another, much simpler way to do all that, is using an online converter to change your PDF template into a Word file. So you can fit the art over the template, leave the white space as is, save as PDF and it will still work just fine. The easiest way to bring the art into your full print cover template, is to make the front, spine and back art unique, 1 piece layers, without the text. So the text on your front cover will all need to be made a little smaller, moved away from the edges and a little to the left side because there is extra trim on only the right side on the front, and only the left side on the back.
I can move them around to get them centered. I had trouble saving directly from Word to PDF this time…. Sometimes this will save beyond the borders of the image, but you can crop it after you save as a JPG and import it to your cover file.
Instead, click Insert and then Picture. For self-publishing, find a PDF converter that allows fonts to be embedded in the file and transparency to be flattened. Now I can move around my text to center it — make sure to keep away from the edges unless your text purposely goes near the edge. Createspace is very picky about its trim space though; if you have anything that looks like text extending of the edge of the cover, Createspace will flag it and not let it through unless you manually contact customer service and ask them to ignore it.
Usually I can just take a little bit of the front cover, like a strip of the very left side, and use it as the spine. In this one, I just copied the front cover image, put it behind the front cover, and shifted it to the left until it hit the dotted line on the other side of the spine. Then I made another copy, put it behind the spine layer, and shifted it all the way over to the other side.
For the spine, I can just copy the text layers, rotate them 90degrees clockwise, and resize them to fit in the spine. If I have a publisher logo or anything I can add it in as well. So there are a few options: If you have more landscape you can just use it. For example the original picture of this girl is much wider. I could start over and keep all the extra landscape, maybe stretch it out a bit, use the same gradients, and use it for the back. It would look OK… but it would be a little tricky because of the lighter, almost white sky and the dark treeline.
You need your text to stand out by contrast. You may find something with the right feel or style, and if you change the colors a bit it will match nicely with the front.
Something like this for example :. Awesome PC Accessories. Best Linux Laptops. Best Wireless iPhone Earbuds. Best Bluetooth Trackers. Best eReaders. Best VPN. Browse All News Articles. Windows 11 Uninstall Clock. Teams Walkie-Talkie. PCI Express 6. Wordle Scams. T-Mobile iCloud Private Relay. Avira Antivirus Crypto Miner. Linux PinePhone Pro. Google Green Messages. Use Your iPhone as a Webcam. Hide Private Photos on iPhone. All Microsoft's PowerToys for Windows. Take Screenshot by Tapping Back of iPhone.
Windows 11 Default Browser. Browse All Windows Articles.
0コメント