While InDesign is the leading page layout program, if you don’t want that, a novice photo book author could use the BookWrite online technology at Blurb. Say your typeface is Minion Pro 12 pt, you might select 16 pt leading. You need some space at chapter starts and leading (the space between lines) needs a bit more than usual. It takes a couple of projects to get this right. This costs about AU $22 a month.Īnother thing to consider when trying to do your own book design is the sense of space and leading. You will need Acrobat Pro & Distiller for doing the PDF, if for IngramSpark.It keeps editing the prior one, unless you unlink each first (icon: previous header/footer) No masters, so you need to put sections in for page numbering or the headers/footers. Making a running header different every section can drive one quite mad.It is a devil for laying out large text boxes and graphics with text wraps. It is possible to use Acrobat Pro to make a PDF-X1/X3 - however, not too sure about colours and DPI result.It takes less time to format, as tables or graphs are already in the file (if using).As authors, you can access it easily and also Track Changes is useful for editing.Interiors: minimum 13 mm text margins for IngramSpark.Ĭovers: keep text a minimum 6 mm from each edge (apart from spine) - designers sometimes put elements too close to the edge.Ĭovers: all set out in one file - with back cover, spine and front cover (and barcode provided). To dispel another myth, you can print bleed images right to the edge of your file (when setting up for IngramSpark or CreateSpace) and no, you don’t need to have a border. Remember, the interior of any book is completely separate to the cover. But Adobe InDesign is the industry standard for book design, so let’s discuss MS Word vs Adobe Indesign. However, some authors want to be able to access the file again - and if they are not worried about the colours (inside) not being controlled, then there are workarounds. Now, most new authors want to typeset their non-fiction book in Word, but Word is designed for word processing and not so much for book design. Lately, a few talented writers have contacted me with their pre-press production problems.
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