The Essential Prepress Guide. Helpful Hint 1: When you first set-up a book file in InDesign, make sure that you check ‘Facing Pages’. You can find it by going to File > Document Setup. Helpful Hint 2: The crop marks, bleed marks, and printer's marks are generated when making the PDF, not in the ... Read More about Prepress Guide (Essentials for Book Prep)
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Spot Varnish File Guide for Coffee Table Books
How to Create a Spot Varnish File in InDesign. Spot varnish can print over each image if you want photos and graphic images to “pop” off the pages of your book. This technique is different from a flood varnish. Flood varnish covers the entire page. To print a spot varnish on just the images — and ... Read More about Spot Varnish File Guide for Coffee Table Books
Qualified Print Broker for Self-Publishers
You have to know what you are doing to be a great book print broker. As a print broker, I've been in this or related businesses since 1971. You can't be a print salesperson at one printer, and decide to set-up shop. Well, you can, but you won't be successful for long, especially when trying to be a ... Read More about Qualified Print Broker for Self-Publishers
Ebook Preparation to Convert Files
This is what you need to know about ebook preparation before turning over files to be converted to an ebook. Ebook preparation is something the self-publisher does before handing-off the file to convert to an ebook. There are several different formats for ebooks. The most common are mobi which is ... Read More about Ebook Preparation to Convert Files
Book Cover Dimensions (for Cover Wrap)
Book Cover Dimensions for Hardcovers. Setup for book cover dimensions, for the cover wrap, in InDesign Book cover dimensions ... we are getting technical here, but find that book cover dimensions are a source of confusion. Let's slog through it together. Hardcover book cover dimensions may ... Read More about Book Cover Dimensions (for Cover Wrap)
