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Professional book cover designers and amateurs who wish to design their own book cover need to know how to determine the book cover spine width. Free perfect bound spine width calculator publication printing. Book cover spine width refers to a book s thickness. Some useful information on spine widths help center. How do i calculate spine thickness for perfect bound book. This faq will go over the steps to setup the cover for your perfect bound book in adobe indesign. Perfect binding can be done by sewing signatures together then glueing but since you are binding this yourself theres no need to do that. Ctp printers is the book printing leader in southern africa.
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Theres a simple formula which determines that width. Note that the length and size of a cover sheet depends on the thickness of the book block spine. The bar books spine, with its shiny, extralarge, and embossed title, easily stands out from the crowd, and ive heard it also looks great on a bar cart. Is perfect binding or saddle stitch better for your. Oct 12, 2010 the calculator will automatically determine the spine size needed based on the number of pages in your document and some of our most frequently used stocks. Perfectbound book spines 101 publishers graphics blog. Get an estimate gasch printing custom book printing. Its standard to apply bleed only to the outside edges of facing pages 0 for the spine. By adding color for the wrap around the spine gives swiss bound books a very upscale, high end, classy look. Free perfect bound spine width calculator publication. The spine calculator is best to be used by a graphic artist, or authors with a good knowledge of using page layout programs like adobe indesign.
The number of pages the thickness of the paper, expressed in pages per inch ppi. The overlooked art of designing a book spine medium. Perfect bound glued spine with color laminated cover. For example if i design a book of 150 pages and i plan to use a light or heavy paper this measure is going to change. Break in a hardcover book without ruining the spine. Its also a good rule of thumb to avoid centering the focus of your image directly on or near the spine in a perfect bound publication. Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book of codex format from an ordered stack of paper sheets that are folded together into sections or sometimes left as a stack of individual sheets. To calculate the thickness of a book or brochure we need to know the thickness of the paper rather than its weight. This is essential because the spine width needs to be integrated into. Use this tool to determine the weight and spine width of your print titles. Finished books have the superior square spine appearance of a perfectly bound book, and the security of a stitched spine. Custom printed book size calculator provides instant artwork template sizes for cover, bleed, spine size based on book page count, paper stock and finished size. Choose perfect bound book cover semi concealed wraparound cover spiral bound book cover spiral bound hard cover book cover saddlestitched book cover hardcover case wrap dust jacket.
I have just looked at your pdf to book calculator and although it provides book cover dimensions there are still no book spine dimensions. Expert book printers with years of experience in the printing industry. If you send your work to us as a word document make sure you select this option on. There are a few intracacies that need attention when you are preparing artwork for a perfect bound book. Just take the number of pages in your book and divide that figure by your text papers ppi pages per inch. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account.
Common spine elements to add after the book title include author name, publisher name or publisher logo. The front and back cover dimensions, called the trim, will be the same as your final print size plus any bleed determined by your printer, but how do you calculate spine width to calculate spine width, you need to know the final page count when printed. How to setup the cover for short run perfect bound books. Book spine calculator book thickness calculator what. The spine size is determined by what options you selected in the online quoter, such as paper weight, number of pages, formatting, etc. Book spine calculator book thickness calculator what is a book. Based in minneapolis, minnesota, bookmobile began as a design and typesetting production house in 1982 and started offering print services in 1996. The front cover and spine completely open up so you can see the spine and page 1 completely. Luckily for you we have a handy book spine calculator to use. Our team of book printers has been helping people realise their dreams for a long time. Sep, 2015 six different book spine sizes and two different sized book recommendation forms for you to display what students are reading in your classroom. How to determine book cover spine width pen and the pad. Use this calculator to get an approximate measurement for the width of your spine.
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