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Checklist
Please proof read and double check all PDF files at 100% before uploading. It is solely your responsibility to ensure that your order is free of typographical errors, graphical errors (observing trim lines and image/text placement), and/or poor image quality. We want you to be happy with your order.
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⇢ Spelling
⇢ Color
⇢ Satisfactory image quality
⇢ Delete barcode indication layer on cover file and last page file
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⇢ Check for any image and text placement in the gutter area
⇢ Make sure any text in the spine is between the blue guidelines
⇢ Make sure nothing is placed in the divot on the front and back covers
⇢ Check for bleeds on all pages and placement of images and text within guidelines
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The printed cover will fold over the outer guidelines (fold lines) onto the board material.
Place text or important parts of an image at least 1/4 inch within the outer guidelines (fold lines). To ensure a full bleed, images and backgrounds must extend past the guidelines so they go all the way to the edge of the canvas (beyond the fold lines).
The two vertical center blue guidelines represent the spine area. You may place text in this area, or you may leave it blank. To ensure text does not start to wrap around past the spine and onto the front or back covers, make sure the text is within these two blue guidelines.
Note:
For Soft Cover books 30 sides or less, we do not recommend putting text in the spine, as there is limited space.
To the left and right of the spine guidelines there will be a DIVOT. Place any text or important parts of an image at least 1/2 inch away from the spine guidelines to avoid them being printed in the divot.
The back cover of some of the book lines has a space reserved for a required barcode. A grey or red box is used as the placeholder in your Photoshop® file. YOU MUST DELETE THIS LAYER IN PHOTOSHOP® BEFORE SAVING THE FILE OR IT WILL BE PRINTED IN YOUR BOOK.
Do not place text or important parts of an image in this area, as it will be covered by the barcode. (Our system will automatically overprint the barcode in the reserved area.)
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The first page of the book is a single side. It falls on the right side of the template. The left side will be left white automatically.
The top, bottom, and right guidelines represent the area where the page will be trimmed.
Place text or important parts of an image at least 1/4 inch within the outer guidelines. To ensure a full bleed, the images and backgrounds must extend past the guidelines so they go all the way to the edge of the canvas (beyond the guidelines).
The left guide is part of the gutter, where the book is bound. All Book Bound books will lose approximately 1/4 inch per side in the gutter area.
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The outer guidelines represent the area where the page will be trimmed.
Place text or important parts of an image at least 1/4 inch within the outer guidelines. To ensure a full bleed off the page, the images and backgrounds must extend past the guidelines so they go all the way to the edge of the canvas (beyond the guidelines).
The three vertical guidelines in the center represent the gutter, where the book is bound. Approximately 1/2 inch of the image area will be hidden in the gutter of Book Bound books.
Do not place text or important parts of an image in this gutter area. It usually looks fine to have parts of an image go through the gutter, as long as it is not important information, for example someone's face or important text.
For group photos going across the spread, we recommend careful placement, for example positioning the center blue guideline between people. We do not recommend splitting, stretching, or doubling the images in the gutter, as it is possible to see more into the gutter when the books are opened and laid more flat, and there may be some uneveness between the pages.
Note:
Gutter loss varies with book size and number of pages.
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The last page of the book is a single side. It falls on the left side of the template. The right side will be left white automatically.
The top, bottom, and left guidelines represent the area where the page will be trimmed.
Place text or important parts of an image at least 1/4 inch within the outer guidelines. To ensure a full bleed off the page, the images and backgrounds must extend past the guidelines so they go all the way to the edge of the canvas (beyond the guidelines).
The right guide is part of the gutter, where the book is bound. All Book Bound books will lose approximately 1/4 inch per side in the gutter area.
The last page of some of the book lines has a space reserved for a required barcode. A grey or red box is used as the placeholder in your Photoshop® file. YOU MUST DELETE THIS LAYER IN PHOTOSHOP® BEFORE SAVING THE FILE OR IT WILL BE PRINTED IN YOUR BOOK.
Do not place text or important parts of an image in this area, as it will be covered by the barcode. (Our system will automatically overprint the barcode in the reserved area.)
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Designable Slide-In Book Case for EXD Books
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The EXD books come in a designable slide-in book case. You are able to design the outside of the book case including the front, back, spine, top, and bottom. This file is called excase.psd and can be found in all EXD template download folders.
When working in this template, the LEFT side is the front of the book case and the RIGHT side is the back of the book case, and the two center vertical guidelines represent the spine.
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Designable Presentation Box for LX and FLX
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The LX and FLX books come in a designable presentation box that you are able to design the front, spine, and back of. This is the first file in the templates folder for these types of books named 000000.psd.
When working in this template, the RIGHT side is the front of the book case and the LEFT side is the back of the book case, and the two center vertical guidelines represent the spine.
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| Designable Neo Classic Case for Neo Classic Books |
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The Neo Classic book comes in a designable Neo Classic Case. You are able to design the outside of the book case including the front, back, spine, top, and bottom. The case also includes a slide-in holder that the book rests in which contains a placeholder for a CD or DVD. The slide-in holder is white and is not designable.
When working in this template, the LEFT side is the front of the presentation box and the RIGHT side is the back of the presentation box, and the two center vertical guidelines represent the spine.
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