In a hardcover book, endsheets (also known as endpapers) are the sheets of paper that are glued to the inside covers. Endsheets add durability and support to the binding, helping to keep the book intact. They are left blank and can’t be customized. The flyleaf is a part of the endsheet that is not glued […]
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Unfortunately, our printing partners don’t support spread layout out of the box and that’s why we don’t offer a two-page spread design option. However, there’s a workaround you can use to create spread illustrations. To illustrate your books in spreads, you’ll need to split your spread illustrations into two halves and upload them to facing
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No, we don’t unless the printing facility needs to add blank pages for formatting purposes. This is especially true for some types of hardcover books, which require a binding sheet to hold the pages together. In addition to that, some of our partner printing facilities may add a blank page with a barcode at the
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With BookBildr, you don’t really need to format your book in any special way. However, keep in mind the following: – A digital publication (PDF) can have as many or as few pages as you like– The minimum number of pages is 12 for softcovers and 26 for hardcovers including the covers. We advise to
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The minimum number of pages to get your book printed is 10 pages for printing coil-bound and saddle stitch softcovers and 26 pages including the covers to print a hardcover. We recommend that your book has at least 26 pages including the front and back cover so that you get all of the options offered
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When you order formatting for Amazon from us, you’ll get: A cover file for the paperback version An interior file for the paperback version An ebook file in Amazon’s preferred .kpf format A cover image for the ebook version in .jpg format The service DOES NOT include uploading the files to the customer’s Amazon account.
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BookBildr PDF files aren’t compatible with Amazon out of the box because Amazon and BookBildr use different page sizes. BookBildr uses international sizes, such as A5 and A4, whereas Amazon uses US sizes, such as 6 x 9 inches. Also, Amazon requires picture book files with full-page images to include bleed. BookBildr printing partners add
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Making a beautiful book is easier than you think – just take these tips into account and follow our formatting guidelines from the next FAQ. – Avoid placing text too close to the edge of each page. Technically, at least 1 cm is required to make sure the page doesn’t look strange or your text
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