Book design resources for self published authors

Everything you should know about book layouts, formatting, and more

A guide to custom book covers for printing services

Today, a book cover does more than just offer another layer of protection for your book. Many readers' first impressions are based on how your cover looks (even though we're taught not to judge!). A professionally designed cover piques curiosity and invites readers to delve further into the story.
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Formatting a book for print with trim size margins and bleed set correctly

Formatting a book for print has rules, and if your book file doesn't follow these rules, the trimming and binding will happily make the decision for you. Thankfully, there's an easy fix to formatting a book with trim size margins and bleed set correctly. We'll show you how to do it!
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Custom book cover printing checklist for bleed and spine

Think of your book cover as a wrap. It's the front, spine, and back that need to survive trimming, folding binding, and, depending on the format you choose, a lot of physical handling.
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