If you are designing your book for double sided printing essential for hard copy books and it can be a good idea for pdf ebooks as well keep in mind that you should set your margins differently for inside and outside margins.
Book margin gutter setting 8 x 10 book.
So bigger is cheaper.
This after setting the paper size at 6 by 9 inches after much research i ve determined the settings i will use for my book.
Adjust margins font size and columns to produce 65 70 characters per line including spaces.
Note that not only are the left and right margins different from one another but the top and bottom margins also are different from one another.
Set your document size to 8 5 x 11 inches and then apply the appropriate margin settings from the table below.
Note if you are unable to select the same paper size as your finished book size in your software you can use the chart below to scale down an 8 5 x 11 piece of paper to the size of book you want to print.
Their own template for book size 8 x 10 gives a gutter of 13 but when you upload their internal auto review says the gutter should be at least 5 but gives no mention of inside margin.
The most common trim size for paperbacks in the u s.
Someone needs to spell out the relationship of gutter to inside margin not mixing the terms and giving examples in a chart with numbers in it.
If your book is a different size and you have questions about what the margins should be feel free to give us a call at 888 664 8166.
A standard is to set the left and right margins at a half inch each and to then have a quarter inch gutter.
I would either have to shrink the margins and font quite a bit or have it be so thick as to be unrealistically expensive.
Once that s done go into the margins area.
For 8 5 x11 documents bound or unbound use 1 inch margins.
There are spots there for you to set up your left margin your right margin and your gutter.
Setting page size and margins a few key terms before you start.
Click the margins tab.
Choose the margin settings in the relevant fields see below.
Print on demand charges per page not per square inch of paper so a 200 page book at 5 x 8 is about twice as expensive as a 100 page book at 8 x 10 even though they have the same amount of actual paper.
This particular book happened to be fairly thick 356 pages so i set the gutter to 0 3 inches.
Problem is i do not understand the need to specify settings for both inside margin and gutter.
I thought for a book as opposed to say a two column newsletter inside margin gutter.
