How do I prepare my cover/jacket/casewrap for the printer?
Let’s deal with the front, the spine, and the back of the cover in that order. On the front, put the book title, the subtitle, and the author. Place any graphics you want here. On the spine, the author’s last name is usually at the top, the book title center, and the publisher at the bottom. On the back put a four-sentence description of your book. You can put endorsements here, too. Leave space for a very short bio on the author, a photograph of the author (if appropriate) and the ISBN and bar code. Remember that if you are using a bar code, it must be black or a color dark enough to be scanned. If you are doing a hardcover book with a jacket, then you can use your flaps for some of these items that would be on the back of a cover. The front flap is typically a bit about the book, and the back flap will have some copy about the author. That means that the back of the jacket may have graphics (or an illustration) or more space for selling copy.
Let’s deal with the front, the spine, and the back of the cover in that order. On the front, put the book title, the subtitle, and the author. Place any graphics you want here. On the spine, the author’s last name is usually at the top, the book title center, and the publisher at the bottom. On the back put a four-sentence description of your book. You can put endorsements here, too. Leave space for a very short bio on the author, a photograph of the author (if appropriate) and the ISBN and bar code. Remember that if you are using a bar code, it must be black or a color dark enough to be scanned. If you are doing a hardcover book with a jacket, then you can use your flaps for some of these items that would be on the back of a cover. The front flap is typically a bit about the book, and the back flap will have some copy about the author. That means that the back of the jacket may have graphics (or an illustration) or more space for selling copy.
Letís deal with the front, the spine, and the back of the cover in that order. On the front, put the book title, the subtitle, and the author. Place any graphics you want here. On the spine, the authorís last name is usually at the top, the book title center, and the publisher at the bottom. On the back put a four-sentence description of your book. You can put endorsements here, too. Leave space for a very short bio on the author, a photograph of the author (if appropriate) and the ISBN and bar code. Remember that if you are using a bar code, it must be black or a color dark enough to be scanned. If you are doing a hardcover book with a jacket, then you can use your flaps for some of these items that would be on the back of a cover. The front flap is typically a bit about the book, and the back flap will have some copy about the author. That means that the back of the jacket may have graphics (or an illustration) or more space for selling copy.
Let’s deal with the front, the spine, and the back of the cover in that order. On the front, put the book title, the subtitle, and the author. Place any graphics you want here. On the spine, the author’s last name is usually at the top, the book title center, and the publisher at the bottom. On the back put a four-sentence description of your book. You can put endorsements here, too. Leave space for a very short bio on the author, a photograph of the author (if appropriate) and the ISBN and bar code. Remember that if you are using a bar code, it must be black or a color dark enough to be scanned. If you are doing a hardcover book with a jacket, then you can use your flaps for some of these items that would be on the back of a cover. The front flap is typically a bit about the book, and the back flap will have some copy about the author. That means that the back of the jacket may have graphics (or an illustration) or more space for selling copy. These are the traditional places to put a
Let’s deal with the front, the spine, and the back of the cover in that order. On the front, put the book title, the subtitle, and the author. Place any graphics you want here. On the spine, the author’s last name is usually at the top, the book title center, and the publisher at the bottom. On the back put a four-sentence description of your book. You can put endorsements here, too. Leave space for a very short bio on the author, a photograph of the author (if appropriate) and the ISBN and bar code. Remember that if you are using a bar code, it must be black or a color dark enough to be scanned. If you are doing a hardcover book with a jacket, then you can use your flaps for some of these items that would be on the back of a cover. The front flap is typically a bit about the book, and the back flap will have some copy about the author. That means that the back of the jacket may have graphics (or an illustration) or more space for selling copy. These are the traditional places to put a
