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What are you making?
Hardcover or softcover, full colour.
Board BooksThick board pages for little hands.
Planners and JournalsWritable pages, tabs, lie-flat bindings.
Cookbooks/Art Books/Photography BooksImage-rich books where colour matters.
BiblesThin paper, high page counts, heirloom finishes.
Card SetsFlash cards, affirmation and game cards.
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In the order you'll decide them.
Weight, coated vs uncoated, white vs ivory, eco options, and popular trim sizes.
2CoversHardcover vs softcover, thickness, materials, lamination and coatings.
3Binding and page countEach binding, what it suits, and the page-count rule that goes with it.
4ColourLearn about soy-based inks, CMYK, and what 1/1 and 4/4 mean.
5Finishes and add-onsFoil, embossing, spot UV, die-cuts and other special effects, plus popular add-ons like tabs, ribbons and dust jackets.
6Preparing your filesTemplates, bleed, resolution, vector vs bitmap, and colour registration. This replaces "Formatting Guidelines".
7Requesting and understanding your quoteRequesting and reading your quote, planning your timeline, storage and fulfillment options.
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