If you're trying to promote your blog or website or other product, please see reddit's policy on spam and self-promotion. This includes surveys for monetary gain and market research. Promotional posts, comments, and/or flairs of any type are not allowed. Promotional posts not allowed - Rule 3.1. No posts about libraries, unless they discuss librarians or an aspect of librarianship. Prohibited posts and content - Promotional material or posts, memes, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content, inflammatory and disrespectful content is not allowed and will be removed. Please follow redditquette.ĭisrespectful and uncivil behaviour will be met with a warning, and repeat violations will be met with a ban. Remember the human and please use a civil tone when entering a discussion. Uncivil and disrespectful behaviour - Everyone is welcome. Post solely about libraries are not allowed and will be removed. Posts about libraries may be allowed if they discuss librarians or an aspect of librarianship. These are good candidates for printing in the US if the run numbers are small, between 500 and 2,000 copies.Subreddit Rules Message the mods Useful Links Quick Rulesįocus - All posts must be directly related to librarians and librarianship. Children's Picture BooksĪlmost all children's picture books are hard covers with either 24 or 32 pages of text. Even if the main run was a soft cover book, some copies of the book can be made into hard covers by hand in Asia. Limited Editions are great donor gifts for museums or other charitable donors where a small number of slipcases can be added for a very reasonable cost. Note: Usually extras cost quite a bit more and are not advisable for short runs.įor crowd funding projects run one book block and then use different bindings to make soft covers, hard covers and Limited Editions in one mixed run for best value. They include individual slipcases to clamshell presentation boxes, exotic foil stamping, embossing and debossing on covers and multiple spot UV applications, to name a few. ExtrasĮxtras are wide ranging, from ribbon markers, to die cut covers, to gilded book block edges. Often special endsheet treatment can create a distinctive look to your line. If you do something special, try to develop a brand look throughout your book line. Recommendations: We prefer classic natural white endsheets, thicker than normal, say 180 gsm (120#) instead of 140 gsm (90#). Note: You can have the spread of endsheets that you see when you open a book printed and leave the one sheet opposite the title page white, and this is less expensive to do, (in that case you would ask for printing on one side of the sheet (1,2,3 or 4 colors/0) Indicated as PMS/0 usually. These are usually colors that are hard to get when using CMYK ink colors. PMS ink colors are purchased using a PMS color book as a guide. Printed endsheets can be 1 color (PMS) 2 or 3 PMS colors or full 4-C printing. Colored endsheets come in many hues and textures. Endsheets are applied to the front and back of the book block and are eventually glued to the inside front and back covers.Įndsheets can be white, colored or printed. The printed, folded sheets are called signatures, and each folded signature is collated and sewn with binding thread. In a nutshell, sheet fed presses print both sides of large press sheets which usually have 6 or 8 text pages per side. Hard cover binding is referred to as Smythe sewing or section sewn. If you are still wondering what your book should look like, consider reading From the Desk of Joanne Bolton where you will find some great ideas on how to get started. Head and tail bands are added to conceal the top of the folded signatures and to strengthen the spine. The book construction includes two covers, spine board (optional) and 8 pages of endsheets glued to the front and back of the covers, concealing the edge of the cover material and gluing the cover itself to the book block. Hard cover books are the most durable style of book because of the sturdy binder board used for the covers, along with a strong sewn binding.
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