How Books are Put Together - Part 3

Number of copies to print

Finished size of book

Note: Remember that the pages must be trimmed, making the book slightly smaller than the paper used for printing.

Color and kind of paper for the pages

Color and kind of paper for cover

Type of binding

You will have to provide the following:

A mock-up of the finished product (A mock-up book is a full-size, accurate model of a book. It is used for testing and to show a printer how the finished product should look.)

Good camera-ready copy, (Camera-ready copy is the final layout of a page, looking exactly as it should appear when it is published) or all the text and illustrations with explicit instructions for layout.

Note: Do not expect to make changes in content after submitting the job to the printer. Check with the printer at each step of the printing process, if possible. Do not assume that all will go as planned!

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