Category: Printing Guides & Information
Choosing the Perfect Paper Weight [Infographic]
Choosing the best paper weight for your project is not always as straightforward as it seems. Paper measurement is a complex topic that gets very technical very quickly.
Fortu...
Book Headbands and Endbands
David Rogers
While we looked into book headbands and endbands briefly in our article on hardcover books, we wanted to delve a little deeper into the popular option available for case bound and cas...
How to Embed Fonts in Your Word Document to Create a Print Ready PDF
David Rogers
When making a print-ready PDF to send to us, one thing you’ll want to be sure to do is embed the fonts in your file. As mentioned in our article how to convert your Word Document to a P...
Types of Leather Book Covers
David Rogers
Leather book covers provide a unique and distinctive look for your case bound book. Knowing the different types of leather available will allow you to choose what cover will work best for your book project.
A quick note: if you are printing a hardcover book you have two general choic...
Is it in the Public Domain? How to Check the Copyright Status of a Book
David Rogers
Almost any book published before 1923 is currently in the public domain. But for books published in 1923 and after, copyright status is determined by a number of factors.
A book's copyright status can get confusing very quickly, but fortunately the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Center at Berkeley Law has created...
How to Change the Paper Size in your Word Document
David Rogers
The default layout in Microsoft Word is probably familiar to most of us by now: 8.5" x 11" inches in the U.S. and A4 in most other places around the globe. The margins around the pages preset at a seemingly familiar 1 inch on each side.
However, our book customers know well that as good ...
How to Convert .doc to PDF for Book Printing
by David Rogers
There was a time not so long ago that the prospect of creating a PDF file from a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) struck fear into the hear...
Kickstart Your Kickstarter Book Project
As I write this, there are 17,481 projects on Kickstarter that fall under the “Publishing” label. Of that impressive amount, many are – at least in part – raising money to cover book printing costs.
We’re pretty big fans of Kickstarter here at Advanced Print & Finishing, and have served as the book printer for quite a few projects from the crowdfunding site. Working wit...
