Lower cost alternative to custom printed end sheets:
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Stock marble end sheets – though a slightly higher cost than standard natural end sheets, add a degree of elegance.
April 2006, V5#4: Design Thursday, Jan 29 2009
Book Design and Electronic Magazine custom, elegance, end paper, end sheet, marble, natural, printed, stock 4:50 pm
April 2006, V5#4: Define Thursday, Jan 29 2009
Definitions and Electronic Magazine book, book block, bookbinder, bound, end paper, endpaper, group, hard binding, leaf, material, page, printed, soft binding, text, text block, written 4:49 pm
Text Block: The pages/leaves of a book after they have been bound together. A group of printed or written pages that may be or have been bound, excluding all paper to be added by the bookbinder such as the endpapers, etc.
Book Block: Endpapers, text block and all other materials before hard or soft binding.
March 2006, V5#3: Design Thursday, Jan 29 2009
Book Design and Electronic Magazine alternative, contrast, cover, custom, end paper, end sheet, leaf, printed 4:45 pm
Lower cost alternative to custom printed end sheets:
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Contrasting end sheets (maroon cover, mauve end sheets)
January 2006, V5#1: Design Thursday, Jan 29 2009
Book Design and Electronic Magazine alternatiive, custom, design, element, end paper, end sheet, free form, freehand, leaf, one of a kind, photo, plate, printed, rubber stamp, sheet 4:28 pm
Pep up your end papers: Lower cost alternative to custom printed end sheets:
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Free form one of a kind end papers – freehand design or made with an inked rubber stamp
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Photo (or other item) plates
December 2005, V4#12: Design Thursday, Jan 29 2009
Book Design and Electronic Magazine alternative, book, custom, customize, end sheet, hard bound, hard cover, hardbound, numbered, plate, printed, signed 4:20 pm
If a hardbound book is produced, custom consider printed end sheets. Lower cost alternative:
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Fancy and/or author signed (possibly even numbered) book plate
November 2005, V4#11: Design Thursday, Jan 29 2009
Book Design and Electronic Magazine archival quality, book, electronic, format, Genealogy, perfect, print, printed, publish, quality 4:07 pm
Quality: To publish or not to publish?
Don’t make the mistake of feeling the need of a perfect book before you get your genealogy in print. Especially with the “archival quality” push lately, some authors are choosing the budget needed for their own definition of archival quality as a reason for not publishing. If you don’t feel comfortable publishing in a printed format on your budget, consider offering your information in electronic form – with a printed book to come in the future.
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This section is drawn from http://www.gregathcompany.com/tipsstarting.html
August 2005, V4#8: Define Thursday, Jan 29 2009
Definitions and Electronic Magazine area, bleed, edge, image, leaf, page, paper, printed, printing, sheet, text, trim edge 2:59 pm
Bleed: A printed image that extends beyond the trim edge of a sheet of paper.
July 2005, V4#7: Production Thursday, Jan 29 2009
Book Design and Book Production and Definitions and Electronic Magazine black and white, blank, bold, book, brightness, business, design, element, fiber, filler, leaf, manuscript, offset, opacity, opposite, page, paper, print, printed, printing, reflectance, sheet, transparence, weight 2:54 pm
Paper opacity is the lack of transparency that allows a sheet to conceal print on the opposite side. weight, brightness, type of fiber and filler in testing can all greatly influence opacity. Reflectance of paper is measured when backed successfully by a white body and a black body. The ratio of these two measurements determines the opacity reading. Typical opacity of 50# white offset is 88-90; 20# business paper is 84-88. A quick and very basic “home” test is to print something large and black (black and white clip art and or various sized of bolded text) on a sheet of paper, place a blank sheet of the paper to be tested over this printed sheet. Any print that happens to show through, will show a bit more if actually printed on the currently black paper. For book printing, take your darkest page and try this test. Many manuscript designers will change their manuscript elements to decrease the opacity needed for a nice book rather than pay the difference for higher opacity.
June 2005, V4#6: Design Wednesday, Jan 28 2009
Book Design and Electronic Magazine book, CD, extra, fee, format, hybrid, index, mixed media, printed, punched, reference book, request, service, staple bound 6:09 pm
Sometimes, the choice of index format is governed by economics of a printed book. We suggest that an index format is used that the author would like to see in a reference book. Regardless of one’s ultimate choice of index format, it is sometimes tempting to disregard – even a completed index – to save the cost of printing the extra pages. With the strong growth of personal computers in the home, a suggestion is placing that 50 pages (not uncommon for a large book) of index on CD to include in all book sales. Offer a print out upon request for a print out fee – this can be staple bound, 3-hole punched, etc.
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This section is drawn from information online at http://www.gregathcompany.com/indexing.html
February 2005, V4#2: Production Wednesday, Jan 28 2009
Book Production and Electronic Magazine additional, book, CD, digital, document, envelope, extra, GEDCOM, hybrid, information, mixed media, photo, photograph, picture, printed, scan, spindle, value added 4:15 pm
Include all your photos in a hybrid “printed” book: For the author that would also love to see every photo available in print – a book with accompanying CD may be the answer. Select the “cream of the crop” to be printed into the actual book. The CD – which can be attached to the book via envelope or spindle – can contain a wealth of digital information. Photos galore and/or original document scans, GEDCOM files, author notes on theories, etc.
