February 2017 E-Zine Tuesday, Feb 7 2017 

Book Design and Book Production and Computer & Software and Definitions and Electronic Magazine and Genealogy , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 3:02 pm

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What’s It Mean? A-Z
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Paper Grain: The direction most of the fibers within paper generally lie, corresponding to the direction of their flow on the papermaking machine.

Paper Opacity: Nontransparent property which prevents or reduces “show through” of printing from the book side of the next sheet.

Terms marked with an asterisk (*) are not generally used in our office.

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For other writing, printing, publishing, marketing lingo, check our glossaries at
http://www.gregathcomany.com/info/dictionary and
http://www.gregathcompany.com/info/dictionary/writers.html

Run across a word that you don’t understand? Try us – email us your word, term or phrase and we will see if we can shed some light on the matter!
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Design Inspiration
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Via digital watermark consider adding monograms, coats of arms, or book subject/part wallpaper designs to some, or all pages.

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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/printing/watermark.html
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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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Too much of a good thing: While technology exists to jam pack content on a page, and layer it with digital watermarks, don’t use it in such a way that it splits the reader’s attention too much. You don’t want readers feeling like they have a puzzle book that is hard to read.

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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/printing/watermark.html
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Marketing advice
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When using book content online (marketing or sharing), do Copyright protect yourself by placing information in a watermark on each page/image. Visit a few examples on our website: Alexander Index (PDF), Green Index (PDF), Chute Cover (JPG)

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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/printing/watermark.html
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Genealogy ideas
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Did you know the Library and Archives of Canada is digitizing (and making available) WWI soldier information: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/canadian-expeditionary-force.aspx

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Have a tip?  e-mail us
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Computer aid!?!
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Looking for other ways to have your manuscript “at hand”? A tablet may be a better compromise between a desk or laptop and a phone. Again, Android users can download MS Word app for free, while Windows users can access MS Word for free, while online. Many of today’s tablets can also attach keyboards, mice and wireless printers with ease while having robust memory (both speed and capacity).

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Special Author Offer – through Thanksgiving 2016 Thursday, Aug 25 2016 

Book Production and Computer & Software and Updates , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 1:44 pm

Electronic Book Conversion – Discounts for all

Choose free electronic service, 50% off, or deeper discounts, depending on what is most helpful to you:

FREE: Submit a copy of your manuscript in MS Word and we’ll convert it to PDF at no charge. Electronic approval is required before using converted PDF for print production. These electronic book files are meant for personal and family use and enjoyment, as they will contain no Copyright or Digital Rights Management (DRM) protections.

OR Interested in a PDF book manuscript from hard copy? If it is document feedable, we will only charge a penny a page to convert (at least 50% savings)

OR EPUB file (more “traditional” EBook format) of interest? Basic file conversion is free, but seldom does a basic conversion result in a file authors are happy with due to the differences between the printed page and EBook formatting. If further services are desired, they can be billed at only $10.00 hour – over 50% savings.

Electronic file offers may be combined and files provided via Dropbox, Google Drive, or Box.com free of charge. Mailed file services available for a fee.

To qualify for your choice of special offer, you must do the following:

  • Send your manuscript (with production instructions and discount code), mailing information, and deposit to arrive at the publisher postmarked no later than 11-25-16 with code.

  • Use this Discount Code ONLY: “ENov16Conv”.

 

July 2015 Magazine – Computer Aid Thursday, Jul 2 2015 

Computer & Software and Electronic Magazine , , , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 7:22 am

Do you like adopting new bells and whistles for your computer? Have you checked out this database of cool (and helpful) stuff?
http://www.wincustomize.com/

 

July 2015 Magazine – Marketing Thursday, Jul 2 2015 

Electronic Magazine and Marketing , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 7:19 am

Special Postcard Design Note: Be careful in adding your name/address to a postcard design. As both sides of the mailpiece are fully viewable and the only notice of which side is “up” is postage, do not place your name and address in a standard addressing format (3 lines roughly center of card) on either side of the card – unless you want the card returned to you. Because of the nature of mailed cards and automated sorting systems, cards may get “flipped” in the mail stream and returned to you: this acts as a return service, effectively “using” the postage to mail the card to yourself.

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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/cards/postcards.html

 

July 2015 Magazine – Production Thursday, Jul 2 2015 

Book Design and Book Production and Computer & Software and Electronic Magazine , , , , , , , , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 7:16 am

Use of variable data printing can further customize or personalize title pages. i. e. “Carolyn’s history of Crowder”, providing space on the page for the owners surnames included in the book or immediate family index listing, etc.

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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/printing.html

 

April, 2015 Magazine – Design Tuesday, Mar 31 2015 

Book Design and Electronic Magazine , , , , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 8:28 am

Turning the back cover into a collage can accomplish many things including:

    • Highlight content within your book, or add photographs not included in the manuscript.

  • If color binding, this may be a value-added way to include some color photographs that were discarded or “downgraded” to black and white in the interior of the book.

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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/binding/art/collage.html

 

January 2015 Magazine – Book Design and Manufacturing Friday, Jan 9 2015 

Book Design and Book Production and Electronic Magazine , , , , , , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 9:08 am

Book Manufacturing Concepts
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The best font ideas will not work for your book, if you don’t send files with the appropriate font information to the printer. Click here for information on how to embed (or substitute) fonts in PDF from Adobe.
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/publish/design/font.html

 

January, 2014 Electronic Magazine – Computers Tuesday, May 20 2014 

Computer & Software , , , , , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 10:05 am

New to building web pages and email stationary? Be careful with using symbols. If the person on the other end doesn’t have the font your symbol is in, it will substitute characters and may make your page look strange. While symbols are faster to load than graphics, perhaps a diamond, scroll, etc. would be a good design idea.

 

November, 2013 Electronic Magazine – Production Friday, Nov 1 2013 

Book Production and Electronic Magazine , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 10:01 am

Just the Facts

While actual fact is not copyrightable, everything in a book that supports facts are. Because of this, if a new book of genealogy is produced, it is able to state that Uncle Harry was born on his birthday, whether that fact was previously published in  copyrighted work or not. As long as the author has done their own research and arrive at the same fact, it may be used.

What it does not cover is wholesale reuse of facts as previously published. Standard examples of copyright abuse involving facts can include (but not limited to):

  • Adding photocopies of someone else’s data forms.
  • Transcribing facts from a book without permission or research.

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Taken from
http://www.gregathcomany.com/publish/reprint.htm

 

Newest Soft Cover Publishing Package Wednesday, Jul 31 2013 

Book Design and Book Production and Computer & Software and Marketing and Updates , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Gregath Company, Inc. 10:42 am

Take our expanding family of publishing packages as a good starting point, or use them as is! The newest package available is our Soft Cover Mini-Mailer. It covers 8.5×11″ books and smaller of no more than 200 pages, digital manuscript preparation, soft cover graphic art design, publishing, 50 mailing boxes (or 100 priority mail boxes with $30.00 credit), promotional flyers and more. Visit the package page for more details.

 

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