Why is My Word Count Important?
Ever wondered why traditional publishers require certain word counts to a manuscript? It comes down to number of pages in a completed book and the cost of printing x-amount of…
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August 28, 2014
Professional or Casual? Your Author Photo
When purchasing a book generally the cover design is the first thing that draws a reader in. Within seconds they flip the book over and read the back cover copy…
July 25, 2013
Fonts, Faults and Foibles
When reading a book, the body style typeface or font is generally not something you notice right away. However, it has quite a bit to do with the readability of…
July 11, 2013
Fifth in the Hollywood Murder Mysteries
Author Takes First Place in Ben Franklin Book Awards
One of our favorite authors is Peter S. Fischer has written an incredible mystery series with Gorham Printing designing the covers and doing the page layout for the text. In…
July 2, 2013
Back of the Book Matter
“The End” or “El Fini” is not always the last page in a novel anymore. Granted it ends the storyline but you may find additional pages before the back cover.…
April 26, 2013
This is Not Typing Class
Whether you were trained on an electric typewriter or more current keyboard classes, there are definite differences in what you were taught in school and what works for page layout…
March 21, 2013
Square Is In!
Did you know trade paperback books, those you find in a variety of subjects and genres, have standard trim sizes? You’ll find these larger-than-mass paperback books come in 5.5 x…
September 21, 2012
How to Use Page Numbers in Microsoft Word
Many of our customers choose to submit ready to print PDFs for their books. Of this group, many will design their books using Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word is technically not…
July 16, 2012
The Elements of a Page
Books are full of so many different kinds of information, that it would be impossible to condense every type of element found in every type of book into one article.…
July 11, 2012
Reprinting Old Books by Scanning
Many customers come to us with old books that they want to reprint, but they don't have computer files to print from. Sometimes it is a book that has an…
July 9, 2012