This user guide will teach you everything needed to use spine. Ubuildabook is a self publishing company specializing in custom book printing of hard cover and soft cover artbooks, art portfolio books, portfolio books and art books. Due to our digital printing equipment limitations, we cannot print an image that big. Only a limited number of spine widths are offered, so the result can be a spine that is considerably wider than necessary. The spine width of a magazine is the thickness of the publication.
Learn about the book spine and how to calculate the thickness of a book. The calculator below will determine the spine width given the number of pages and paper weight in gsm. See this handy fractions, inches, mm conversion chart. Once you create and save your quote, your templates will account for the correct spine width. Wee provide a template when you print books with us. To request additional product and pricing information, please fill out this form and a representative will be in touch with you. Quickly get an approximate measurement for the width of your book spine with our easytouse spine width calculator. Perfect bound glued spine with color laminated cover. Use the form below to calculate the required spine width of your bookcatalogue. When you buy a hardcover book in a bookstore, the width of the spine matches exactly the number of pages. Gutenberg press offers you the opportunity to create your branded custommade boxes rather than an off the shelf solution. To calculate the dimensions of your books finished cover size, use our calculator to determine the exact size of your cover. I came up with these spine width calculations based on the instructions to calculate spine width provided by createspace and the spine width calculator published by ingram.
Spine width calculator estimates star print brokers. Once the book is bound, it gets trimmed, and at this stage the 18 bleed is trimmed off. If you have difficulty sizing a spine image to the correct size, our system can correctly size your spine image in the cover creation program after you have uploaded your final. Some useful information on spine widths help center. Book spine calculator book thickness calculator what is a book. The clever design of crash lock boxes ensures that even though they are preglued, they can be supplied flat for the enduser to assemble in one swift. The final size of your spine calculation must be used alongside the dimension of the cover design artwork. It takes you from the very basics required to get started, to using the most advanced features. Weight and spine width calculator ingrams lightning source. Saddle stitch stapled pages with color laminated cover, 448 page count. Use this spine width calculator to get an approximate. If you want to figure out the thickness of your books spine, use our handy spine width calculator to determine the book spine width and the overall height and width of your book cover. The spine width plays heavily into how you should set up things like your hardcover design, softcover design, or dust jacket.
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The thickness of your book projects spine is determined by a combination of your projects page count, paper stock and cover choice. Use the form below to calculate the spine width and weight of your books. We can print, bind and distribute your books in any format and any run length use our form to calculate the spine width and weight of your books. The dimensions from the spine calculator include a 18. To start calculating the spine width of your book, simply choose your book type and enter the page count below. How to determine book cover spine width pen and the pad. Standard book sizes, dimension, and specifications chart. Enter the number of pages in your book in the appropriate column for the type of paper you are using, and select calculate to find the width of the spine. Softback book spine thickness calculator hardback book.
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The spine calculator shows you how to layout your cover template for a perfect bound book, based on the number of pages and the thickness of paper stock used. The new calculator has vastly more data than the old, but does have some bugs. Ubuildabook provides instructions, specifications and spine size calculator for laying out artbooks, art portfolio books, portfolio books and art books. Use our handy spine bulk calculator to calculate the width of your books spine for your cover graphics.