Use this tool to determine how much you will pay to print and ship orders directly to yourself or to your customers. You need to know the final word count of your formatted book, so if you havent formatted your book for print yet, you need to do it before you start your full print cover. Unfortunately, csed requires that you set a 60% discount. The size of the book spine will vary depending on the amount of pages in the book. Book covers, dust jackets, and casewrap books the book. Perfect bound glued spine with color laminated cover. The spine calculator is best to be used by a graphic artist, or authors with a good knowledge of using page layout programs like adobe. Ubuildabook provides instructions, specifications and spine size calculator for laying out artbooks, art portfolio books, portfolio books and art books. For most selfpublishing book authors, the best choice for printing and distributing your. It is associated with ingram content group, a major book printerwholesaler, and is the selfpublishing branch of lightning source, inc. Ingram book group is the largest distributor and wholesaler of books in the united states. The combination of lightning source pod technology and one stop, direct distribution make it possible for us to keep titles in print that we couldnt normally justify warehousing. Lightning source digital cover creation ingram content group.
Available to major online retailers, including amazon, kobo, nook, and ibooks. In this video i show you how to calculate your full print cover for createspace and lightning source. The printing and packaging industry is deemed an essential industry as a key component in the supply chain to other essential industries. Upload your artwork and choose from eight options available. Ingramspark is an online selfpublishing company that allows you to print, globally distribute, and manage your print and ebooks. Saddle stitch stapled pages with color laminated cover, 448 page count. Dynamic spine arrow calculator from 3rivers archery. Select the appropriate book size and number of pages. 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 spine width of a magazine is the thickness of the publication. That will change the dynamic bow spine to be within 2 lbs. In an effort to stay uptodate with current technology and security advancements, we have made enhancements to the ingramspark platforms. One platform for all your print and ebook distribution needs worldwide.
In the case of lightning source, they actually have an online spine width calculator. Weight and spine width calculator ingramspark book calculator. Here are a bunch of reasons lsi should be in the mix of tools you use to publish your book. Easy pdf file guidelines for book printing by lightning press. The front and back cover dimensions, called the trim, will be the same as your final print size plus any bleed determined by your printer, but how do you calculate spine width to calculate spine width, you need to know the final page count when printed. Professional book cover designers and amateurs who wish to design their own book cover need to know how to determine the book cover spine width. Affordable conversion service from print to epub ereader compatibility. The way you do this is to increase your page size and then ensure that the image extends beyond the trim line.
Book printing service online qty 252000 by lightning press. Over the years, ive developed a file of information that i send to all of my book cover design clients as were nearing the spine and back cover parts of the project. Included in the email will be instructions for using the template, creating an appropriate. Lightning source is very competitive in price, and their distribution system is the most efficient available. Use this tool to determine how much you will be paid on your print titles sold through the. But now you want to make a full print cover for createspace or lightning source, or others. Lightning source quickly established itself as the global leader for printondemand book printing and fulfilment services with massive operations in their. The best way to determine if you need a new cover file is by using our weight and spine width calculator. One book or thousands print what you need and nothing more. For help calculating your book dimensions, try our calculator. You are 100% confident an existing bow and arrow setup is consistently on target from group tuning, but when using this calculator to confirm your setup, the bow and arrow results have a variance of greater than 2 lbs.
This tool allows lightning source printer for ingramspark to look at the pdf content uploaded and provide onscreen feedback to you about anything that could be detected in the file that could prevent or delay your book from. Alternatively, use the following formula to calculate your page width and height. For paperback books you can manually do this by dividing the total number of inside text pages including blank pages by the ppi pages per inch of the paper used and then add. Included in the email will be instructions for using the template, creating an appropriate postscript file, and distilling a pdf to lightning source specifications. Or you can use their cover generator to get a complete layout template based on your books specifications. Ctp printers is the book printing leader in southern africa. Hardcovers, paperbacks, and ebooks in color or black and white.
Lightning source gives the publishing community options to print books in. I have been a pod publishing consultant since 2007, back when lightning source a division of ingram book company was the goto outfit for savvy indie authors. Another way to look at it is that you can earn the. Check out some of these helpful articles to help you on your way. This is essential because the spine width needs to be integrated into. Arrow spine is a very important possibly the most important trait to consider when choosing arrows for a compound bow. Even the big five in new york use lightning source when they need a. Print my book a leading book printer who offers a vast array of services to publishers and selfpublishing authors. Once you have provided your isbn number the page count and book type fields will automatically populate. Custom printed book spine size calculator alta graphics. 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. These updates help to ensure browserbased communications to these platforms remain secure and offer the most intuitive userexperience possible. Lightning source book printing services for publishers. Use this tool to determine the weight and spine width of your print titles.
Printing and shipping calculator ingrams lightning source. Book cover spine width refers to a books thickness. Covid 19 digital print australia is open for business and continuing to produce online work. Discover our free perfect bound templates at and make the difference.
Why selfpublishers should consider using lightning source. Use this tool to determine how much you will be paid on your print titles sold through the distribution channels. Are nonfiction book covers as important to sales as fiction book covers. Your printer can give you the calculations you need to determine the spine width. Because its owned by ingram, your book will automatically be visible to bookstores, too. Choose your paper type and the number of pages your book will include and our easy to use spine calculator will work out the size your spine needs to be. How to make a full print cover for lightning source using. In the summer of 20, ingram launched a dedicated publishing platform for small publishers. Tigerpress free online perfect binding spine calculator. Book spine calculator book thickness calculator what. Use this to generate a template for your cover design, complete with support files, email instructions, and more useful info.
Weight and spine width calculator ingrams lightning source. There are a few reasons why i have not discussed this, however. Once you complete and submit the form below, lightning source will email you a template with support files to help build your book cover. I set up some free templates and guides to book formatting here to help you out. Amazons createspace service has now been superseded by its new. A certain amount of paper will disappear into the gutter where the pages are attached to the books spine. Those are the elements of a perfect bound print book jacket. Use this to figure print and shipping costs for your books. Lightning source has free book cover templates, spinewidth calculators, and bar codes, and visibly higherquality printing. I did one of these at lightning source a couple of months ago. Once you finish and format your book, ingramspark makes it possible to share it with the.
To calculate the spine width of your book you can do that here. This is a soughtafter recognition of excellence in printing given to those who have successfully proven capable of providing the highest quality color book printing from the most modern technology, techniques and process controls available in the graphic arts industry. The cover you are describing is what im calling a case wrap book. If you need help deciding what paper type to print on check out our guide, or get in touch if you have any questions. Lightning press prints great books and is a g7 master qualified book printer servicing publishers and selfpublishing.
These online resources will give you a close estimate of the costs associated with publishing through ingrams lightning source and help ensure your books are printed without delay. It is used when publishers wish to calculate how to size the text on the spine of a magazine. Ingramspark pricing what does it cost to selfpublish a. How to determine book cover spine width pen and the pad. What is the difference between createspace and ingram spark. Calculator print and ship calculator weight and spine width calculator cover template generator. Ingramspark by linda austin, moonbridge publications updated march 2020 ingramspark is is a printondemand, digital printing company for books, and also formats ebooks. Cs hard cover included spine text, so i thought it was a better option for me. Use a spine calculator like the ones we listed above to determine approximately how wide you should make the spine in your design. Ingram provides easy access to the book publishing tools and resources publishers need to ensure quick turnaround on. Weight and spine width calculator cover template generator. Custom printed book size calculator provides instant artwork template sizes for cover, bleed, spine size based on book page count, paper stock and finished size. Your book spine size is automatically configured for you when using our instant quote calculator. How to choose arrows for a compound bow a beginners guide.
Founded in 1964, the company also owns lightning source, a print and fulfilment company with facilities throughout the world. If the spine width changes, a new cover file is needed. Gcp, ingramlightning source ls entered into an agreement with trusted and vetted printers in certain markets, not currently served directly by. If applicable, sales taxes will be applied at the time an order is placed on your account. The best way to determine if you need a new cover file is by using our weight and spine width calculator you may use this helpful tool to compare your spine width before and after the page count change.
Learning about arrow spine takes time, and you will need a decent amount of practice before you determine the perfect spine for your shooting style and technique. The subtitle of the book is usually omitted from the spine. Standard volume discounting is automatically applied. In a useful followup to jim giammatteos invaluable watchdog piece recommending that indie authors use both createspace and lightning source simultaneously for effective distribution of print books, us novelist karen myers kindly volunteered to provide a personal case study of how this system works for her. If you have already setup or submitted your title with lightning source, please enter your titles isbn.
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