Build beautiful books with help from Bookbuilder's Almanac, a swatchbook of typeface samples and calibrated examples demonstrating the strengths and limitations of digital printing for print-on-demand books.
Authors, self-publishers, and designers should have this book as a tool to evaluate which typefaces and techniques yield the best results. Publishers and editors should have this book to aid decisions about managing backlist and inventory through POD and short run digital printing.
Bookbuilder's Almanac: Volume One includes articles on how to accurately estimate length, on page density, and photos. Volume One is printed through Lightning Source (Ingram/Spark). The book outlines a tested workflow for trouble-free production. The section on grayscale conversion illustrates how the various profiles change tints and photos. Samples of tints and lines settle concerns about detail and screened areas. Predict how your design will perform before you print the book.
Will the typeface you chose print clearly with digital printing? These comprehensive samples let you know for sure.
Samples of page density such as this one demonstrate the effect of various character/word counts on the texture of the page.
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Bookbuilder's Almanac, Volume One is part of a larger project to print similar swatchbooks at various digital print providers. Volume Two is in production and will be produced at CreateSpace in 2017.
