Print on demand charges per page not per square inch of paper so a 200 page book at 5 x 8 is about twice as expensive as a 100 page book at 8 x 10 even though they have the same amount of actual paper.
Book margin gutter setting 8 x 10 book.
In the pages area set it to mirror margins.
There are spots there for you to set up your left margin your right margin and your gutter.
Then set the gutter as 0 13.
Setting page size and margins a few key terms before you start.
Their own template for book size 8 x 10 gives a gutter of 13 but when you upload their internal auto review says the gutter should be at least 5 but gives no mention of inside margin.
So bigger is cheaper.
As the pages disappear towards the binding the edge of the page is obscured so the margin has to be wider on this edge to allow for this.
The page setup window will display.
Choose the margin settings in the relevant fields see below.
For 8 5 x11 documents bound or unbound use 1 inch margins.
This creates a gutter where the two pages join.
A standard is to set the left and right margins at a half inch each and to then have a quarter inch gutter.
Is 6 x 9 15 24 x 22 86 cm but you have several other options.
Once that s done go into the margins area.
The more pages in a book the more pronounced this effect and so the wider the gutter has to be.
Now that you understand what the gutter margin is you can take the proper steps to prevent this potential issue.
In order to have the option of setting an inside margin you.
This particular book happened to be fairly thick 356 pages so i set the gutter to 0 3 inches.
Whether it s choosing to a flat laying binding style such as saddle stitch booklets wire o booklets or spiral bound booklet or including the gutter margin when you start designing your perfect bound book or hard cover book.
Click the margins tab.
I would either have to shrink the margins and font quite a bit or have it be so thick as to be unrealistically expensive.
On the drop down menu click custom margins at the bottom of the menu.
Your printed book s width and height.
The most common trim size for paperbacks in the u s.
Someone needs to spell out the relationship of gutter to inside margin not mixing the terms and giving examples in a chart with numbers in it.
And make sure these settings apply to whole document at the bottom by selecting that in the dropdown.
