Please read more about our hardcover binding. Learn more about DiggyPOD's cover lamination here. Lamination helps protect the book and gives it a very high gloss look. We believe in providing the highest quality printed book for you. Why do you only laminate the book covers?
DiggyPOD also uses color calibration software for our digital presses and monitors to make sure our color is accurate from day to day. When DiggyPOD prints, we use the CMYK color gamut, which will look different then a screen. My computer screen does not match my printed proof - why?Ĭomputer screens use the color gamut RGB and not all screens are the same resolution. If you want to make sure that the color comes out exactly how you want it, you should order one of our proofs to review before printing. Will the image and graphics in my book files print true to color?ĭiggyPOD uses color calibration software for our digital printing presses and color monitors, but all monitors and digital printers view and print differently. You can include as many photos as you want in your book, at no extra charge! Before the advent of digital printing it did cost more because printing companies would use film to produce printing plates, but that is not the case anymore. You can check out your book thickness with our book spine calculator. But the general rule is that the book can't be any thicker than 1.75 inches. Our maximum page count varies, depending on the book trim size and paper being used.
What is the maximum page count for a book? Please use our quote calculator to figure out if your book has enough pages for hardcover binding. For hardcover books, the minimum page count varies by the page count and the thickness of the paper. Our minimum page count for book printing is 16 pages for paperback and spiral bound books. What is the minimum page count for a book? We also have a helpful YouTube video on margin formatting here. We have some book templates that can be downloaded from our templates and margins resource and book cover template resource. (Watch out for companies that offer to register a book for you, as you might lose the rights to your book.) You can register the book yourself, however, with the Library of Congress. Read more about copyright services to determine whether or not copyrighting is right for your book.ĭo you register my book with the Library of Congress? Bowker is the only United States agency that can issue ISBN numbers. You can obtain an ISBN number from Bowker. Read more about the dangers of vanity presses. This is not the case, however, with all self-publishing companies. You will always own the rights to your book when you use DiggyPOD.
But on a Mac you have a PDF tool already built into your operating system, and all you have to do is save your document as a PDF, and it will embed the fonts for you.
Please watch our Create a PDF video to see how to embed your fonts. If the fonts are not embedded, your type could reflow or get replaced with a substitute font, which will distort your type and make your book unreadable. What is font embedding and why is it important?įont embedding refers to the process of making sure all the fonts used in a file are stored inside its properties - this applies to all fonts, even common fonts like Arial and Times New Roman.