Whilst there are many elements to consider when planning a book, if someone mentions to you the topic of ‘book design’, your first thoughts will almost certainly be that they are referring to the book cover – these ‘dust jackets’, as they are known, are what first catches the eye of a prospective buyer or reader as they sit on the shelves in bookstores and libraries!
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Health and safety measures are vitally important in any workplace, and especially so in industrial and manufacturing environments and premises. One such environment is the print industry – whilst productivity, accuracy and timeframes are important for any business, these aspects should never be allowed to take priority over staff and employee safety. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) state that most common types of accidents within the print industry businesses are down to physical mishaps such as trips/slips, manual handling accidents and machinery misuse
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When looking to have your book, or other documents, printed and bound there are many available options – you want your printed work to have a professional and practical finish that appeals to your prospective consumer. Printed brochures and booklets are a major part of many businesses’ advertising and marketing materials and for company report printing.
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Traditionally, getting your book printed would have entailed engaging with an established publishing house willing to take your work and print, publish and distribute on your behalf. As, perhaps, an unknown or unestablished writer, finding a publisher would be, in itself, a difficult task – then, if you were to be ‘taken on’ by a publishing house, the charges and financial overheads for their services would eat very heavily into any monies generated from your book.
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Even in today’s digital world where downloads, kindles and audiobooks are readily available, you cannot underestimate the importance of creating an environment in which children grow-up with, and develop a passion for, reading from an early age – and printed books for children is the best vehicle for achieving this aim.
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In these days of internet domination and the rise of reading tools such as Kindles and tablets, you may be forgiven in thinking that book printing has become a thing of the past! You would, however, be very much mistaken – studies show that even today eight out of ten books are read in physical copy form!
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There are many forms of published materials available – different styles of book, magazine, and brochures appropriate for different marketplaces and audiences. Commercial book printing offers a range of services with regards to the design, print, and finish of the different types of books and publications.
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When using Microsoft Word there are a few things to consider before typing the manuscript. Firstly its very important to set up the page size in the document, to that which you want the finished book to be. This will save a lot of extra work further down the line. Secondly ensure the page margins […]
Read moreP2D Books like to make things simple for our clients, and here you will find a guide to some of the most common questions we get asked: Basis weight of paper – The weight of a material defined by g/m2 (grammes per square metre). Bleed – Printed matter which runs off the edge of the paper. The […]
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We have, I’m sure, all attended certain events where we were issued with Order of Service booklets, – typically weddings and funerals – and whilst these events are at ‘opposite ends’ of the social scale, as such, the importance of the Order of Service booklet cannot be underestimated. Whilst these events are very different in […]
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