All about smart-publishing
Wordzworth is a team of expert book designers. For years we have created fabulous print-ready files for books and covers. Increasingly our customers asked for help with printing and …
Category: Books
Parts of a book
If there’s anywhere that creativity should get to run around off its leash, it’s within the pages of a book. That’s why we write them, after all: to do …
Reviewing a printed proof
It’s here! The very first, hold-it-in-your-hands copy of your book. You should already have a good idea of what you can expect after reviewing your digital book files, but there really is no …
What is an ISBN
“What was the name of that book you wanted?” “Oh, it’s called ‘Contact,’ I think!” It would be hard for you to glean much from this conversation. Is this …
All about book paper
Paper gives print books their unique character. It may be so subtle, we don’t even give it thought, but with every turn of the page, paper influences what a …
Checking image quality
You may often want to check the quality of a particular image to determine if it is sufficient for printing. So below we have put together a few pointers on …
Choosing your book trim size
If I were to hand you a book and ask you to show me the book trim size, would you know which part to show me? Book trim size …
Reviewing a digital proof
Exciting times. Your digital proofs are ready! This is your very first chance to get a sense of what your book will look like. But there’s still a way …
POD book binding choices
Not many authors realize how many decisions you’ll be up against when printing your book. As soon as you settle on one thing, a whole new issue pops up. …
Equations in books
One of the best things about books is their diversity. We rarely see two the same. For every picture book, there’s a dense saga. For every anthology of poetry, …
Including a book index
Reading a nonfiction book without an index is a little like being in a strange town without a map. Sure, you can have a good wander around and enjoy …
The book copyright page
We’d guess that you’ve flicked past almost every copyright page in every book you’ve ever read. Who wants to read a load of legal jargon when there’s a story …
Sourcing book images
For many writers, words are enough to paint a thousand, vivid pictures. Not many books benefit from you filling them full of plain text, however. Non-fiction and reference books …
Can I have source files for my job?
Final-form files are not editable so if you wish to make changes to these files in future then you can ask us to update your source files and recreate …
Will you change my images?
Even if you have not asked us to work on your images they may still appear differently in your review file from the way you sent them. This is …
Will you change my text?
We provide design services. We do not proofread text, edit references or index entries, and we do not run spellchecks, or grammar checks. Ensuring your text is correct is …
Do you design from templates?
We do not design books to a number of set templates. We believe our job as designers is to carefully consider your design needs and opinions as well as …
What software do you use?
Our team is extremely experienced with a wide range of design software packages and will select the best software for each job. Book interiors and covers are created in …
Can I send you InDesign files?
If you are sending us InDesign files you already have then you want to ensure what we receive includes all your text and images as you see it on …
What are the rules for image licensing?
If your book contains images you need to confirm you are allowed to include these. You will also need to check they are of sufficient quality for printing. For …