The gutter margin stops text from extending into the binding.
Gutters and spreads on createspace.
This post is about how to design a good looking book for createspace that takes into account the printer handles gutters and margins the gutter is the space between the two pages of a spread and the margins are on the outside of both pages top bottom right and left sides.
But createspace was designed to produce books for adults with separate pages of text to the left and right and a gutter down the middle.
This margin is near the book s binding the middle of an open book.
They can run as far as from corner to corner.
If you want your images to bleed to the edges of your pages extend them 0 125 3 mm beyond the final trim size from the top bottom and outer edges of your.
In addition they are attached to the home with a visible half round hanger.
Seamless gutters have no length limit.
All of this means that the basic unit of design for ebooks is the single page not the two page spread.
Createspace hates spreads one of the great appeals of a picture book for an illustrator is the creation of a beautiful story telling double page spread.
Page spreads we require single page files as opposed to spreads or 2 up files.
Do it the by hand.
Inside gutter margins.
A k style gutter in the same inch width can handle twice as much water as a half round gutter.
If you re a self published author who plans.
Many people choose these style gutters because they are very aesthetically pleasing and will add a lot of class to your home.
The above recommendations assume that you have properly sized downspouts every 40 feet.
Once you ve cleaned out the mess always wash out the gutter and downspouts with a garden hose to flush out the remaining dirt.
K style gutters are the most common option and they provide optimum drainage for the majority of homes in most of the u s.
Now i use createspace for reasons that belong in another article.
These gutters are a type of half round gutters and have the bead on the outside of the gutter where it is more visible.
2 install splash and mesh guards on your gutters.
They come in 5 inch to 6 inch widths.
The spread is unnecessary and artificial in ebooks.
Most times these style gutters are installed with rectangular downspouts.
However a single page fits the screen perfectly and most e readers including the kindle were designed quite intentionally to mimic the size and proportions of a trade paperback book page.
The standard is about inch per 10 feet.
Createspace s margin requirements ensure that your content is not cut on the outside edge and is not lost in the inside edge or gutter.
Don t want to blow out the dirt and spread it on your yard.
Grab a ladder bucket heavy duty gloves and go the old fashioned route.
Page size no bleed set the page size to your selected trim size width by height.
