Hold them open with one hand, particularly at odd angles like you might in bed or flopped down in a recliner. I went through my library and grabbed a dozen trade paperbacks of various sizes and thicknesses. 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. I would either have to shrink the margins and font quite a bit or have it be so thick as to be unrealistically expensive. For starters, that size was not offered by my printer, and even if it was, it would be problematic. I started off wanting to do the tight little mass-market paperback size of 4.125 x 6.75 inches, but I couldn’t. I’ll put a summary of the numbers at the bottom, but first I’d like to say a little about how I chose them.įirst of all, I print my books at 5.5 x 8.5 inches, and right off the bat, I’ll tell you it’s a compromise. So today I’m talking about page size and margins. I have heard good things about them, but I’m something of a DIY guy for this kind of thing. ![]() He also made several MS Word templates for formatting a print novel, available at Book Design Templates. ![]() I should also point you towards The Book Designer, which is where I learned most of what I know about print formatting. ![]() If nothing else, they look good on my bookshelf. I realize that most of my sales are e-book, but I wanted to have some nice-looking print editions. Some folks from my local writers’ group have asked me about some of my print formatting decisions, so I thought I would write up a few posts about it.
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