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• Title page
• Copyright page
• Headers and footers
• Front and back cover
• Spine
  
  

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• Content in your manuscript file that you want to reach all the way to the edge of the page must extend 0.125" (3.2 mm) past your trim line on the top, bottom, and outside edges. This will prevent a white border from appearing at the edge of the page when the book is trimmed.
• The cover is sized for bleed and any background (e.g. color or images) extends 0.125" (3.2 mm) past the trim line. This will prevent a white border when the book is trimmed.
  
  

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• The page numbers in your manuscript file are in sequential order.
• There are no more than two consecutive blank pages at the beginning or middle of your manuscript file and/or 10 consecutive blank pages at the end.
  
  

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• Text is at least 7-point font
• Other elements don’t cut off or overlap text
• Text doesn’t blend into the background

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• The spine text has at least 0.0625" on each side. If the text is too large, it can wrap onto the front or back cover.
• Your book has enough pages to provide a spine wide enough for text. Books need at least 100 pages to have spine text.
  
  

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• Title page
• Copyright page
• Headers and footers
• Front and back cover
• Spine
  
  

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• Your manuscript content doesn't extends past the margins. This can cause the content from getting cut off during manufacturing.
• The text on your cover doesn't extend past the cover edge. This can cause the text to be cut off during manufacturing.
  
  

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