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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's meant to extend beyond the edge of the page has "bleed." This will prevent white edges when the book is trimmed.
• The cover extends far enough beyond the edge. 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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