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We've created this Forum Thread with some workarounds and advice to assist you in publishing you ebook.
We've created this Forum Thread with some workarounds and advice to assist you in publishing you ebook.
Spine Placement
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Just wondering if there's something obvious I'm missing but is there any way fo visually checking the placement of oyur spin on a full wrapround cover other than blowing up the tiny image you get on thefinal revision check for paperbacks?
Downloading the cove ris no use since there are no guidelines in place for the spine and I find that even if I exactly follow the measurements supplied on the wizard the spine is often a mm or two out.
Downloading the cove ris no use since there are no guidelines in place for the spine and I find that even if I exactly follow the measurements supplied on the wizard the spine is often a mm or two out.
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For our part, we're developing a "book-view" tool that does let you review the book in your browser with trim/bleed marks.
If you want to have a look at it, we're using it on our Lulu xPress site at the moment. Just create a project and add a cover or use one of our templates, and the final step before finishing your book will be the viewer (you don't have to buy anything to view this).
Sometime in the not-to-distant future this should become a standard feature of the Lulu wizard.
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The PDF view does not contain any guideline for where the spin will end up on the finished book. ASnd I'm using the One Piece Cover Designer because I want professional covers, and the other Lulu design options for covers don't offer that, imo.
You can create 'professional' covers in whatever Cover Wizard you use. It's not the tool that creates them, it's the designer. The only real advantage to using the one-piece wizard is if you want a logo on the spine (if there is room) or a dustjacket. I use the 'New' Cover Designer by pasting a full image for the front and a full one for the back and matching the spine colour. I don't have to worry about where the spine's edges fall exactly because I stay away from them.
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