Cover size for cloth cover?

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April 14, 2023
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I'm doing a cover where the book dimensions are 9x9. I have made the cover 19.125 inches, based on a hard copy of a similar book (client doesn't give any specifics, just says make it like that book). The cover is hardcover with a solid color plus art. In the similar book the color is also on the inside, with pasted endpapers. Do I make the cover something like 38.25" wide?

Or do I just send them the psd of the art and do they worry about the solid color?

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Correct answer Derek Cross

As they're overseas I don't think they can come after me ... but they have OK'd everything along the way, so what can they say.

Oh well, if you've been paid, you're ahead if the game!

Peter Spier

Community Expert

This kind of job should be discussed with the printer/bindery to get the correct dimensions for the cover.

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vixlerAuthor

Inspiring

I've tried, believe me, and I've told them only the printer can know the exact requirements, all I can do is follow the book, but there could end up being differences. They don't have a plan. I think they don't know yet, and will just print it, then hopefully they can make adjustments if needed, or ask me to I guess.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

In a case like this I'd try to build in as much flexibility as possible in the cover. Better to be a little too big (with wrap allowances) than too small, and if there's no art/text on the back it's easier to adjust the spine width on the fly at the bindery.

Derek Cross

Community Expert

A few questions:

Is the book a paperback or a hardback with a separate (loose) jacket?

Is 9 x 9 inches the trimmed page size?

Do you know the size (width) of the spine?

Re endpapers, you presumably mean "separate ends" as opposed to "self ends"?

Has the client given you a copy of the book s/he wants you to match? It all sounds a bit vague!

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vixlerAuthor

Inspiring

It's very, very vague. I got a copy of the book on my own, which I measured with a ruler, that was the only way I could get the needed info, and it's not really enough, as I don't have a way to measure the hinge. I haven't torn the book apart. The client told me the cover size but that's all, It's a Wire-O binding with a hard cover over it, sort of like those hard 3-ring school binders kids carry (or used to) but it's Wire-O spiralbound, not 3-ring. Yes, 9x9 is the cover trim size. The spine is 7/8". I don't know what to call the ends--it's one long, gray page that goes across both sides--as it's spiral bound, that page is perforated.. That page, which is the method by which the spirals are attached to the book, is glued down to the cover. I can't tell if the entire outer cover is all one color or if it's just wrapped and is white underneath the gray page. I went with wrapped.