Many people have a very peculiar way of picking up a book. They often pay more attention to visuals than the rest. Good visuals and catchy titles can drastically boost up the sales of your novel. So the million dollar question still remains. How should I design my own book cover? More than often book publishers base their cover page visuals on the main characters of the novel. For instance, a Sherlock Holmes novel will feature Sherlock Holmes with his famous cloth-cap, pipe or his silhouette on the cover page. Fonts can also prove to be a deciding factor as to the fate of your book. If you have decided upon designing your own book cover, you can seize the golden chance of playing with the fonts. For instance you can capitalize the first letter of each word in a title since this method is known to catch instant attention.
Archive for July, 2009
The size of a modern book is based on the printing area of a common flatbed press. The pages of type were arranged and clamped in a frame, so that when printed on a sheet of paper the full size of the press, the pages would be right side up and in order when the sheet was folded, and the folded edges trimmed.
The most common book sizes are:
* Quarto (4to): the sheet of paper is folded twice, forming four leaves (eight pages) approximately 11-13 inches (ca 30 cm) tall
* Octavo (8vo): the most common size for current hardcover books. The sheet is folded three times into eight leaves (16 pages) up to 9 ¾” (ca 23 cm) tall.
* DuoDecimo (12mo): a size between 8vo and 16mo, up to 7 ¾” (ca 18 cm) tall
* Sextodecimo (16mo): the sheet is folded four times, forming sixteen leaves (32 pages) up to 6 ¾” (ca 15 cm) tall
Sizes smaller than 16mo are:
* 24mo: up to 5 ¾” (ca 13 cm) tall.
* 32mo: up to 5″ (ca 12 cm) tall.
* 48mo: up to 4″ (ca 10 cm) tall.
* 64mo: up to 3″ (ca 8 cm) tall.
Small books can be called booklets.
Sizes larger than quarto are:
* Folio: up to 15″ (ca 38 cm) tall.
* Elephant Folio: up to 23″ (ca 58 cm) tall.
* Atlas Folio: up to 25″ (ca 63 cm) tall.
* Double Elephant Folio: up to 50″ (ca 127 cm) tall.
