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Gregath Publishing e-zine
Volume 4, Number 1
January, 2005
Helping writers, genealogists and computer users of all kinds
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Table of Contents
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What's It
Mean?
Design Inspiration
Book Manufacturing Concepts
Marketing Advice
Genealogy Ideas
Computer Help
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What’s It Mean?
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Trim Size (generally not in use with books): Actual size of finished item, as in "trimmed down to". An 8½x11" self cover publication generally has a trim size smaller than 8½x11".
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Design Inspiration - Fastback suggestions (see below)
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With the fastback method, a spine imprint may be added, but not very economical on small publishings. It may also be possible to use a wider variety of specialty covers economically. With the fastback method there are a limited number of fabric colors available for the spine - one can design their cover to either contrast or match the spine.
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Book Manufacturing Concepts - Binding
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A new standard soft binding possibility, especially with small quantities is the Fastback cloth tape method which is a bridge between tape and staple and perfect binding: The block of the book is glued like it would be for a perfect binding with front and back covers attached. Then to cover the glued edges and for further reinforcement a strip of cloth binding tape is used for the spine.
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Marketing advice
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Make your postage count! If you have a reason to send anyone correspondence, include information about your publication in some format as well.
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This section is drawn from information online at
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Genealogy ideas
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As you re-established family connections over the holidays, don't let them slide. Try to maintain a correspondence of some type with everyone. You never know when some new bit of information may surface through general communication.
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Computer aid?!? - Photoshop light photo edit
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Do you have a digitized photograph that is nice, but has specks or small cracks in the background? If so, open the file in Adobe Photoshop. Next, check to make sure your tools toolbar is visible (click "window", if there isn't a checkmark by "tools", click it). On the tools toolbar there is a clone stamp tool (the icon looks like a rubber stamper) that you click to select. Notice the bar under the pull down menus now reflects all the clone tool options. Move your mouse near an imperfect spot (the size of the circle is controlled by the brush button at the top). You may choose to play with the options to get what works best for you and the photo. Caution - in Photoshop you can only undo the last step. Place the circle over an area that looks generally how the background "under" the imperfection should look. While holding down the ALT key, left click your mouse. Now move the circle over the imperfection (or part of it) and click. A copy/clone of the ALT+click background replaces the imperfection. You can repeat the steps as needed. This generally works great with backgrounds because, as a rule, they are not too intricate. This method may also work to some extent on the subjects but is it much trickier.
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Note: All references to
"click" are using the left mouse button unless otherwise noted.
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