Using InDesign

Setup your Preferences this way:

Preferences

Preferences

Units & increments:

Units & increments:

File Menu > Document Setup (to save these settings for future book designs)

File Menu > Document Setup

File Menu > New Document

File Menu > New Document

Make sure Facing Pages box is Not ticked

Enter your custom size dimensions:

Square book: 20 in wide x 10 in high

Vertical book: 18 in wide x 18 in high

Horizontal book: 24 in wide x 9 in high

Panovista book: 20 in wide x 16 in high

If using dimensions closer to your book size, make sure they are the same print aspect ratio as the dimensions above.

Final Spread

Final Spread

Remember to save and export spreads as JPEGs, not as a PDF

If you get export errors when exporting as JPEGs, try this:

  1. First, export to high resolution EPS in RGB,
  2. then convert to JPEG in photoshop.

This a second step, but the EPS conversion process makes a basic single piece of information that converts easily to jpeg without losing any detail at all.  

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