MS Word Cover Template Format Guide 1.3.Pub

Version 1.3

Contents

Getting Started 3 Setting the Spine Width & Text 9 Changing Background Graphics & Art 14 Creating a Full-Wrap Cover Background 18 Converting an eBook Cover to Print 23 Changing Individual Background Graphics 29 Adjusting Text, Fonts, Colors & Live Elements 33 Adding Photos & Images 38 Getting Ready for Print & Creating PDFs 42 Resources & Troubleshooting FAQ 45 License, Support & More Info 49

Getting Started

Installation is Easy!

Open The Download .ZIP File Folder OR Extract the Template Files from

the ZIP Download File

Locate the compressed (zip) folder that you just downloaded. This contains the template and all associated files. Newer PCs and Macs will allow you to open and work out of the .ZIP file without extracting the contents. The .ZIP file will appear as a standard folder on your PC or Mac, containing the template and related files. On many older PCs, you must extract the contents of the .ZIP file folder to a location of your choice on your computer, such as the desktop. This will allow you to access the template files, documentation, links and other materials.

Install the Fonts

Inside the template folder, locate the “Fonts (INSTALL FIRST)” folder and open it. Install all of the included fonts (in TTF and OTF format) by clicking to opening each one individually, and clicking the install button. (Alternately, you may copy/paste or drag/drop the font files to your Windows Operating System PC’s “C:\Windows\Fonts” folder or to your OSX Operating System Macintosh’s “Font-Book”.)

Open the Template file

for your version of MS Word.

Open the folder containing the Word .DOCX template files. Open the file Labeled CS”“ for CreateSpace compatible covers. Open the file labeled “LS-IS” for Lightning Source or Ingram Spark compatible covers. Open the file labeled “Generic” to create a generic cover file that may be used at many boutique printing companies. Note: The Cover Templates require MS Word version 2007 or newer. Note: The template will contain sample text and content to help you get started. You may overwrite or remove this content as needed.

Cover Template Layout Overview

Adjustable Spine: Easy to adjust Visible Bleed Area: The dark grey spine width allows you to size bleed areas are clearly marked so you your spine to match your page can avoid placing live elements where count in seconds. they may get cut out.

Ready to Enter Copy: Properly aligned and formatted sample text is ready for you to overwrite with your own copy.

Pre-aligned Data Blocks: Just fill in Pre-Placed Title Text: The fully your metadata, price, author photo, bio customizable title text is pre- and place your barcode in the pre- aligned to center correctly. Just en- aligned blocks. ter your title information, change the colors and fonts. The text is also Three Background Panes: Create a full- independent of the background spread cover with ease, or convert an eBook image, so you can adjust it as need- cover to print. Just replace the panes you ed without shifting your text. need with your own artwork.

Cover Construction Basics for Print

Covers have Bleed Areas Covers are often printed on large sheets of thick paper stock and cut out by ma- chines. These cuts are made in a special “bleed” area. To assure that there is not a border of white paper on the edges of the book, the artwork for the cover of the book must extend into this bleed area. It is important that no text or “live elements” of the book cover be placed in the bleed area because it may get cut out. Our cover templates have the bleed area highlighted in dark grey, so you can vis- ually see where the cuts will be made. The graphical templates included also have these bleed areas. Your cover artwork should completely cover the bleed areas, from edge to edge.

Alert: Allow an extra 0.25” of space away from the bleed and spine edges (trim and fold) for safety. Some printers may reject a cover with text that is closer than 0.25” to any bleed area. Just to be safe, keep a wide margin from the outside edges of the cover, and keep text as far from the bleed area as possible.

Cover Construction Basics for Print

There are Three Panes in the Template. The entire cover area of the template on the page is a table, consisting of three rows. Each row corresponds to the front, back, and spine area of the book, and operate independently. The front and back cover areas are preconfigured to have the correct width and height for your book cover, with bleed.

The spine area is preconfigured for the height dimension of your book, and is adjustable for the spine width. Adjusting the spine width using the process in this book will cause Word to automatically adjust the rest of the cover to con- form to the correct placement on the page. The spine width is the only measurement that should require adjustment.

Cover Construction Basics for Print

The Text Elements “float” over the Background Graphics The included text areas are specially configured to “float” over the three background images provided in the template. You may edit the text inside of these text boxes independently to change the font size, color, or typeface to your liking. Changes to the text will not interfere with the background images.

Tip: Use the Text Elements Provided with the Template Each text element has a special text effect applied to assure that they render correctly on the PDF output you will provide to your printer. Adding a new text box that is not included with the template requires special care, as outlined in the back of this guide.

Setting the Spine Width and Text

The Spine

The Spine Width is based on the Page Count of the Book Interior The spine measurement for your cover must be precise. Each print vendor pro- vides tools, calculators, or formulas for calculating your precise spine width based on the number of pages for your book and the type of paper your select. Please use these tools to find the correct spine width for your book. Links for each vendor are in the back of this guide for your convenience. The Word template will accommodate accuracy of 1/100th of an inch. If you enter a spine width with higher degree of accuracy, the template will automatically round it to the nearest 1/100th.

Tip: Most printers calculate spine width by pages, not sheets In book printing, pages and sheets are two distinct terms. Since a page in a book is typically printed on both sides of the paper sheet, there are two book pages per sheet in the book interior. A 200 page book, will therefore print on 100 sheets. Most printers calculate the spine width based upon pages, instead of sheets, so be sure to use the right measurement metric when calculating spine width.

Changing the Spine Width

Make sure that you have the correct spine measurement for your book before you proceed.

Select the Spine Area by clicking on the top of the spine. Place your mouse over the top of the spine in the bleed area and click to highlight the spine table cell.

Select “Layout” from the “Table Tools” tab at the top of your screen.

Enter your spine width measurement in the “Width” field of the “Cell Size” area.

The spine will change to the new width entered, and the entire cover area will update with the new measurements for the overall width of the entire cover.

Tip: The Word template will accommodate accuracy of 1/100th of an inch. If you enter a spine width with higher degree of accuracy, the template will automatically round it to the nearest 1/100th.

Changing the Spine Width

Select the Spine Area Graphic by clicking on the top of the spine. Place your mouse over the top of the spine in the bleed area and click to highlight the spine graphic.

Select the center-right drag box, and drag the center spine graphic until it fits precisely between the two dotted lines of the spine cell.

Repeat this resize process with the Book Title, Author Name, and Publisher Logo. Click on each element to highlight it. Use the center-right drag boxes to resize the element to fit inside of the blue dotted lines of the spine cell.

Note: Most publishers can not print text or a publisher logo on a spine with less than 120 pages. If your book’s spine is too small for text, or you wish to omit the spine text and logo, simply highlight and delete the spine text and logo elements.

Changing the Spine Text

Change the Book Title. Place your mouse over the book title and click to activate the element. You may then type over or replace the text. You may change the font size, color and typeface as needed by using the font options on the home tab.

Change the Author Name. Place your mouse over the author name and click to activate the element. You may then type over or replace the text. You may change the font size, color and typeface as needed by using the font options on the home tab.

Alert: Printers require 0.2” of clearance, or more, on both sides of the spine text. Be sure your fonts are small enough to leave room between the text and the blue dotted line, like our sample.

Change the Publisher Logo. Right click on the publisher element to highlight it, and bring up the context menu. Choose “Change Picture” to select a new publisher logo. You may resize it as needed. We include a pre-sized publisher logo template for convenience.

Tip: Some fonts are not compatible with vertical alignment. They will work correctly on screen, but revert to a horizontal position, or disappear, when the PDF is created. If this happens with your PDF, you will need to select a different font for the spine area. (Or use a graphic)

Changing Background Graphics & Art

About the Background Graphics

Each Background Element is a Separate Graphic We include three separate background element graphics that you can change with your own artwork. This allows you great flexibility in layout options:

Option A: You can use a single graphic that wraps across all three areas of the book’s cover, creating a single, full-wrap image.

Option B: You can convert an eBook cover to a print cover by deleting the front -cover text elements and replacing the front cover background element with your eBook cover. You may then change the spine and back cover graphics independently to match your eBook cover with a solid color or matching art.

Option C: You can change each background image independently to utilize different artwork for each area of the book cover. This approach works well if you have been provided separate cover artwork for each part of the cover that needs to be combined into a cohesive cover.

Background Template Images

We include pre-sized high-resolution graphic templates for all three panes of the book cover template. The front and back cover graphical templates are sized to exactly fit the front and back panes of the template, and include the needed bleed areas. The spine graphical template is sized vertically to fit your template, and comes pre-sized at the maximum width that most printers allow (2.5” for most templates, 1.5” for 8.5x11” templates). You may trim the width of the spine graphic as needed to match the width of your actual spine.

Tip: We recommend using a high-quality photo and graphical editor like Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paintshop Pro, or similar to edit the graphic elements.

Tip: We recommend licensing high-quality and high-resolution images from a reputable company for use with your cover., like fotolia.

Background Template Images

We also include a pre-sized high-resolution graphic template to use as a starting point for creating a full-wrap cover. The full-wrap cover graphical template is sized vertically to fit your template, and come pre-sized to include the maximum spine width possible (2.5” for most templates, 1.5” for 8.5x11” templates). You may trim the width of the graphic as needed to match the width of your actual book cover, in- cluding the spine. (Full Cover width is calculated as: Back Cover Width + Spine Width + Front Cover Width + Bleed)

Tip: We recommend using a high-quality photo and graphical editor like Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paintshop Pro, or similar to edit the graphic elements.

Tip: We recommend licensing high-quality and high-resolution images from a reputable company for use with your cover, like fotolia.

Creating a Full-Wrap Cover Background

Creating a Full Wrap Background

Delete the Front Cover Area Graphic by clicking on the top of the cover. Place your mouse over the top of the front cover in the bleed area and click to highlight the front cover graphic. Click Delete on your keyboard or right-click and choose “Cut”.

Delete the Spine Area Graphic by clicking on the top of the spine. Place your mouse over the top of the spine in the bleed area and click to highlight the spine graphic. Click Delete on your keyboard or right-click and choose “Cut”.

Select the Back Cover Area Graphic by clicking on the top of the cover. Place your mouse over the top of the back cover in the bleed area and click to highlight the back cover graphic.

Change the Wrap Text to “In Front of Text” for the Back Cover Graphic. Right Ccick on the cover graphic element to highlight it, and bring up the context menu. Choose “Wrap Text” and then “In Front of Text” from the menu. The image will cover the text on the back of the cover, and may shift position slightly.

Creating a Full Wrap Background

Change the Back Cover Graphic. Right click on the cover graphic element to highlight it, and bring up the context menu. Choose “Change Picture” to select a new cover graphic. Select a background Image large enough to cover the back, spine, and front of the book cover.

The Full-Wrap cover graphic will appear in the back cover pane at a reduced size.

Resize the graphic to cover the entire cover area. Use the grey drag boxes to resize the entire image to fill the cover table for the back, spine, and front cover panes. Use a corner drag box to resize the graphic while maintain the same aspect ratio and scale for the image. The image may also be moved horizon- tally or vertically by dragging the entire image..

Creating a Full Wrap Background

The Full Wrap Graphic image should be sized large enough to cover the entire book cover. Once you resize the image, you may drag the image to re-center or move it to line up with your cover as you like. One caveat is that the image may completely obscure the live elements on the cover, making it difficultto see exact placement. However, you can repeat or undo the next step to readjust the image alignment. Make sure that graphic image does not extend past the borders of the book cover template’s table. Any excess may exceed the bleed requirements for the printer.

Creating a Full Wrap Background

Once you are satisfied with the image placement, highlight the Image by clicking it.

On the “Picture Tools” menu, select the “Send Backward” drop down menu, and select “Send to Back”.

The background image will float to the back of document, and all of the text and live elements will float to the top so they can be edit- ed or adjusted as needed.

Converting an eBook Cover to Print

Remove all unnecessary text elements from the front cover pane. Place your mouse over the top of the front text elements and click them. Click Delete on your keyboard or right-click and choose “Cut”.

Tip: If want to add any new text to the front cover, you can leave the desired text element on the page and re-purpose it to add your new text.

Tip: Use the Text Elements Provided with the Template Each text element has a special text effect applied to assure that they render correctly on the PDF output you will provide to your printer. Adding a new text box that is not included with the template requires special care, as outlined in the back of this guide.

Converting an eBook Cover to Print

Select the Front Cover Area Graphic by clicking on the top of the cover. Place your mouse over the top of the front cover in the bleed area and click to highlight the front cover graphic.

Change the Front Cover Graphic. Right click on the cover graphic element to highlight it, and bring up the context menu. Choose “Change Picture” to select a new cover graphic. You may resize it as needed by using the drag boxes. We include a pre-sized front cover graphic template for convenience.

Tip: The graphic image will automatically align left.

Tip: The width of the graphic should match your cover width = bleed, with a 300 pixels per inch resolution. 1” of cover width = 300 pixels. The included cover graphic template is pre-sized to have the correct dimensions.

Converting an eBook Cover to Print (Spine)

Select the Spine Area Graphic by clicking on the top of the spine. Place your mouse over the top of the spine in the bleed area and click to highlight the spine graphic.

Change the Spine Area Background Graphic. Right click on the spine graphic element to highlight it, and bring up the context menu. Choose “Change Picture” to select a new spine graphic. You may resize it as needed by using the drag boxes. We include a pre-sized spine graphic template for convenience.

Tip: The graphic image will automatically align left.

Tip: The width of the graphic should match your spine width, with a 300 pixels per inch resolution. 1” of spine width = 300 pixels.

Tip: If you do not have a spine graphic, you can substitute it for a solid-color, or delete it for a black background.

Converting an eBook Cover to Print (Back)

Select the Back Cover Area Graphic by clicking on the top of the cover. Place your mouse over the top of the back cover in the bleed area and click to highlight the front cover graphic.

Change the Back Cover Graphic. Right click on the cover graphic element to highlight it, and bring up the context menu. Choose “Change Picture” to select a new cover graphic. You may resize it as needed by using the drag boxes. We include a pre-sized back cover graphic template for convenience.

Tip: The graphic image will automatically align left.

Tip: If you do not have a cover graphic, you can substitute it for a solid-color, or delete it for a black background.

Converting an eBook Cover to Print

You may now edit the text and live elements to produce a complete print cover.

Changing Individual Background Graphics

Changing the Front Cover Background

Select the Front Cover Area Graphic by clicking on the top of the cover. Place your mouse over the top of the front cover in the bleed area and click to highlight the front cover graphic.

Tip: The graphic image will automatically align left.

Tip: If you do not have a cover graphic, you can substitute it for a solid-color, or delete it for a black background.

Changing the Spine Background

Select the Spine Area Graphic by clicking on the top of the spine. Place your mouse over the top of the spine in the bleed area and click to highlight the spine graphic.

Change the Spine Graphic. Right click on the spine graphic element to highlight it, and bring up the context menu. Choose “Change Picture” to select a new spine graphic. You may resize it as needed by using the drag boxes. We include a pre-sized spine graphic template for convenience.

Tip: The graphic image will automatically align left.

Tip: The width of the graphic should match your spine width, with a 300 pixels per inch resolution. 1” of spine width = 300 pixels.

Tip: If you do not have a spine graphic, you can substitute it for a solid-color, or delete it for a black background.

Changing the Back Cover Background

Select the Back Cover Area Graphic by Clicking on the Top of the Cover. Place your mouse over the top of the back cover in the bleed area and click to highlight the front cover graphic.

Change the Back Cover Graphic. Right Click on the cover graphic element to highlight it, and bring up the context menu. Choose “Change Picture” to select a new cover graphic. You may resize it as needed by using the drag boxes. We include a pre-sized back cover graphic template for convenience.

Tip: The graphic image will automatically align left.

Tip: If you do not have a cover graphic, you can substitute it for a solid-color, or delete it for a black background.

Adjusting Text, Fonts and Colors & Live Elements

Changing the Front Cover Text

Change the Front Cover Text. Place your mouse over the book title, subtitle author name, or quote box and click to activate the element. You may then type over or replace the text. You may change the font size, color and typeface as needed by using the font options on the home tab.

Rearrange the Front Cover Text. You may also rearrange the front cover text blocks as needed. Simply highlight the text box and drag it to a new location. Be sure to keep the text box within the blue dotted lines of the table column for the pane you are working in. Also avoid the dark grey bleed areas, as any text in this area is likely to be cut and discarded on the physical cover.

Tip: Use the Text Elements Provided with the Tem- plate Each text element has a special text effect applied to assure that they render correctly on the PDF output you will provide to your printer. Adding a new text box that is not included with the template requires special care, as outlined in the back of this guide.

Changing the Front Cover Font

Change the Front Cover Font Style and Color. Place your mouse over the book title, subtitle, author name, or quote box and highlight the text you wish to change.

Use the Font Control Panel to change the font size, typeface, color, justification or attributes. You can change the style of the font in the same manner as any Word document. Just highlight the text and make a selection from the menu Font menu on the Home tab.

Add Text Effects as Needed. You may also add text effects, like shadows, out- lines, beveled edges and more. Highlight the text you wish to change, and use the “Text Effects” drop down found on the Drawing Tools tab. NOTE: Some fonts require a text effect to render in PDF format properly. Often a simple shadow or out- line works best.

Tip: Some version of Word’s PDF creator may not correctly render every font. Always create a sample PDF by following the instructions in the “Getting Ready for Print” section of this guide. If the font has an anomaly in the PDF form, you can try adding a shadow, emboss, or out- line effect to the text to see if that resolves the issue. When you add one of these effects, Word renders the text differently and the PDF may print correctly.

Changing the Spine Text

Tip: Most printers require 0.1” of clearance, or more, on both sides of the spine text. Be sure your fonts are small enough to leave room between the text and the blue dotted line, like our sample.

Changing the Back Cover Text & Elements

Change the Back Cover Text. Place your mouse over the synopsis/copy block, author bio block, or metadata block and click to activate the element. You may then type over or replace the text. You may change the font size, color and typeface as needed by using the font options on the home tab.

Change the Author Photo or Barcode Image. Right click on the preconfigured image to highlight it, and bring up the context menu.

Choose “Change Picture” to select a new author photo or barcode image. You may resize it as needed. We include a pre-sized author photo template for convenience.

Adding Photos & Images

Adding Images and Photos to the Cover

Changing and inserting images onto your cover can add life and a whole new range of possibilities to express your ideas with pictures. Since our templates can utilize the full feature set of Word, image embedding and formatting is an easy task. You may insert an image, resize it, reposition it and add captions as needed. You may also change the author headshot, barcode, and publisher logo with ease.

Adding Images and Photos to the Cover

Place your cursor on the area you wish to insert your image and click.

Select Picture from the Insert tab.

Resize the Image as needed by using the drag boxes.

Tip: We recommend inserting images from the toolbar, instead of using the “drag- and-drop” technique for placing images into your template document.

Changing the Author Photo & Logo

Change the Publisher Logo or Author Photo. Right click on the preconfigured image to highlight it, and bring up the context menu.

Choose “Change Picture” to select a new author photo or publisher logo. You may resize it as needed. We include a pre-sized publisher logo and author photo template for convenience.

Getting Ready for Print & Creating PDFs

Save to PDF PDF files are the most common type required by print-on-demand services due to their stand- ardized formatting and small size. Though there are many ways to export a Word document to a PDF, one of the most effective is to utilize Word’s built in “Save As PDF” functionality.

Choose “Save As” from the “File” tab, or by clicking the “Office” button.

Choose PDF from the “Save as type” drop down box.

Choose the Correct PDF Option Settings (if available in your version of Word) Unlike our book interior templates, some printers, like CreateSpace, require you to uncheck “ISO 19005-1 compliant (PDF/A)” in the PDF options list, to create a non-PDF/A format file. Other printers, like Lightning Source or Ingram Spark, require a PDF/A formatted file, and require that the “ISO 19005-1 compliant (PDF/A)” option is checked.

Choosing the correct PDF format option for your printer will assure that the fonts and images embed property, and do not have “white box” borders or other anomalies.

The option to choose PDF/A or non-PDF/A formatting can be made by clicking the options button that appears in Word, when you choose “PDF” as the “Save as type” for the file.

Click “Save”

Note: Always open the PDF to verify that it saved correctly. Please follow your printer’s guidelines & specifications. Some versions of Word for Mac require you to create a custom page size that matches your template’s trim size to save or print to PDF correctly. We have a how-to in the FAQ section of this guide for your convenience.

Using Adobe Acrobat to Print a PDF Adobe Acrobat (XI or newer) is recommended to create the highest quality, highest resolution PDF documents for print. Adobe can be purchased from Adobe.com as a stand-alone product, or as part of the “Creative Cloud” package.

Choose “Adobe PDF” as your printer from the “File / Print” tab, or by pressing the “Print” button.

Choose “Press Quality” from the “Default Set- tings” drop down. Then choose “Edit”.

Check “Embed all fonts” in the Fonts menu option. click OK. (or cancel if it is already checked.)

Select the actual page size in the Adobe PDF Page Size drop down. Add the correct size if it is not in the list of options.

Un-Check “Rely on system fonts”.

Click “OK” and then Print.

Note: MS Word’s PDF creation system has a limit of 220dpi. Though high-enough for razor sharp print for print-on-demand books, some vendor’s automated print check tools, like CreateSpace, may flag the PDF file as low-resolution. These book files typically print with superb quality. However, to achieve the maximum output resolution, creating your PDF with Adobe Acrobat will produce the highest resolution PDF files.

Resources & Troubleshooting FAQ

Resources

Q: Where can I find the spine width I need for my book? A: Each printer will have speciﬁc guidelines for formang the spine width, based upon the page count. You should always consult the publisher to make sure you have the most recent guidelines for calculang the spine width. Here are some links to a few spine width calculators for some popular vendors: CreateSpace: hps://www.createspace.com/Products/Book/CoverPDF.jsp Lightning Source: hps://www1.lightningsource.com/spinecalc.aspx

Q: What if my printer asks for a different sheet size or specification than the template is setup to generate? A: The templates are pre-configured to meet the prinng guidelines of several major prinng companies. However, specificaons may change over me, or you may wish to use a prinng company that has a different set of specificaons. The cover templates are fully adjustable, so you can change the size of the page sheet, the template table dimensions, or any other feature in the template to suite your requirements for formang situaon. Please feel free to contact our support department to assist you with any issues. Q: Where can I get some high-resolution stock photography or artwork for use on my cover? Can’t I just download a picture from an internet image search? A: Images and photos found using internet search are often copyrighted and property of the person or company who took the photo or is offering it for sale. Use on your book cover may violate their rights. These photos and images are usually low resolution or poor quality too. We recommend licensing high-quality and high-resolution images from a reputable company for use with your cover, like fotolia.

hp://us.fotolia.com/partner/204879201

Troubleshooting Q: Why after PDF conversion, is the text on my spine horizontal instead of vertical?

A: If you encounter spine text that has become horizontal, or has another anomaly like miss- ing leers, that means that the font used on the spine was not compable with Word’s ver- cal text funcon. To correct this issue, please choose a diﬀerent font for the spine text.

Q: Why does my text have a white or black background?

A: There are 3 main causes of white or black background blocking on text: 1) An incompable font was ulized on the cover. Try changing to a different font. 2) There was no “text effect” applied to the font. You may apply a “text effect” to the font by highlighng the text, and then choose an effect from the Effects secon of the “Text Box Tools” tab in Word.

3) The PDF was created using the PDF/A speciﬁcaon opon in Word. To correct this, when saving the ﬁle as a PDF, open the opons dialog box by clicking the opons buon. Uncheck the “ISO 19005-1 compliant (PDF/A)” opon. Then save to PDF.

Troubleshooting Q: Why does my printer warn me about low DPI or Low Resolution?

A: Word’s built in PDF engine has some limitaons on the DPI output, and will somemes render porons of the PDF at a resoluon lower than 300 DPI. In our tesng, the print output of the cover ﬁles was razor sharp and free from blurring or resoluon issues. However, if your printer requires a higher DPI format ﬁle, we recommend creang the PDF using Genuine Adobe Acrobat Pro, using the Press-Quality sengs outlined in this guide.

Q: Why does the PDF print on multiple pages, or the wrong page size? A: Some operang systems, like OSX, oen require a custom page size be created that corresponds to the page size of the source document or ﬁle. Since the book cover is printed on a large format sheet, the custom page size may not be pre-conﬁgured on your system. Adding a custom page size is easy. For OSX / Macintosh: 1. Choose “Format” then choose “Document” in the toolbar. 2. Click the “Page Setup” buƩon. 3. Choose “Paper Size”, then “Manage Custom Sizes”. 4. Create a custom size for the page, using the guidelines below. The default page size for CS and the Generic templates is 19x13”. For most LS-IS templates the default size is 15x12”. Some LS-IS templates are larger. The LS-IS 8.5x11 template is 21x12” and the LS-IS 7x10” template is 19x12”.

Licensing, Support & More Info

Licensing Requirements

Q: Can I use the template on all my books? A: You can if you purchase a MulƟ-Book license. Our templates are copyrighted and licensed to individual authors, and we offer several licensing opons to fit your needs and your budget. Q: What are the license options for using these templates? A: The Single-Book License is your choice if you’re an independent author who wants to create a beauful book without spending a lot of money. This license entles you to use the template for one of your own books at a very affordable price. The MulƟ-Book License will allow an indie author to use the same template to format several of his or her own books, or even a whole series, without having to buy a template license for each tle. The Commercial License allows a sole proprietor who works as a designer or book shepherd helping other authors get to press. For a single fee, this license allows you to use the template for your own or other people's books. Q: What if I purchased a single-use license and want to utilize the same template for another book? A: You may purchase an unlimited-use upgrade license for the template. Q: What are the license requirements for the fonts included with the templates? A: Fonts supplied with our templates are Open Source or are licensed as free for commercial use and re-distribution. Q: If I heavily modify or customized the template I purchased, do I still have to register or license it? A: Yes. Any work that is developed, derived, formatted, or designed utilizing our template as a foundation is still considered under license for that template product and must be licensed and registered. Q: Can I use the template for books I am creating for my clients/friends/wife? A: The Commercial template license is available for commercial use. If you want to buy a custom template design that you can use in your business or for clients, please contact us.

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