Re: [lojban] Re: CLL: Non-coding help: check us against LS's requirements.

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 08:19:04PM -0700, mukti wrote:
> 
> 
> > 1.  What is the largest book size we can get in hardcover? 
> >
> 
> For "case laminate" binding, up to 8" x 11.5" trim. The cover can
> be printed in 4 colors, with a matte or glossy finish. I found an
> example here <http://paperbackrocker.com/tag/lightning-source>.
> 
> If you go 6.14 x 9.21" ("Royal octavo') or smaller -- the current
> PDF seems to be that size -- you also have a choice of cloth
> binding, blue or grey, with or without dust jacket. I found an
> example here
> <http://www.novelpublicity.com/2012/02/how-to-produce-a-hardcover-version-of-your-novel-via-lightning-source-and-why-youll-want-to-have-one/>

Thank you so much for showing the differences!

I'd REALLY LIKE PEOPLE'S OPINIONS HERE.

I prefer cloth bound without dust jacket, for the simple reason that
we don't have the resources to do a really pretty full color cover
and it's not that sort of book anyway, but what do other people
think?

> > 2.  What do the dimension requirements of that size mean in
> > terms of my PDF? 
> >
> 
> It looks like the PDF is configured to print at a size which
> provides the most binding options.

Yay I read the chart right!  :D

> > 3.  Does my PDF actually match all their requirements? 
> 
> The margins seem to conform to the 0.5" (13mm) requirement. The
> font size seems adequate -- even generous -- to me, but it would
> be good to have more eyes on it. 

+1

> At 951 pages, it seems like there's room to enlarge the font
> before reaching the maximum page size of 1200. I assume a smaller
> book would be less expensive, if less impressive.

Aren't there like a *million* more requirements, though, like font
embedding and so on?

That reminds me, at some point we're going to need to go hunt these
down:

  prince: warning: no glyphs for character U+C790, fallback to '?'
  prince: warning: no glyphs for character U+BAA8, fallback to '?'
  prince: warning: no glyphs for character U+2135, fallback to '?'

and fix them.  Seems to me that we can just find *some other text*
to make whatever point those parts of the book make; it's not like
we need to have hangul there, I'm sure.

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