The Library of Congress. The Web site can be found at: www.loc.gov.

An ISBN number can be obtained at www.isbn.org.

We can provide this service.

Bleed is when a printed piece has ink that touches the edge of the paper. The ink should bleed past the page trim to eliminate white edges after the printed piece is trimmed. In order to achieve this effect, the image(s) in the file should extend beyond the document boundaries. Your document page should be the same dimensions as your final trim size. Never build your bleed in to the page document size.

0.25"

Yes. CG can prepare a layout that shows the dimensions of the panel sizes, wrap, spine width, flap widths, etc. We will need to know some of the final specs of your book before a layout can be created: final page count, paper stock that the text is printing on, binding style, trim size of book, and in the case of a dust jacket, the width of the flaps that you desire. Contact your Sales Representative or Customer Support Assistant with this information and he or she will have a layout prepared.

The number of pages in your book must be divisible by 4.

(e.g. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, etc...)

Yes we can. We will need to know the final trim size of the book. Contact your Sales Representative or Customer Support Assistant with this information and he or she will have a layout prepared.

The best way to prepare a PDF file for CG is to follow our instructions in the PDF Guidelines section. After you’ve generated a PDF file, you can e-mail it to your Sales Representative or Customer Support Assistant for CG to check. We will preflight it for you and contact you if there are problems that need to be addressed.

We follow industry standard which is ± 10% of quantity ordered.

Book Jobs – Standard is 2–3 weeks for perfect-bound books and 3–4 weeks for case-bound books.

Commercial Jobs – Varies depending on job.

Binding may be perfect binding, saddle stitch, case binding (side sewn, smyth sewn), drilling, comb binding, and wire-o. See examples of our binding options here.

First-time customers are set up with 50% down and balance due before shipping.

Yes. We will drop ship for a minimal number of drop shipments. There is an
associated shipping and handling charge.

We work with both Mac and PC. We accept application files from QuarkXPress, PageMaker,

InDesign CS, Illustrator CS, PhotoShop CS, and Microsoft Word.
We also accept PDF files that are built to our specifications (see PDF Guidelines for instructions).
Please note these concerns regarding Microsoft Word files. Word files are very unpredictable when transferred from computer to computer. Word does not have the capability to report the fonts that were used to build the document or warn when a font is missing or has been replaced by a different one. These problems along with others cause the text on the pages to reflow and the graphics to behave unpredictably. Your safest option for submitting files you’ve prepared in Microsoft Word is to submit a PDF file. However, this too has its problems. Most PDF files created directly from Word will not have the fonts embedded properly. To help resolve this problem, it’s recommended to use the application called “PDF995” to create a good PDF file from Word. This free download is available at www.pdf995.com.

Yes: Cyan 40%; Magenta 30%; Yellow 0%; Black 100%.

Avoid setting up a rich black using 100% of all colors. This leads to increased dry time after press.

Yes. The FTP site is located at ftp.corpgraph.com. Contact customer support to receive a username and password.