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The front and back cover of your hardback book is printed and wrapped around a greyboard to create the case or hardback of your book. Fonts not being embedded in the pdf file is the biggest issue we see with the pdf. At this time, kdp does not offer an option for creating a hard cover book. Commonly used for first edition fiction, memoirs, and gift books. All hardcover books have a safety margin for turnin bleed for all book sizes if 1. How to create a pdf easy pdf creation for book publishing. Preparing your book for print with indesign onebookshelf. However, there are online options for creating hard cover books, and you can offer it through amazon, using companies such as lulu or ingram sparks. Most selfpublishers write their book using microsoft word and then create a pdf file from the microsoft word file.
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