Requires, that extra paper you paid good money for is trimmed off and tossed (hopefully If you print on a sheet that is larger than the trim size Page count help determine the size of the sheet (or the width of the roll) theġ1” trim size needs a larger sheet of paper to print than an 8”x 8” book. Paper is expensive, so you want to waste as little as possible. With trim size, part of the decision comes down to paper. The production director (my direct boss), theĪrt director and the editor had to balance aesthetics and economy to figure out To afford to keep the series reprinting, the publisher needed The author/illustrator had passed away a few years before, his creative partnerĪnd wife was still very much involved in continuing the series. The main character of one of those series was a curious ape. But withinĮach series, the titles were printed with varying trim sizes and at different Publisher had nurtured several successful series over the years. One change I was seeing firsthand involved trim sizes. When I started my first job out of college as a children’s book production assistant, the way books were made was changing fast.
Letterpress text and pre-separated art were on their way out, but in 1984 our office didn’t have a single computer.
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