I have watched this multiple times over the last few months but i just walked through it while i was learning. I started to almost cry because i have been a artist fighting against my gift instead of using it. I would use it for others to avoid using it for myself. This has inspired me to be a full time author and illustrated. Still fighting tears. Happy tears because i know i can blow this up in a good way like i have in a bad way for so long. By the way my other favorite author RU-vidr is also name Bethany Atazadeh. You both have taught me so much so yaayy Bethany's Rock! One thing i believe i noticed from you teaching this so well that the reason why you may have never had an issue with white edges when not formatting bleed in the document is because when Amazon says margins outside with bleed is .375 is actually already accounting for bleed. So when we then add bleed as .125 it gives a double area so you be well within range already either way. So how you teach it with bleed those that dont use bleed still benefits from being away from area making a better visual experience when we can see the full character images. Its so cool to within one video to fully understand something that before i had no clue and was having a hard to even understanding how to make a double spread page in Photoshop so i can just over lay it in InDesign like you. Hope you come back and share more. I will be subbing to self pubby soon as i can, congratulations on all your efforts by the way paying off. God willing i will be next 🥰🙏👍🥳
Hi, I am a new author and have been following all of the tips and advice of many videos regarding self publishing. There is a lot to learn. Your videos are TERRIFIC! In depth and visual. This particular one is very helpful in explaining why you use certain software for seting up the book. Great explanation on bleeds and margins. Thank you
@@BethanyStahl Bethany, you are a GODDESS! I FINALLY got my children's book published in case laminate (hardback) and I used ALL the tips you listed in this video to do it. Thank you so very much. I am so happy I found your channel. You saved my life! And my literary work! I was having such a hard time formatting the images after I put the writing on each page and I wanted my book to be 8.5 X 10 (example: Mariah Carey's The Christmas Princess). I FINALLY nailed it today. In less than 24 hours, Ingramspark emailed me my eproof and my book looks fabulous! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. 🥰😇😘🤩🤗🤗🤗😚😚😚😚💖🧡💚💙💞💞💫💫💥💥💢💢
this was actually very helpful after 3 hour of watching youtube videos try to understand this this the only one make things clear and simple thank you you save my life
Thank you so much for this. I’ve used InDesign for years using bleeds, etc. but when I did my first children’s coloring and activity book, I struggled uploading it. Just couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. Watched this video and figured it out. It uploaded!!! See, you can teach an old dog new tricks!!!
this is the best explanation! if I had found you earlier, I wouldn’t have had to spend a lot of time analyzing it myself) but I still watched your video to be sure that I sorted everything out correctly earlier)
I've spent hours resizing my book. Amazon keeps telling me that the margins are wrong. I started watching this video to see what I'd done wrong. I'm almost ten minutes in and you off-handly remarked about choosing bleed or no bleed... Suddenly, I remembered I'd clicked no bleed. That's been the problem this whole time. :(
I'm finding this video after pulling my hair out! I used Canva to make a PDF, but uploading it to KDP it went wonky, Same with Word. Indesign is my next try! This video defo made the front page a little easier to navigate! Thank you
You are so inspiring! I just Dogg Adobe I design the other day and Adobe illustrator sooo I’m learning Adobe I design as I already know AI. Can’t wait to learn more from you!
Great tutorial! Thank you. Please tell me how I can format title and back page. I feel like you touched on it here but I can't seem to find the segment.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've been looking through my content and I actually think I don't have a specific video for that! I'm going to be doing an update for this tutorial and including more and I'll absolutely include this. I also show the back page(s) of a book here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gpSHgEyGo4k.html and for the title page, I typically will illustrate the title and drag it in with a frame (as if it is an illustration). But stay tuned because I'll touch on this in an upcoming video soon :)
Thank you! I am looking to self-publish a book I wrote for my grandma who has Alzheimer's. Everyone is bugging me to Publish. Not for sale necessarily but I would definitely want it to be legal and for it to have an isbn number. I'm going to pop over to your Patreon with the possibility that this goes smoothly, I'm not in it for millions 🥰 Yaya maybe some real help here! Finally!
Hi Sammy! I love your comment. I hope I'm not overstepping a boundary, and if so I apologize but this could help others as well as yourself. I would ask you, what is it about being successful with your book that you're refusing to receive? What if your book is a gift to those experiencing what you've experienced. Would you say no to receiving money while resisting being such a huge blessing to the world? Energy requires an exchange, and money is energy. What is it you say to yourself around receiving that you could explore at a deeper level and even potentially let go of? Does it really serve you and in what way? What else is possible? I'd say many people believe in you!
@@deecorley423 I guess I didn't look at monetary gain off of such a beautiful soul being my grandmother. She did recently pass away a few months ago but she did get to read the book. She read it over and over and over again each time she was worried or didn't know where she was or who she was and they really felt the book brought her back to me some days. I put the book aside recently just because of the grief I've been going through. But your comment has made me really look at the situation in a whole. It actually could help other people ❤️
@@sheldy122 I love that Sammy. Now, what if you wouldn’t be gaining off of your grandmother, but rather from the work that you put into the book? Just a little shift in our point of you makes all the difference. You have a gift to offer to the world that acknowledges your grandmother, and the gift and beautiful soul that she’s been in your life. I invite you to explore your awareness from that perspective. Then, be the gift that you chose to be for her, for the world. You are amazing!
I learned how to use InDesign a year ago and had to watch this to refresh my memory. Quick question: Does anyone know the margin and bleed for ingram spark interiors? I'm working on my next children's book and the trim size will be 8.5 x 11 and ingram says to set the margins at 0.5 inches, but I'm not sure if I should add 0.125 inches to the trim size as well
Hey :) Keep in mind that margins aren't additional page space, those are areas within of the 8.5 x 11 space that you will want to keep away from the center crease and the edges (such as text boxes and important illustrations). On InDesign you can set your margins to be that purple square on the interior of the page as a guide to stay within. I hope that helps!
Hi, thank you for your helpful video. I have completed the text and images for my first 8.5 x 8.5 book (with bleed). I'm clear on the margin set up after watching your video but have one basic question - is it right that the dimensions of the pages that get imported into the margined template are 8.5 x 8.5 or do the inserted images need to be the 8.75 H x 8.625 W dimension? Thanks very much!
I do! Here are three different cover tutorials for different programs and POD services: Hardcover for IngramSpark: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-819sR13ifUI.htmlsi=nk3TGafI14BoLsSN Softcover for KDP: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SCHRKIbNuGY.htmlsi=Xnl_FgVkTPLktn9S and this is a full cover design from start to finish on Photoshop: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jniV1NR0-js.htmlsi=dVsGv2ZEYQA27pBy
Bethany. I am drawing and coloring my illustrations by hand. I really have not mastered the digital pen and I really don't have that time to do that. So I upload my art. My question is. I want to do an 8.5 x 8.5 children's picture book. What size should each hand-painted illustration be? what size should the two-page spread be? Do I do 8.5 for each or the little bigger for bleed? and then upload each illustration separately into InDesign then merge them together for the two-page spread? Also, can I just modify my illustrations for kindle? if so How do I do that? I have noticed many Kindle books are a real mess. The pictures are on one side or bottom or corner and the text is on the next page and no picture and yet they have sold hundreds or even thousands of the book. Do you have a board book publisher? Thanks for your help
OMG this is such a great tutorial, I would love to buy your template. Can you sell it separate? I don't want to get a subscription, but I am willing to pay for the template.
Patreon can be joined/canceled as you see fit, so even if you only want to join for a month - that's okay but I understand avoiding subscriptions! As an alternative I also have the template included in the formatting class on Self-Pubby that is not subscription based for another option selfpubby.com/courses/create-a-childrens-book-with-adobe-indesign/) Either way I'm glad this tutorial helped! Check out the full InDesign series for more on formatting from start to finish :)
Hi Bethany! Is this format needed before giving your book to an illustrator ? Also if I were to join Patreon and download the document will it work on my Macbook? Thank you.
Hello! This step would come after illustrations and text. But before you give your book to your illustrator you should have the text stage complete and polished and separated out into what you'd like on each page. The document will work on any machine, as long as the computer has InDesign or Affinity Publisher or software that can open an .INDD or .IDML file.
when we add bleed, then After exporting in pdf that bleed section cut off, it doesnot appear, and the page size will be same as 8.5*8.5 , then what is need of bleed here? i think we have to add bleed in size like 8.625*8.75
The bleed space will export in the PDF. When printed, the document is cut within the bleed, making the page 8.5 x 8.5 but eliminating the chance for any white space on the edges due to the larger image.
If they are exporting with a white background, try turning off the background layer (it is usually the first one locked). Otherwise, if it is not exporting with a white background as a .png you may just be seeing the white page of the book behind it (even if there is no background).
Hi Bethany, your videos are very nice. I follow you with great pleasure. You didn't say how many inches the gutter margins are in the video? Should an 8.5x8.5 children's book that requires Bleed have an gutter margins of 0.375? thank you.
At 15:34 I show that the inside/gutter margin should be 0.375" at minumum😊 For KDP, the gutter margins are the inside margins and that section of the video goes over the exact measurements and how to calculate margins with KDP's resources.
