What is a Book Spine? How many inches do I have to allocate for a spine?
What is a Book Spine?
A book spine is where the pages of a book are bound. Commonly it is found in the left side of the cover. It holds up the pages of a book.
For example: a 20 pages 5R Magazine Style Picture Book inner pages size would be 14"
W x 5" H; the cover page would be
14.50" W x 8 " H.
How many inches do I have to allocate for a spine?
For each Picture Book we require a certain width for the spine of the cover page, according to its number of pages.
No. of Pages |
Spine Size |
10 |
0.25" |
20 |
0.50" |
40 |
1.00" |
60 |
1.50" |
