Book Size & Binding

In the creation of a book of any kind, size must be taken into consideration. Books can be any shape or size, from square, to traditional rectangle shapes.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Comparison_book_sizes.svg/512px-Comparison_book_sizes.svg.png < image reference at this link.

Regardless of shape and size, all books require a 'bleed' area, to allow for any errors.

http://www.ubuildabook.com/images/layoutinstr/page7.jpg < image reference at this link.

Children's books in particular appear to be more varied in style and size than adult books, this can be seen in the images below.

http://www.teaching-tiny-tots.com/image-files/fish-book.jpg

Taking the Nobrow brief into consideration now, Nobrow use a common size of 17x23 comics, with around 24 pages.

http://www.nobrow.net/category/products?producttag=17x23-series < image reference at this link.

Because of this, my book will also consist of a 17x23 size, to reflect nobrow's style. The below photos highligh an example of a book of this size.

The New Ghost, a book by Robert Hunter.

Section of existing Nobrow book highlighting 17x23cm size.

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Update: I have emailed Nobrow asking about the possibility of them supplying me with a professional template, I will post a screenshot of my email below.

Unfortunately I never received a reply.

My draft book (left), reflects a Nobrow book that is also in the 17x23cm format. This is proof that I have accomplished my specified book size, as they are exactly the same dimensions.

My first final arranged sheet, highlighting page #1. This piece features a professional bleed.

Thomas.