Development of the cover design, book layout, planners

1. Layout and design of the internal block
This is work on all pages inside the book.
Terms: Book layout, typesetting, design of the text block.

What it includes: Font selection, margin settings, working with headings, page numbering (column numbers), placement of illustrations.

2. Cover design
This is the face of the book.

Terms: Development of cover design, layout

What it includes: Front side, back side (the fourth side of the cover), and spine.

3. Technical preparation (Prepress)
The most important part, for which professionals are valued.

Terms: Preparing the layout for printing, Pre-press (pre-print preparation).

What it includes: Setting up bleeds, calculating the width of the spine depending on the number of pages and paper density, checking the color profile (CMYK).