Files
Tips and tricks for how to supply or diagnose issues with your Bookvault files
Font Embedding
Images and Photos
Templates
FAQ's
- Do you offer design services?
- What is a layflat/3D proof?
- I've changed my file, will my live order be printed with this file?
- How do I see a virtual proof of the interior of my book?
- My text file contains very high quality photographs and the file size is very large, can I upload it in multiple sections?
- Are there any file revision fees or editing fees?
- What is PDF/X-1a:2001 and PDF/X-3:2002?
- Is our file secure with Bookvault?
- Can you upload my files for me?
- How should I size my PDF?
- Can your system accept Ingram Spark or KDP files
- I have updated my cover, why is my thumbnail image not updating?
- I can't view my layflat/3D proof, the button is greyed out
- What file format can Bookvault work with?
- How can I download PDFs for my book?
- How do I indicate there is a full bleed on my artwork?
- What is bleed and why do I need it?
- I have blank pages in my book, should I include them in my mono/colour page breakdown?
- My book is printed in colour but I specified mono.
- Should I supply crop marks, bleed marks and colour bars on my file?
- My book looks different colour than on the screen.
- Must my title be in digital format when I submit it?
- What width size can you have on a dust jacket?
- Can I put my colour pages wherever I like?
- Is it possible to have my book bound at the top rather than the side?
- Will my first page of my text file be printed on the right or the left?
- What does the Bookvault file validation check for?
- Do you accept files in Microsoft Word?
- What makes it a colour page?
- What colour profiles are best to use for printing?
- Does Bookvault support right-to-left (RTL) printing (Arabic, Japanese, Korean, etc.)?