Metaphor Cover Template
The finished size of the book is 6"x 9" with a .375" spine. Please convert all artwork to
CMYK color, and all raster images to 300 dpi.
Black line: this is the trim line where the page will be cut
Purple lines: these lines mark the safe area and the spine, all readable text needs to
be inside these areas
Red line: this line marks the bleed, anything that touches the black line needs to be
extended to the red (this area will be cut off)
InDesign & Illustrator
Document size: 9"x 12.375"
Margins: .25" on all 4 sides
Columns: 2 with a .375" gutter for the spine
Bleed: .25" on all 4 sides
Photoshop
Document size: 9"x 12.875" in CMYK at 300 dpi
Place guidelines for the trim, margins, and spine
Keep the file in .psd format with all of the layers (DO NOT FLATTEN)