<div dir="ltr"><div>This is something which is dependent on:</div><div><br></div><div> - your printer</div><div> - the size of the press </div><div> - the available paper sizes</div><div> - the capacity of the folding equipment</div><div> - the optimal signature size</div><div><br></div><div>and of course the desired format for the design.</div><div><br></div><div>The best thing to do in the absence of specific instructions is to begin w/ a commercial book format which is common / widespread and the quality and production values of which match the desired finished product --- mimic that. At least you'll know that the book is commercially feasible to produce.</div><div><br></div><div>Alternately, look up self-publishing books / techniques and match the book format / design to one of those.</div><div><br></div><div>William</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 12:29 PM, ale rimoldi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale.comp_06@xox.ch" target="_blank">ale.comp_06@xox.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">hi<span><br>
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On 19/09/16 16:11, Patrick wrote:<br>
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Hi Everyone<br>
<br>
This is my first post here. I am just getting started with Scribus. I am<br>
creating a dictionary of sorts for children that will have a child<br>
friendly respelling system so that they will know how to pronounce a word.<br>
<br>
I can probably use a variety of page sizes. I have reached out to<br>
printers in my local area to try and find out what is common and<br>
therefor cheap.<br>
<br>
It looks like Scribus defaults to A4. Would A4, 2 fold be the most<br>
common ? Are there other sizes that are more common? If this was A4, I<br>
would estimate a fairly large book, around 500 pages as the respelling<br>
system I have, takes up a great deal of space vs the adult versions such<br>
as IPA(international phonetic alphabet).<br>
<br>
Thanks for reading my post-Patrick<br>
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you correctly want to find out what is the most common size in your area...<br>
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but when you're asking for our help, you're not saying in which area you are :-)<br>
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and it also depends on the type of book you want to produce and how you will print it.<br>
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anyway, afaik the DIN A format is not always in use for books... even outside of the US... but it depends much on the type of book...<br>
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ciao<br>
a.l.e<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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