On 25 Jun 2008, John wrote: > On Wednesday 25 June 2008 12:39:13 pm Nigel Pegram wrote: > > Hi Adi, > > > > Offhand, no, I don't know the default settings. It'll be around > > somewhere, but that doesn't help you <grin>. > > > > The reason I suggested speaking with the publisher is that they should > > be able to inform you concerning good margin sizes. The correct answer > > depends on a number of factors, including text (point) size, paper > > size, number of pages (creep) and the style of binding (perfect, > > burst, ring, etc). If they can't/won't help you, you could aways print > > a sample page from lyx and take the measurements from that. > In general the outer margins should re roughly twice the width of the inner > margins. > This is so that when the book is opened out, the whitespace outside columns > of > text appears equal. If you look at published books you will see that this is > so. > Of course the type of binding can affect how well that book can open out and > this may mean that the inner margins need to compensate for this by being > increased a little. But the visible width of the two inner margins should > still look equal to one outer margin >
Lulu specifies that for their distribution packages (for Amazon etc.) the inner and outer margins must be the same, although you are allowed a gutter on the inside. In practice, I've found that it's best not to have the gutter and just set them all the same. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)
