French Flap Paperback Bleeds & Canvas

Any cover content beyond the outer guidelines (0.25”) will be trimmed off the final French flap book. Be sure to keep all active content out of this area. All images or color intended to fully bleed off the edge must extend past the 0.25” guides.

Please do not include printer marks (color bars, registration marks, crop marks, document info or bleed marks) or extra canvas around the cover.

French Flap Spine Calculation

Spine width is calculated by taking the book’s page count and dividing by the paper stock ppi (pages per inch) Next, round raw bulk up to the nearest 1/16th of an inch. BNB offers a downloadable cover calculator to help calculate overall cover dimensions, including paperback spine.

French Flap Tips

Be sure to keep any text or important information from the cover at least 0.25” inside the trim line.

The height of the finished French flap book is equal to the trim height, and the finished width is slightly wider than the trim width at the fold for easy opening.