How to Format a Children's Book in InDesign | Document Set-Up, Bleeds & Margins

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Bethany Stahl

Bethany Stahl

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@nowdontgetcrazy
@nowdontgetcrazy 42 минут бұрын
🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:13 *🎥 Bethany introduces a series on formatting children's books using InDesign.* 00:40 *📄 Patrons can download a children's book template and access detailed publishing resources.* 01:19 *🧑‍🎨 Bethany shares real-life publishing experiences and figures to counter simplified success narratives.* 02:30 *🖨️ Bethany recommends using KDP for print-on-demand, with options to use IngramSpark too.* 03:10 *💻 InDesign requires a subscription, but templates provided are compatible with other software like Affinity Publisher.* 03:52 *🎨 Bethany uses various Adobe programs for creating and publishing books and multimedia content.* 05:28 *🔄 Formatting allows constant updates to books; important to keep content current for readers.* 06:25 *📏 Explanation of bleeds for printing: ensure color or images extend to the edge for professional quality.* 08:40 *🔍 Tips on determining the appropriate children's book size and handling pages with bleeds.* 10:14 *📐 Visual explanation of calculating bleeds and margins for an 8.5 x 8.5 inch book.* 15:40 *📚 For children's books with 32 pages, ensure to format for an odd number of pages in InDesign.* 21:25 *📘 Setting up InDesign for a children's book with the correct margins, bleeds, and page count.* 23:59 *💼 Preview of the next tutorial on filling InDesign with illustrations and different styles.* 24:29 *📚 Encourages viewers to subscribe for more tutorials in the series.* 24:41 *📬 Suggests using Patreon for direct communication and support.* 25:10 *🌐 Offers free publishing resources and information on bethanysol.com.* 25:24 *🎉 Teases the next video which will cover the enjoyable aspects of the process.* Made with HARPA AI
@NawalChaudhry-c9m
@NawalChaudhry-c9m 9 ай бұрын
extremely helpful tutorial!! thank you Bethany- your example explaining margin, trim, bleed etc was invaluable!
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 9 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@esotericacademy6471
@esotericacademy6471 2 жыл бұрын
this was actually very helpful after 3 hour of watching youtube videos try to understand this this the only one make things clear and simple thank you you save my life
@matthewmcintear3992
@matthewmcintear3992 2 жыл бұрын
I have watched this multiple times over the last few months but i just walked through it while i was learning. I started to almost cry because i have been a artist fighting against my gift instead of using it. I would use it for others to avoid using it for myself. This has inspired me to be a full time author and illustrated. Still fighting tears. Happy tears because i know i can blow this up in a good way like i have in a bad way for so long. By the way my other favorite author KZbinr is also name Bethany Atazadeh. You both have taught me so much so yaayy Bethany's Rock! One thing i believe i noticed from you teaching this so well that the reason why you may have never had an issue with white edges when not formatting bleed in the document is because when Amazon says margins outside with bleed is .375 is actually already accounting for bleed. So when we then add bleed as .125 it gives a double area so you be well within range already either way. So how you teach it with bleed those that dont use bleed still benefits from being away from area making a better visual experience when we can see the full character images. Its so cool to within one video to fully understand something that before i had no clue and was having a hard to even understanding how to make a double spread page in Photoshop so i can just over lay it in InDesign like you. Hope you come back and share more. I will be subbing to self pubby soon as i can, congratulations on all your efforts by the way paying off. God willing i will be next 🥰🙏👍🥳
@huraibyel-huraiby7462
@huraibyel-huraiby7462 Жыл бұрын
Best Amazon KDP document on The Internet!! Thank you Bethany
@BlazeGoldburst
@BlazeGoldburst 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. Formatting a children's book is now easily learned from it.
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@shaneaudette6763
@shaneaudette6763 3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I am a new author and have been following all of the tips and advice of many videos regarding self publishing. There is a lot to learn. Your videos are TERRIFIC! In depth and visual. This particular one is very helpful in explaining why you use certain software for seting up the book. Great explanation on bleeds and margins. Thank you
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! I'm glad it has helped!
@mschoy1597
@mschoy1597 Жыл бұрын
@@BethanyStahl Bethany, you are a GODDESS! I FINALLY got my children's book published in case laminate (hardback) and I used ALL the tips you listed in this video to do it. Thank you so very much. I am so happy I found your channel. You saved my life! And my literary work! I was having such a hard time formatting the images after I put the writing on each page and I wanted my book to be 8.5 X 10 (example: Mariah Carey's The Christmas Princess). I FINALLY nailed it today. In less than 24 hours, Ingramspark emailed me my eproof and my book looks fabulous! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. 🥰😇😘🤩🤗🤗🤗😚😚😚😚💖🧡💚💙💞💞💫💫💥💥💢💢
@ДианаТютюник-э6и
@ДианаТютюник-э6и 5 ай бұрын
this is the best explanation! if I had found you earlier, I wouldn’t have had to spend a lot of time analyzing it myself) but I still watched your video to be sure that I sorted everything out correctly earlier)
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 5 ай бұрын
I'm glad it helped and happy to hear you were on the right track!
@romeurezende9352
@romeurezende9352 10 ай бұрын
Wow, what amazing tutorial, you just gained another subscriber! Thank you
@thouseable
@thouseable 2 жыл бұрын
Bethany thank you for this. No one out there gives this step-by-step information.
@digitalgrammy9978
@digitalgrammy9978 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I’ve used InDesign for years using bleeds, etc. but when I did my first children’s coloring and activity book, I struggled uploading it. Just couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. Watched this video and figured it out. It uploaded!!! See, you can teach an old dog new tricks!!!
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! We are all constantly learning, I'm so glad to hear it helped!
@Silinganiso
@Silinganiso Жыл бұрын
Love your personality. You’re so relatable! This was helpful, thanks!❤
@louiseturley5125
@louiseturley5125 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I’m enjoying your videos and have used your template to complete my manuscript!
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I'm glad it has helped ❤
@MattCelf
@MattCelf 7 ай бұрын
Great, right to the point, all the info. Thank you : )
@saharbagheri6986
@saharbagheri6986 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice explanation and great energy!…Tanx
@MarianaAnchepe
@MarianaAnchepe 3 ай бұрын
I love the humor XD definitely following!!
@texast4076
@texast4076 Жыл бұрын
I found this to be very helpful. Thank you.
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@livingsimplymatters8052
@livingsimplymatters8052 3 ай бұрын
Great tutorial! Thank you. Please tell me how I can format title and back page. I feel like you touched on it here but I can't seem to find the segment.
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 3 ай бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've been looking through my content and I actually think I don't have a specific video for that! I'm going to be doing an update for this tutorial and including more and I'll absolutely include this. I also show the back page(s) of a book here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naG2eZp7rqyias0 and for the title page, I typically will illustrate the title and drag it in with a frame (as if it is an illustration). But stay tuned because I'll touch on this in an upcoming video soon :)
@mpiraleo7492
@mpiraleo7492 2 жыл бұрын
found this a lot easier explained, i just subscribed
@amkmammu9705
@amkmammu9705 2 жыл бұрын
You are so inspiring! I just Dogg Adobe I design the other day and Adobe illustrator sooo I’m learning Adobe I design as I already know AI. Can’t wait to learn more from you!
@abcmixup894
@abcmixup894 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks so much! You're a good teacher. :)
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Happy to help!
@brittanyw4529
@brittanyw4529 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You’re so awesome and helpful
@АринаПодорожная
@АринаПодорожная Жыл бұрын
That's great! Tell me, will your formatting tutorials suit me if I'm going to publish a book on Amazon KDP only for digital media (no printing)?
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl Жыл бұрын
Yes, this tutorial can be used for either print or electronic books.
@connorvanvuuren
@connorvanvuuren 8 ай бұрын
Thanks so much but what do you input for column/column gutter, I see you have some digits there but I can't read them.
@HappyBoxesART
@HappyBoxesART 3 жыл бұрын
I'm finding this video after pulling my hair out! I used Canva to make a PDF, but uploading it to KDP it went wonky, Same with Word. Indesign is my next try! This video defo made the front page a little easier to navigate! Thank you
@miangairie
@miangairie Жыл бұрын
I learned how to use InDesign a year ago and had to watch this to refresh my memory. Quick question: Does anyone know the margin and bleed for ingram spark interiors? I'm working on my next children's book and the trim size will be 8.5 x 11 and ingram says to set the margins at 0.5 inches, but I'm not sure if I should add 0.125 inches to the trim size as well
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl Жыл бұрын
Hey :) Keep in mind that margins aren't additional page space, those are areas within of the 8.5 x 11 space that you will want to keep away from the center crease and the edges (such as text boxes and important illustrations). On InDesign you can set your margins to be that purple square on the interior of the page as a guide to stay within. I hope that helps!
@miangairie
@miangairie Жыл бұрын
@@BethanyStahl Thank you! :)
@justynacoppus9159
@justynacoppus9159 Жыл бұрын
Hi! Can you add art end pages into KDP? If so, how would you add those into the formatting in INdesign?
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, end pages (the art on the other side of the covers) are not currently an option to format in KDP.
@pat4005
@pat4005 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the excellent walk-thru. ☺️
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I hope it helps! 😊
@Meerkatfamily1
@Meerkatfamily1 6 ай бұрын
Do you center your image/text between the .375 margins on both sides? Can't find this information anywhere, thanks!
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 6 ай бұрын
The images should go to the end of the bleed but the text does need to be formatted within the margins.
@Meerkatfamily1
@Meerkatfamily1 6 ай бұрын
@@BethanyStahl Thank you!
@amoracorrea4830
@amoracorrea4830 5 ай бұрын
Do you have a tutorial for the cover?
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 5 ай бұрын
I do! Here are three different cover tutorials for different programs and POD services: Hardcover for IngramSpark: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmKcpIVnaM6Zi6ssi=nk3TGafI14BoLsSN Softcover for KDP: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXSrg35_l7Oofbssi=Xnl_FgVkTPLktn9S and this is a full cover design from start to finish on Photoshop: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ_Mh2SEh5VgoNUsi=dVsGv2ZEYQA27pBy
@maybellinelover
@maybellinelover 2 жыл бұрын
I've spent hours resizing my book. Amazon keeps telling me that the margins are wrong. I started watching this video to see what I'd done wrong. I'm almost ten minutes in and you off-handly remarked about choosing bleed or no bleed... Suddenly, I remembered I'd clicked no bleed. That's been the problem this whole time. :(
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 2 жыл бұрын
But at least you gave it figured out now! Formatting is the hardest step.
@tonyh4569
@tonyh4569 Жыл бұрын
Hi, thank you for your helpful video. I have completed the text and images for my first 8.5 x 8.5 book (with bleed). I'm clear on the margin set up after watching your video but have one basic question - is it right that the dimensions of the pages that get imported into the margined template are 8.5 x 8.5 or do the inserted images need to be the 8.75 H x 8.625 W dimension? Thanks very much!
@anazul2001
@anazul2001 Жыл бұрын
OMG this is such a great tutorial, I would love to buy your template. Can you sell it separate? I don't want to get a subscription, but I am willing to pay for the template.
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl Жыл бұрын
Patreon can be joined/canceled as you see fit, so even if you only want to join for a month - that's okay but I understand avoiding subscriptions! As an alternative I also have the template included in the formatting class on Self-Pubby that is not subscription based for another option selfpubby.com/courses/create-a-childrens-book-with-adobe-indesign/) Either way I'm glad this tutorial helped! Check out the full InDesign series for more on formatting from start to finish :)
@sheldy122
@sheldy122 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I am looking to self-publish a book I wrote for my grandma who has Alzheimer's. Everyone is bugging me to Publish. Not for sale necessarily but I would definitely want it to be legal and for it to have an isbn number. I'm going to pop over to your Patreon with the possibility that this goes smoothly, I'm not in it for millions 🥰 Yaya maybe some real help here! Finally!
@deecorley423
@deecorley423 Жыл бұрын
Hi Sammy! I love your comment. I hope I'm not overstepping a boundary, and if so I apologize but this could help others as well as yourself. I would ask you, what is it about being successful with your book that you're refusing to receive? What if your book is a gift to those experiencing what you've experienced. Would you say no to receiving money while resisting being such a huge blessing to the world? Energy requires an exchange, and money is energy. What is it you say to yourself around receiving that you could explore at a deeper level and even potentially let go of? Does it really serve you and in what way? What else is possible? I'd say many people believe in you!
@sheldy122
@sheldy122 Жыл бұрын
@@deecorley423 I guess I didn't look at monetary gain off of such a beautiful soul being my grandmother. She did recently pass away a few months ago but she did get to read the book. She read it over and over and over again each time she was worried or didn't know where she was or who she was and they really felt the book brought her back to me some days. I put the book aside recently just because of the grief I've been going through. But your comment has made me really look at the situation in a whole. It actually could help other people ❤️
@deecorley423
@deecorley423 Жыл бұрын
@@sheldy122 I love that Sammy. Now, what if you wouldn’t be gaining off of your grandmother, but rather from the work that you put into the book? Just a little shift in our point of you makes all the difference. You have a gift to offer to the world that acknowledges your grandmother, and the gift and beautiful soul that she’s been in your life. I invite you to explore your awareness from that perspective. Then, be the gift that you chose to be for her, for the world. You are amazing!
@hadeelalayyaf
@hadeelalayyaf 2 жыл бұрын
You solve my problem thank you so much
@vermavishal2995
@vermavishal2995 10 ай бұрын
Page size and type for both cover page and inside pages..pls reply
@thouseable
@thouseable 2 жыл бұрын
Bethany. I am drawing and coloring my illustrations by hand. I really have not mastered the digital pen and I really don't have that time to do that. So I upload my art. My question is. I want to do an 8.5 x 8.5 children's picture book. What size should each hand-painted illustration be? what size should the two-page spread be? Do I do 8.5 for each or the little bigger for bleed? and then upload each illustration separately into InDesign then merge them together for the two-page spread? Also, can I just modify my illustrations for kindle? if so How do I do that? I have noticed many Kindle books are a real mess. The pictures are on one side or bottom or corner and the text is on the next page and no picture and yet they have sold hundreds or even thousands of the book. Do you have a board book publisher? Thanks for your help
@savedbygrace-o9r
@savedbygrace-o9r 2 жыл бұрын
Hope you got this sorted! or possibly join the patreon group and ask there maybe?
@baileyimlachmusic
@baileyimlachmusic 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Toni! I have this exact question. I would so love to hear what you learned! Thank you!!
@WebFanNY
@WebFanNY 11 ай бұрын
Long intro and was about to move on but, at the 06:30 "scary little screen" you won me over.
@vaibhavadsul707
@vaibhavadsul707 2 жыл бұрын
What is minimum page count for children picture book in Amazon KDP ?
@melindagrisco8019
@melindagrisco8019 2 жыл бұрын
Do you format books for clients ? I'm learning and have a time limit, I will not be able to do a good job, yet.
@matthewmcintear3992
@matthewmcintear3992 2 жыл бұрын
What do you export your spread in Photoshop in to drag in InDesign
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 2 жыл бұрын
.JPEG
@MilesSheahan
@MilesSheahan 3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful.
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear!
@Simsol487
@Simsol487 2 жыл бұрын
when we add bleed, then After exporting in pdf that bleed section cut off, it doesnot appear, and the page size will be same as 8.5*8.5 , then what is need of bleed here? i think we have to add bleed in size like 8.625*8.75
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 2 жыл бұрын
The bleed space will export in the PDF. When printed, the document is cut within the bleed, making the page 8.5 x 8.5 but eliminating the chance for any white space on the edges due to the larger image.
@Simsol487
@Simsol487 2 жыл бұрын
@@BethanyStahl i am not clear yet
@AmiraKrim
@AmiraKrim Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ChristinaCoriolan
@ChristinaCoriolan 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Bethany! Is this format needed before giving your book to an illustrator ? Also if I were to join Patreon and download the document will it work on my Macbook? Thank you.
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 3 жыл бұрын
Hello! This step would come after illustrations and text. But before you give your book to your illustrator you should have the text stage complete and polished and separated out into what you'd like on each page. The document will work on any machine, as long as the computer has InDesign or Affinity Publisher or software that can open an .INDD or .IDML file.
@morhannn
@morhannn 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Bethany, your videos are very nice. I follow you with great pleasure. You didn't say how many inches the gutter margins are in the video? Should an 8.5x8.5 children's book that requires Bleed have an gutter margins of 0.375? thank you.
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 3 жыл бұрын
At 15:34 I show that the inside/gutter margin should be 0.375" at minumum😊 For KDP, the gutter margins are the inside margins and that section of the video goes over the exact measurements and how to calculate margins with KDP's resources.
@morhannn
@morhannn 3 жыл бұрын
@@BethanyStahl Thank you and i love u...
@BossMom444
@BossMom444 Жыл бұрын
​@Bethany Stahl So informative, but Word doesnt have the option for bleed measurement box? I would like to kno is ther another name in word??
@awallacecreative5488
@awallacecreative5488 3 жыл бұрын
ok, its me again. I use all Adobe products too. photos (png) in my book are showing up with a white background.
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 3 жыл бұрын
If they are exporting with a white background, try turning off the background layer (it is usually the first one locked). Otherwise, if it is not exporting with a white background as a .png you may just be seeing the white page of the book behind it (even if there is no background).
@BlackWolfMLBB
@BlackWolfMLBB 2 жыл бұрын
What is kdp? Ingram??? I'm lost
@BethanyStahl
@BethanyStahl 2 жыл бұрын
They are Print on Demand companies. Check out other videos on my channel to learn more about each - I have a ton 😊
@AdrianTschubarov
@AdrianTschubarov Жыл бұрын
Cmd+S the Earth
@ThoracicRadiology
@ThoracicRadiology Жыл бұрын
thank you!
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