Preparing the Interior of your Book for Submission to Pothi.com

Instructions for the interior:

  1. You can submit your books in the following file formats
    • Microsoft Word
    • Openoffice.org, Staroffice
    • pdf

    If you are using a program other than Microsoft Office, Openoffice.org or Staroffice to typeset your book, please convert it to pdf before submitting.

  2. We are currently accepting books in the following sizes
    • 5 inch x 7 inch
    • 5 inch x 8 inch
    • A5 (148mm x210mm)
    • 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch
    • 6 inch x 9 inch
    • 7 inch x 9 inch
    • A4 (210mm x 297mm)

    Following table has the instructions for setting the correct page size for Microsoft Word and Openoffice and also has sample files with the right page size:

    Program/File Format
    		 Size of Book
    		 Instructions
    		 Sample File
    MS Word 5 in x 7 in
    • Go to File->Page Setup
    • Click on the tab named "Paper"
    • From the "Paper Size" drop down, choose 5"x7". If the size is not available, choose "Custom Size" and set the width to 5" and height to 7".
    		 MS Word 5" x 7" Sample
    Openoffice.org/Staroffice Writer 5 in x 7 in
    • Go to Format->Page
    • Click on the Tab named "Page"
    • If size of 5" x 7" is not available, type in the textbox containing the width and height as '5 in' and '7 in' respectively (without quotes)
    		 Openoffice.org 5" x 7" Sample

    Staroffice 5" x 7" Sample
    MS Word 5 in x 8 in
    • Go to File->Page Setup
    • Click on the tab named "Paper"
    • From the "Paper Size" drop down, choose 5"x8". If the size is not available, choose "Custom Size" and set the width to 5" and height to 8".
    		 MS Word 5" x 8" Sample
    Openoffice.org/Staroffice Writer 5 in x 8 in
    • Go to Format->Page
    • Click on the Tab named "Page"
    • If size of 5" x 8" is not available, type in the textbox containing the width and height as '5 in' and '8 in' respectively (without quotes)
    		 Openoffice.org 5" x 8" Sample

    Staroffice 5" x 8" Sample
    MS Word
    		 A5
    • Go to File->Page Setup
    • Click on the tab named "Paper"
    • From the "Paper Size" drop down, choose A5

    		 MS Word A5 Sample
    Openoffice.org/Staroffice Writer
    		 A5
    • Go to Format->Page
    • Click on the Tab named "Page"
    • From the format drop down, choose A5

    		 Openoffice.org A5 Sample

    Staroffice A5 Sample
    MS Word
    		 5.5" x 8.5"
    • Go to File->Page Setup
    • Click on the tab named "Paper"
    • From the "Paper Size" drop down, choose 5.5"x8.5". If the size is not available, choose "Custom Size" and set the width to 5.5" and height to 8.5".

    		 MS Word 5.5"x8.5" Sample
    Openoffice.org/Staroffice Writer
    		 5.5"x8.5"
    • Go to Format->Page
    • Click on the Tab named "Page"
    • From the format drop down, choose 5.5"x8.5". If the size is not available, type in the textbox containing the width and height as '5.5 in' and '8.5 in' respectively (without quotes)

    		 Openoffice.org 5.5"x8.5" Sample

    Staroffice 5.5"x8.5" Sample
    MS Word 6 in x 9 in
    • Go to File->Page Setup
    • Click on the tab named "Paper"
    • From the "Paper Size" drop down, choose 6"x9". If the size is not available, choose "Custom Size" and set the width to 6" and height to 9".
    		 MS Word 6" x 9" Sample
    Openoffice.org/Staroffice Writer 6 in x 9 in
    • Go to Format->Page
    • Click on the Tab named "Page"
    • If size of 6" x 9" is not available, type in the textbox containing the width and height as '6 in' and '9 in' respectively (without quotes)
    		 Openoffice.org 6" x 9" Sample

    Staroffice 6" x 9" Sample
    MS Word
    		 7" x 9"
    • Go to File->Page Setup
    • Click on the tab named "Paper"
    • From the "Paper Size" drop down, choose 7"x9". If the size is not available, choose "Custom Size" and set the width to 7" and height to 9".

    		 MS Word 7"x9" Sample
    Openoffice.org/Staroffice Writer
    		 7"x9"
    • Go to Format->Page
    • Click on the Tab named "Page"
    • From the format drop down, choose 7"x9". If the size is not available, type in the textbox containing the width and height as '7 in' and '9 in' respectively (without quotes)

    		 Openoffice.org 7"x9" Sample

    Staroffice 7"x9" Sample
    MS Word
    		 A4
    • Go to File->Page Setup
    • Click on the tab named "Paper"
    • From the "Paper Size" drop down, choose A4

    		 MS Word A4 Sample
    Openoffice.org/Staroffice Writer
    		 A4
    • Go to Format->Page
    • Click on the Tab named "Page"
    • From the format drop down, choose A4

    		 Openoffice.org A4 Sample

    Staroffice A4 Sample

  3. Make sure that the page size of the file you are submitting is the same as the size in which you want the book printed. We do not do any conversion at our end. Also, there should be no bleed or crop marks for the interior.
  4. Minimum 0.6" margin should be there around the content on all pages.
    • If you are setting gutter, then minimum margin of 0.5" with 0.25" gutter would work.
  5. It is better to submit your book in the PDF format. Especially if your book includes lot of images in the interior, its better that you convert to pdf yourself and confirm that the layout is good. You may use Adobe PDF Writer for this purpose. Several free tools are also available which you can use, for example cutepdf.
  6. Please ensure that all fonts are embedded in your PDF file, and all images are flattened.
  7. If you are submitting your files in a non-pdf format, please restrict the fonts used to the following standard fonts. Any other fonts used may not appear correctly in the printed file and may actually spoil the appearance. If you are submitting pdf files, please embed all fonts used in the file.

    List of standard fonts

    • Arial
    • Arial Unicode
    • Baskerville Old Face
    • Calibri
    • Century Schoolbook
    • Comic Sans MS
    • Courier
    • Georgia
    • Mangal
    • Palatino Linotype
    • Times New Roman
    • Verdana