Placing Back Text and Cut Guidelines. This insures that your copy and graphics will fall well within the proper trim-lines. Your background color or layer, if any, should go all the way to edge of the bleed lines. Bleed Lines and Trim Lines. The bleed lines are the borders which you must observe to have a consistent background layer.
Trim lines are the actual lines by which the cover is trimmed after binding.
Cover Images and Graphic Files. Ensure that each image size is 300 dpi. Resize the image if necessary to the exact size you are using on the cover. We suggest you maintain consistency in your use of fonts. As a member of the GU family you received a GU ISBN number.