Page set up

As I had produced a paper mock up of the potential layout of the book, when it came to setting up the indesign document, it meant that I was able to set an appropriate page number, margin and grid. Due to the size of the book I have set the page size to A3. In total there is 32 pages but as they are double sided there will be 16 double page spreads in total, minus the front and back cover. From the indesign workshops I have learnt that a book is printed in 4's therefore when designing the template for the book it was essential to ensure that the amount of pages was a multiple of four. The margin on each page is set so that there will be no text lost to the fold of the book as well as making sure that the images and text are centred when the paper is cut down after print. The bleed has been set at the standard 3mm as from my plan, there should be no full pages images therefore this is not necessarily needed. I have used a simple grid of separating each page in to quarters. This will ensure that the text and illustrations are centred which is important with children's books because if you want the child to engage with reading the story, then the text must be easy for their eyes to follow and to maintain interested in reading.