Graphics Mechanical Guidelines

Dealing with digital graphics may require a graphics program that is capable of scaling, conversion to different formats, and changing the dpi (dots per inch) density of your artwork.  If your artwork is not digitized, you will have to use a good scanner to convert it.  If you don't have the equipment or expertise, you may want to outsource the job.

There are a number of graphics programs that can do the minimal editing necessary to resize your graphics and change the density (dots per inch / pixels per inch) including Adobe Photoshop Elements.  You might have one in your computer already.

General format: convert graphics to JPEG (jpg), gif, or png (whichever produces the smallest file); 72 dpi. We have simplified our requirements to the following:

• Internal graphics and illustrations, whatever actual size you need up to:  288 pixels wide x 500 pixels tall. We won't re-scale the graphic, so please get it the way you want it to appear.
• Full sized cover: Maximum width 288 pixels, Maximum height 500 pixels (standard 4" x 7" paperback cover).  Include your workshop's logo if you wish (or other entity that is sponsoring you) or similar graphics. Leave a 1/2" square (29w x 36h bits) "throw away" portion of the artwork for our imprint (a corner is best, but we'll adapt).