Frequently Asked Questions
- What Type of Books are Available?
- How do I Make a New Book?
- Are my Books Printed or Photocopied?
- How Much does it Cost?
- What File Formats are Accepted?
- Why do I need to Create an Account to make a Book?
1. What type of books are available?
What is a Hard Cover Book?
Sophisticated 8 ½ x 11" suede cover, 5 color choices: Gray, Bright Blue,
Maroon, Brown, Black. Your book title is printed on the cover and spine in
gold lettering. This cover type is elegant and is like a coffee table book.
What is a Soft Cover Book?
This 8 ½ x 11" soft cover book has a wrap around, white heavy card stock
cover. For the cover, you can upload an 8 ½ x 11" file with your graphics,
logo, unique lettering, pictures. You can also have text on the spine. The
cover paper weight is 100 lb, white, cover stock, glossy. This cover type
can be compared to an upscale soft back book from your local bookstore.
What is a No Cover Book?
This is a printed copy of your book without a cover. If you want
to review the content, print style, paper type order a No Cover Book. The
content of your book is shrink wrapped.
Cover Type Comparison Chart
| Cover Design Options | Hard Cover | Soft Cover | No Cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Foil Text on Cover | Yes | No | Not applicable |
| Graphics on cover | No | Yes | Not applicable |
| Text on Spine | Yes | Yes | Not applicable |
| Color Choices | 5 choices, Gray, Bright Blue, Maroon, Brown, Black | White | Not applicable |
| Maximum number of Pages | 360 | 600 | unlimited |
2. How do I make a new book?
It’s not hard at all to make a new book with BooksMadeEZ.com (hence the name). Just follow these Quick Steps to make a GREAT BOOK:
- Create and save your book files on a computer.
- Make sure your book files are in 8 ½ x 11" format from Microsoft® Word, PDF or WordPerfect® format. Family Tree Maker® files are accepted in PDF format. PDF files from Family Tree Maker are typically generated in the "Books" pull down menu.
- Create an account with BooksMadeEZ.com
- Proceed to the Build Books tab
- Create the name of your book, can be anything you want. Example: "Your Book Name"
- See "Your Book Name" appear in Manage your Books list
- Click on Edit/Manage, upload your files
- Use Book Builder to Organize your files and View Proof of your files
- Use Color Builder to Pick the pages you want to be printed Color
- Use Cover Builder to Pick the type(s) of covers you want, View Proof of your Cover
- Use Order to get your books printed, bound and shipped to you
3. Are my books Printed or Photocopied?
Your book is Printed on a commercial digital printing press, giving it the look, feel and paper quality of a coffee table book.
Printing Overview
A commercial digital printing press permanently dyes ink to the paper fibers ensuring
sharp, clear text and photographs. In addition, your book will have a long lifespan,
just like a "real" book from the book store or library. Pages will never stick together
or fade when exposed to temperature variations. We print on acid free paper.
Photocopying Overview
Photocopiers use toner (black powder stuff) not ink. The toner is baked onto the paper
surface. This process tends to make photocopies "stick" together when they get hot or age.
Books Made Easy prints (no photocopies) your book using ink, so the pages will not
stick together or fade.
4. How Much Does it Cost?
Modify any of the 4 pricing factors outlined below to change your book price.
- Number of black and white pages
- Number of color pages
- Type of cover
- Number of copies
We urge you to use the Price Estimate page to determine approximate price of your book. Price Estimate page can be accessed without establishing an account or uploading files.
Final Pricing is calculated after you have uploaded and proofed your files, selected color and black and white pages, picked your cover type(s), and quantities. During the "Order" process you will review your final pricing. AFTER you approve the pricing, you can proceed with ordering.
5. What file formats are accepted?
8 ½ x 11" Microsoft Word, PDF (Portable Document Format) or WordPerfect files are accepted. If you have another file format, convert your file to PDF using a free converter service on the web, consider: www.neevia.com.
6. Why do I need to create an account to make a book?
In order to process your files we need to store some basic information in your account to ensure we can communicate to you via email.