Recommended margins for Books
Margins
Equal side margins give you a balanced view for both books and booklets. During book production the outside, top and bottom margins are trimmed slightly reducing visibility of the inside margins.
Books require larger margins than booklets because of the bind method used.
Recommended margins for Books:
(under these recommendations gutter and header should be set to 0 )
A5 books set up on A4 page
Top margin 6.4cm
Bottom margin 7.1cm
Left margin 5.3cm
Right margin 5.3cm
Footer from edge 6.6cm
A5 books set up on A5 page
Top margin 2.0cm
Bottom margin 2.7cm
Left margin 2.2cm
Right margin 2.2cm
Footer from edge 2.0cm
SRA5 books set up on A4 page
Top margin 5.3cm
Bottom margin 5.8cm
Left margin 4.0cm
Right margin 4.0cm
Footer from edge 5.1cm
A4 books set up on A4 page
Top margin 2.0cm
Bottom margin 2.7cm
Left margin 2.2cm
Right margin 2.2cm
Footer from edge 2.2cm
Recommended margins for Booklets:
A5 booklets set up on A4 page
Top margin 5.8cm
Bottom margin 6.5cm
Left margin 4.7cm
Right margin 4.7cm
Footer from edge 5.8cm
A5 booklets set up on A5 page
Top margin 1.4cm
Bottom margin 2.1cm
Left margin 1.6cm
Right margin 1.6cm
Footer from edge 1.4cm
SRA5 booklets set up on A4 page
Top margin 5.2cm
Bottom margin 5.8cm
Left margin 4.3cm
Right margin 4.3cm
Footer from edge 5.1cm
A4 booklets set up on an A4 page
Top margin 1.6cm
Bottom margin 2.3cm
Left margin 2.0cm
Right margin 2.0cm
Footer from edge 1.6cm
Remember wire, comb and stapled books may require 5-10mm on the left, on facing page and the right on no facing pages. These margins will give a result that is aesthetically pleasing but slightly different measurements can be used. We recommend that you set margins for the book or booklet size early on in the writing process and that you also print out a full page of text yourself to check that the margins are correct and adjust if necessary. Footer margins are used to place the page number. Centre is the recommended position.