File Creation Templates and Documents

Below are links to documents that address 90% of all file-related questions. These documents are also listed on the Lightning Source Website under Resources > Tools

Lightning Source File Creation Guide

DIGITAL COVER CREATION 
Master Link: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers/resources/digital-cover-creation

Spine Width & Book Weight Calculator: https://myaccount.lightningsource.com/Portal/Tools/SpineCalculator

Request a Cover Template:
https://myaccount.lightningsource.com/Portal/Tools/CoverTemplateGenerator

Layout and Design Your Cover To the Custom Template:

Perfect Bound Template – Simplex: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/perfect-bound-book-template-simplex

Perfect Bound Template – Duplex: https://www.ingramcontent.com/Documents/Perfectbound_template_duplex.pdf

Case Bound Book Template: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/case-bound-book-template

Dust Jacket Template: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/dust-jacket-template

Building your Cover to Bleed Size: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/cover-bleed-dimensions

 

How to Open our Template in Photoshop:
-- Opening PDF & EPS Template in CS2 and newer: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/opening-pdf-eps-templates-in-cs2-and-newer

-- Opening PDF Duplex Templates in CS2 and Newer: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/opening-pdf-duplex-templates-in-cs2-and-newer

How to Open our Template in Quark:

-- Opening PDF & EPS Templates in Quark: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/opening-pdf-eps-templates-in-quark

Create a Lightning Source Compliant PDF from your Custom Template

InDesign: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/indesign-export

Quark: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/quark-export

Review your PDF file for Accuracy

https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/reviewing-a-pdf

 

DIGITAL BOOKBLOCK CREATION

Master Link: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers/resources/digital-bookblock

Review the Requirements

FAQ: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-page/print-on-demand-faqs

Spine Width & Book Weight Calculator: https://myaccount.lightningsource.com/Portal/Tools/SpineCalculator

Layout your Book Interior to Meet Our Specifications

Black and white Interior Books: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/black-and-white-interior-specs

Color Interior Books: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/color-interior-specs

Perforated Color Interior Books: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/perforation

Create a Lightning Source Compliant PDF

InDesign: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/indesign-export

Quark: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/quark-export

Microsoft Word: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/microsoft-word

Review Your PDF File for Accuracy
How To Review Your PDF Prior To Uploading: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-document/reviewing-a-pdf