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The Book Covers We Like section consists images of book covers we like - weirdly enough. We are not saying your design needs to emulate any of these. We're simply tipping you off to the kind of thing that floats our boat. Not all of these will be restricted to three colours as the brief is, but simply there to provoke a response.

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Design an eye-catching cover, spine and back cover for Digbeth Stories.

Your design will need to embody the spirit of the anthology with a striking image/graphic that is simple, no more than three colours - one of which will be white, and effective. The cover must grab people's attention.

The cover dimensions are: 198 x 130 mm

The title is: Digbeth Stories

Editors are: Fletcher, Haynes and Proctor

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CMYK

Colours that you see on screen and that are produced by digital equipment are normally in RGB (Red, Green and Blue). For printed material, we are only able to print in CMYK ( Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black). Therefore, any images, photographs, logos and text need to be supplied in your press-ready document as CMYK. We can convert this on our end if you are having difficulties in doing the conversion but there may be an extra charge depending on how much you need converting.

300dpi

For the best print quality of any and all images, photographs and logos, the resolution will need to be at 300dpi (dots per inch). We can accept resolutions lower than this but we are unable to guarantee high-quality printing for anything under 240dpi. If you are unsure of the resolution/quality of your content we will be happy to produce sample proofs.

Fonts Embedded

When a font is not embedded in the document, the font information will need to be on the local computer where the document is opened. If this font information is not on the local computer then a substituted font will be used. This is something we need to avoid at all costs. One of the ways to avoid this is to make sure all fonts used in the document are embedded.

3mm Bleed

Covers and internal files should have 3mm bleed as standard. This is the area outside of the trim area to allow for any movements in printing.

Crop Marks

Corner trim/crop marks help us when imposing the files for printing but are not essential as we can easily add these.

PDF Press Ready Files

Files should be submitted to us as press-ready PDF files. In some instances, we can accept other formats such as Microsoft Word or JPEG but you will need to contact us first.

Ensure that all your work is backed up so that, in the later stages, your design can be tweaked if need be.

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All entries need to be with us by Friday the 20th of February 2023 by 18:00.

Before you send, check you've complied with the specifications and that you've saved your work as a PDF.

Entries must have 'Digbeth Stories Cover' as the subject of the email and sent to InvisibleCityBrum@gmail.com

We cannot receive postal entries.

We will shortlist by 25-02-23 and announce the successful design by 04-03-23.

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Digbeth Stories is an anthology of new writing focusing on Digbeth in Birmingham and is the brainchild of Garrie Fletcher, Peter Haynes and Nigel Proctor - all writers based in Birmingham.

It is a reaction to the London-centric world of publishing and an opportunity to celebrate local writers and what makes Digbeth unique.

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These examples are to give a taster of the content we have and to act as a stimulus for ideas. Here are three stories; one is non-fiction, one contemporary fiction and the other is historical fiction.

These are for reference only and are not to be copied or distributed in any way. Failure to comply with this will result in a breach of copyright which sits firmly with the author.

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The pin is centred on Floodgate Street not far from Digbeth High Street.

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Have you...?

Checked the paper size is right.

Set your colours to CMYK.

Supplied Pantone reference numbers.

Made sure your images are 300dpi.

Added a 3mm bleed and crop marks.

Embedded your fonts.

Save your artwork as a PDF

Proofread your document.