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The Formatting Decision That Costs Publishers the Most Time
For experienced publishers, formatting mistakes rarely come from ignorance. They come from assumptions.
Assuming a file that worked once will work again.
Assuming Amazon specs have not changed.
Assuming a clean PDF on screen will behave the same in print.
Most production delays I see happen at the handoff point. The manuscript is final, but trim size, margins, bleed, or image resolution were decided too late. Fixes then cascade across the interior and force re-exports, rechecks, and resubmissions.
At scale, formatting is not a design task. It is a systems decision.
Here’s the question I’m curious about:
When something goes wrong at the print stage, where do you usually see the breakdown happen first?
File setup, spec assumptions, or final QC?
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The Formatting Decision That Costs Publishers the Most Time
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