I had assumed that the book would have 366 pages, and my cover artist produced the cover PDF with a template having a spine width based on 366 pages.
As of this afternoon, the book had 376 pages.
I could have simply requested a new template. It's free from my printer, Lightning Source.
However, I'd have to pay my artist to revise the cover, and she might not get to it for a while--which could delay the book's publication.
I decided to start chopping words, pictures, paragraphs and pages to get down to the prescribed 366 pages.
All books have fat. By cutting out some of it, I made a better book, lowered the printing cost by a few pennies and may have saved part of a small tree.
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