On point 1, chapter openings, is it considered poor form to have the chapter opening on its own right - hand (recto) page and the text of the chapter begin on the
next right hand page?
Since I only have one photo on
the right hand page, I wouldn't want o use a plain white page as the background, but using the bold pattern from the kit on both pages would be too overwhelming.
What this does is insert a blank page where needed so your next bit, your dedication, appears on
the right hand page of your novel.
I will be setting my author page as
a right hand page after the title page, so I will need to insert a blank page between this and the Contents page to ensure I start the chapters on a right hand page.
In book production, the spread of two pages within a book is identified as consisting of the recto page (
right hand page) and the verso page (left hand side).
This PDF proof will show you if the margins are centered correctly for the left and
right hand pages.
However, what CVG failed to notice is that there are two tiny people (at the treeline, near the crease) and an old house (on
the right hand page) in the background.
In the show, each book is open to one intricately executed work on paper by Pittman on
the right hand page and a title on the left.
children's books, there are certain placement rules; Waldo is never placed, for example, on the bottom of
the right hand page because the reader's eye is naturally drawn there on each page turn.