What is Bleed? Self Publishing Terms

When publishing a print book on KDP or any platform, you need to be aware of when you need to use bleed and when you don't. So bleed is something that gives you a margin of error. When you have elements on your page that go to the edge of the page.

When all the elements are within the margin area, you do not need to set up your file with bleed. But, if any text or images goes all the way to the edge of the page then we want to extend it a little bit past the edge of the page.

In the video I will show you an example of a book layout that needs bleed vs. one that doesn't and how to do the math when adding in bleed.

Check out my other tutorials for how to add and edit bleed in Affinity Publisher.

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