Since these were promotional bookmarks, I decided to add pictures of our book covers on each one with a description below. Choose Table|Table Properties and set the row to be exactly 6″ and the columns to be exactly 2″. For the 5 on a page, insert a table that has 5 columns and 1 row. Now choose Table|Table Properties and set the columns to be exactly 1.63″ and the rows to be exactly 5.2″. 75.”įor the 8 on a page, insert a table by choosing Table|Insert|Table. In the Margins tab, set the top margin to 1.25″, and the bottom, left, and right margins to. For the 5 on a page version, in the Page Setup dialog box, switch the orientation to Landscape (in some versions you need to click the Paper Size tab to find the orientation option). If you opt for the 8 on a page, you need to choose File|Page Setup and set all the margins to. Here are the two table layouts:Ĩ on a page (left) and 5 on a page (right): The good news however is that with this layout, you can make your bookmarks longer (2″ x 6″ or 2″ x 7″).
In that case, you may need to set up your layout with only 5 bookmarks on the page. If you have an inkjet printer, you may want to opt for a different layout because you have less of an available print area.
However, to fit the most on one page, you can make them even shorter, such as 2″ x 5.5.” With that size, you can fit 8 bookmarks on one 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper.īecause I have a laser printer, I can set up the page with small margins. If you want to use the bookmark in mass-market paperback type books, you may want to opt for the smaller size. Generally, bookmarks are 2- inches wide (either 2″ x 6″ or 2″ x 7″). Figure out dimensionsįirst I needed to figure out what standard sizes are for bookmarks, so I could determine how many I could fit on a page.
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(As an aside, I’ve recently found a printer that will actually cheerfully work with Word or virtually any other PC file, so if you do opt to get a bunch of bookmarks or other items printed, check out Printing for Less if you use my referral code of RP1AGV2IH when you check out, you can get $25 off your first order). Since time was short and I’m cheap, I decided to produce my bookmarks on my own printer, rather than having them commercially printed. The obvious choice was to create a few bookmarks. So we authors sat around, ate, and chatted it was a fun event that raised some much needed funds for the historical society.īefore the event, I realized that not every attendee would purchase one of our books right then and there, so I should bring a “freebie” to pass out to people with information about our three books. In the end, although people did buy books, there wasn’t that much signing to do. Because we have three books out, we were invited.
A few months ago, our local historical society held a fundraiser in which authors brought their books and we all did a big group book signing.