Here’s what YearbookLife offers:
BINDING
Standard hard cover binding is typically the least expensive of the hard cover binding options, and works well for books with smaller page counts (as low as 24 pages, up to 220 pages). The signatures of the yearbook are gathered together into a book block and then bound into a hard case. This type of binding is also known as library binding because it is very durable.
Smyth sewn hard cover binding has the added strength of overlapped stitches, and can be used on books that have 64 or more pages. The advantage of this binding style is that the book will more easily lie flat when open. Typically, you’ll see this binding style in reference books such as medical books, law books, etc.
PAPER WEIGHT
Yearbooks are traditionally printed on a coated glossy paper with a standard 80-pound paper weight for excellent opacity and durability. Of course, you can always request
100-pound paper for a more distinctive, durable feel.
HARD COVER BOARD WEIGHT
Binder’s board is the most common material used to make book covers. The heavier the board weight, the stiffer the cover will be when trying to bend it. Our standard cover weight is 90-pt. Heavier 120-pt. and 160-pt. board weights are also available on request.
ENDSHEETS
Endsheets are the thick paper attached to both the inside front and back covers of a hard cover yearbook and the flyleaf (first and last sheets in a book before and after the book content). The quality of the paper is usually different than what is used in the rest of your yearbook. If you’re looking for a color not found here or would like to get pricing on the cost of printing your own design on an endsheet, just ask!
HEAD AND FOOT BANDS
Head and foot bands are small ornamental bands, generally made of silk or cotton, which are attached to the top and bottom of a hard cover book block. They serve as a decorative way to hide the binding application or stitching on the spine of a yearbook. They come in a variety of solid and “striped” colors.
AUTOGRAPH PAGES
The inclusion of predesigned autograph pages is an easy and affordable way to enable students and staff to customize their own books with personal messages from others. Don’t miss the opportunity to include this option in your book this year!
YEAR IN REVIEW PAGES
Adding noteworthy national and world events to your yearbook has never been easier. Simply select the 4-page or the 8-page version of a professionally designed insert that can be bound into each of your books without any extra design time on your part!
PERSONALIZED COVERS
Check out the personalization options that one-of-a-kind! Ask us for more details.
FULL-COLOR COVERS
The full-color printed cover is the easiest and most popular cover and is available in both soft and hard covers. It is very popular because of the stunning number of colors and design techniques you can use to immediately capture the reader’s attention. You can choose one of our professionally designed stock covers or you can create your own custom cover design! A durable coating is applied to all full-color yearbook covers to ensure the colors remain vibrant and the books stand the test of time.
LEATHERETTE COVERS
Leatherette covers are made of synthetic materials that are made to look like leather but are much more durable. Typically, leatherette yearbooks use foil stamping, embossing and/or debossing to accentuate the school name and cover design. Choose from this generous selection of leatherette colors to make a great first impression of your yearbook!
EMBOSSING AND DEBOSSING
Embossing is a technique which creates a raised (3-dimensional) image on a piece of paper. It is typically accomplished with a combination of heat and pressure on the paper. Embossing can also be used with foil stamping or on a full-color cover to create an even more unique look. Debossing uses the same technique as embossing, except the impression is heat-pressed into the surface of the paper so that an image is depressed (lowered) instead of raised. As with embossing, debossing can be used with foil stamping or on a full-color cover to create special visual effects and textures.
FOIL STAMPING
Foil stamping involves the use of heat to transfer metallic foil to a solid surface such as a yearbook cover. As with embossing and debossing, a die is needed to “stamp” the foil into the cover material. Foil stamping can be combined with embossing or debossing to create a very striking 3-dimensional image. While gold and silver metallic foil never go out of style, the additional colors shown (at right) are gaining popularity as well—choose colors that give your book a one-of-a-kind look!
STOCK DIE OPTIONS
The dies featured below are available for embossing/debossing and/or foil on your custom cover. By choosing one die or more, you can create a one-of-a-kind look without the expense that often accompanies it. For example: Choose a stock die for embossing and then add a custom die of your school name and mascot to make your book truly unique. Due to the endless design possibilities available, pricing will vary.
PRICING
So you’re excited to incorporate some of these cover options, but are afraid to learn how much they’ll cost? No worries. We can furnish you with competitive pricing. And with some creativity and use of stock dies, you can have the great high-quality look you want for hundreds of dollars less!
TEMPLATES
• Choose from hundreds of single- or two-page spread templates
• Use as-is or as a starting point
• Create and save your own
FLOW PORTRAITS
• All the tools you need with the flexibility you want
FLOW INDEX
• Pictavo automatically identifies names to include
in the index – simply review and edit.
ADVANCED PAGE LAYOUT
• Grid view and rulers view
• Set rulers to inches or picas
• Rotate photos and clip art
• Double-click on an image to zoom, crop and resize.
ADVANCED TEXT FEATURES
• Choose from over 100 fonts
• Use multiple type styles and sizes in one text box
• Tab stops make designing scoreboards and grids easy
PICTURE-PERFECT PHOTOS
• Adjust to black & white or sepia-tone
• Adjust the transparency, brightness and contrast
• Add drop shadows
• Flip photos horizontally or vertically
ART LIBRARY
• Hundreds of choices, professionally designed for schools
• Easily add and use your own custom art.
With YearbookLife’s online software Yearbook advisers have may privileges. Some are as follows:
USER/GROUP PERMISSIONS
• Create Individual Users or Groups and assign specific access privileges.
BOOK SETTINGS
• View and edit Overall Book Settings, such as:
• View and edit Cover Settings, such as:
– Page Count
– Book Quantity
– Dimensions
– Binding Type
– Autograph Pages
– Current Events
– Custom or Stock
– Inside Cover Printing
– Personalized Covers
– Custom Endsheets
DESIGN SETTINGS
• Portrait Settings
– Font Style and Size for portrait names
– Flow Type – Teacher or Grade
– Name Order – First Name, Last Name or Last Name, First Name
• Index Settings
– Number of Columns
– Divider Style
– Font Style and Size
BOOK STATUS
• Get a quick glance of project status
– Overall Page Status
– Cover and Individual Page Status
– Main Book Specs
– Overall Book Due Date with Countdown
IMAGE STATUS
• Track helpful information about your photo usage:
– Candids, Backgrounds and Clip Art
– Used/UnUsed in the book
– Tagged/UnTagged with data
-Portraits
– Complete/Missing Data
– Flowed/UnFlowed onto a page
-Community Images
– Received/Used in the book Admin Dashboard
MESSAGES
• Check chats and sticky notes to stay informed.
TEAM
• Easily monitor individual progress
JANUARY – SPRING DELIVERY
• Report and photograph activities and events as they happen
• Meet deadlines and check materials according to the production schedule
• Double-check the progress of the index and make sure that material is accurate; polish and refine the index concept
FEBRUARY – SPRING DELIVERY
• Report and photograph activities and events as they happen
• Meet deadlines according to your yearbook planning schedule
• Have a deadline party
MARCH – SPRING DELIVERY
• Make sure you are on schedule to meet your submission deadline for the yearbook plant—on time yearbook submission assures your book arriving on the date you requested
• Begin compiling yearbook sales lists, and planning a distribution/signing event
• Photograph Spring activities—include all you can in this year’s book; archive the rest for next year’s book, or consider producing a supplement that you can produce this summer, and distribute to students when they return in the fall. (another great fund-raising idea—sell the supplement to raise extra money)
• Start recruiting new prospects for next year’s staff—It will be great help when you return next year
APRIL – SPRING DELIVERY
• Update advertising billing for current volume
• Finalize yearbook sales lists and distribution/signing plans
• Design student-oriented advertising for prospects
• Prepare a reader survey to get immediate student reaction to the book, and use as a tool for preplanning next year’s book
MAY – SPRING DELIVERY
• Distribute books at celebration/signing event; keep notes on any logistical problems
• Conduct and compile results of reader survey
• Complete a staff self-analysis of the yearbook
• Complete final billing of advertisers
• Finalize portrait photography plans for next year
• Conduct an end-of-the-year award banquet for the staff
JUNE – SPRING DELIVERY
• Brainstorm coverage ideas with your staff for the new year
• Make specification decisions pertaining to copies, pages, etc.
• Attend a summer workshop (or two!) to develop theme and section plans, learn new techniques and polish existing skills
• Report and photograph summer activities unique to your students for next year’s book.
• Finalize yearbook sales lists and distribution plans (FALL DELIVERY ONLY).
• Complete final deadline, including last-minute coverage for spring sports, graduation, index
JULY – SPRING DELIVERY
• Launch advertising campaign and develop advertising section
• Follow up on portrait photography plans to make sure you get what you need
• Keep taking summer pictures
• Develop a set of working specifications to use for guided preplanning
TAKE A BREATH BEFORE STARTING OVER AGAIN…next time, it will be easier!
Survival Tip:
Stay in touch with your yearbook provider. He/she will help you in any way
possible.
The best way to plan for the year is by reviewing what needs to be done globally as an adviser and yearbook staff. On the next few pages, you will find a generalized list of activities involving both production and business aspects of the yearbook. Be aware that there are two delivery periods for a yearbook—either May or September. This schedule focuses on a SPRING delivery yearbook.
August – SPRING DELIVERY
• Launch advertising campaign, complete predesign of ads and develop ad section.
• Finalize specifications, cost for the book, agree on how payment for the yearbook will be made, and make sure you have completed the Yearbook Sign-up Form with your yearbook representative.
• Open Yearbook Kit upon arrival and read instruction book included. Mark the DEADLINE DATE FOR SUBMITTING YOUR YEARBOOK to the yearbook plant on your calendar.
• Meet with portrait photographer to understand photo shoot and retake dates.
• Polish and refine theme and section plans for your yearbook.
• Plan a ladder and coverage ideas.
• Initiate back-to-school reporting and photography.
• Take inventory on all software & hardware for the year.
• Design layouts for each section to help photographers and allow for total coverage.
SEPTEMBER – SPRING DELIVERY
• Finalize staff organization & responsibilities
• Set up & maintain complete sports files, & survey clubs to find out their activities
• Assign coverage for all deadlines
• Finalize the ladder
• Report & photograph activities & events as they happen
• Finalize theme use throughout the book
• Close advertising campaign sales & begin production work on the section
• Follow through on portraits
• Plan book sales campaign
• Complete any billing and layout designs for any advertisers
• Review interviewing techniques
NOTE: If you have received FALL DELIVERY Yearbooks, distribute the books.
OCTOBER – SPRING DELIVERY
• Report & photograph activities and events as they happen
• Meet deadlines according to the production schedule
• Finalize the academics and student life spreads
• Finalize portrait photography with retakes completed this month
• Complete theme including cover, endsheets, opening, closing, & dividers
• Make sure each staffer knows the indexing process
• Plan a book sales campaign
NOVEMBER – SPRING DELIVERY
• Report and photograph activities and events as they happen
• Meet deadlines and check materials according to the production schedule
• Complete fall sports coverage and the people section
• Keep up with winter sports
• Plan a book sales campaign
• Finalize plans for the club section and continue work on the student life section
• Have a deadline & Thanksgiving celebration!
DECEMBER – SPRING DELIVERY
• Report and photograph activities and events as they happen
• Meet deadlines and check materials according to the production schedule
• Focus on the club section, remaining sports spreads and final student life coverage
• Plan a book sales campaign and tie it in with the holidays; collect any outstanding balances due on the yearbook
• Plan a book sales campaign and tie it in with the holidays; yearbooks make great holiday gifts. Contact parents with opportunity to purchase a yearbook as a gift for their student
• Keep up with winter sports
• Have a deadline and Holiday party!
