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, or 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!
Get the look you want at a price you can afford.
Once you have completed the steps to prepare your yearbook pages, you will need to submit all of your materials along with your completed Production Form. Once your book is received, it can be preflighted for potential problems. If you are submitting PDF files, we recommend that you send in test files immediately after receiving the PDF Creation Guide Instructions.
PRODUCTION FORM
Completely fill out and sign the Production Form. We cannot begin processing your book without it! If you have copyrighted information in your book, written verifiable permission for use must be submitted with your Production Form.
SEND IN YOUR BOOK
When your book is collected or PDF is created, you can save your files to the following media: CD, DVD or Flash drive.
Items to Send:
A completed Production Form. One or more CDs, DVDs or Flash drives holding digital layout files, all image files, and any custom fonts. If you chose to create a PDF of your book, only include the PDF file(s) on the CD, DVD or Flash drive. Custom covers must be submitted by February 7 in the completed Custom Cover Envelope.
All digital books will be screened upon arrival to ensure you have followed our guidelines. Any problems and charges will be noted and we will call you to discuss how to resolve the problems. We reserve the right to return any digital job which does not follow our specifications. We also reserve the right to make any corrections that total $100 or less without prior notification. Please note that in the event a hard copy is submitted and there is a discrepancy between the hard copy and the digital file, the digital file will be considered.
Yearbook Artwork Options
Stock Art work
Your yearbook becomes a unique expression when you creatively use stock backgrounds, borders, autograph pages and clip art. All of our stock artwork has been grouped into different artwork series according to theme, color and style.
Using artwork within the same series is recommended for a consistent-looking yearbook. Keep this in mind when choosing clip art as well. Less is more—you want the focus to be the photographs, not necessarily the artwork!
Backgrounds are used to add variety to each page. All backgrounds are set up to bleed (extend) .125″ (1/8″) beyond page edges. Backgrounds must be placed correctly (use program templates) to avoid possible correction charges. They may also be used with text as section dividers in your yearbook! Color backgrounds are not recommended for use in black and white books, as they may not convert well from color to black and white.
Borders are used to frame pages. Some borders are set up to bleed (extend) .125″ (1/8″) beyond page edges. Others, that do not bleed (will have white edges), should be centered on the page. Borders must be placed correctly (use program templates) to avoid possible correction charges. They may also be used with text as section dividers in your yearbook! Color borders are not recommended for use in black and white books, as they may not convert well from color to black and white.
Autograph Pages may be incorporated in your yearbook wherever you would like! Autograph pages are set to bleed (extend) .125″ (1/8″) beyond page edges. They must be placed correctly (use program templates) to avoid incorrect placement and possible correction charges. Color autograph pages cannot be used in black and white books.
Clip Art is used to fill in space in place of photos or to decorate your page as desired. Choose from a large variety of clip art! Many pieces of clip art have been designed to coordinate with background sets (see the note in the clip art section of the Artwork and Font Guide).
Custom Art work
You may choose to include custom artwork in your book. Please follow the same guidelines as with stock artwork. Full page backgrounds should be saved at 8.75″ x 11.25″ at 300 dpi. Bleeds must extend .125″ (1/8″) beyond page edges on all sides. We recommend you choose artwork that creates a coordinated look throughout your entire yearbook. See page 4 for accepted file formats.
Copyrighted Material
YearbookLife reserves the right to refuse to print any materials provided by its customers for any reason, including, but not limited to, materials determined by YearbookLife, at its discretion, to be offensive, illegal, or in violation of any copyright or other proprietary rights. By submitting an order, and providing photos, trademarks, tradenames, images or other content to YearbookLife (collectively, the “Customer Content”), Customer represents that it has the right to have the order printed, with the inclusion of the Customer Content, and that YearbookLife’s printing of the order, and the use of the Customer Content, will not infringe the intellectual property right of any third party. Customer will defend, indemnify and hold harmless YearbookLife from any claims, costs, losses or liability (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) arising out of or related to the Customer Content or the production of the Order as directed by the Customer.
Click here to view our sample yearbook artwork
The Results of the 2011-2012 Best Yearbook Contest are in:
Grand Prize Champion: North Andrews Gardens Elementary – Winner of a new Apple IPad2 32GB
First Place: Pembroke Pines Charter Middle West Campus – Winner of a Nikon 12.1 Megapixel Back lit CMOS Coolpix® P500 Digital Camera or comparable
Second Place: Plymouth Preschool – Winner of Canon PowerShot 14.1 Megapixel Digital Camera or comparable
These books were chosen based on the following criteris:
1) overall originality, 2) yearbook creativity, 3) yearbook theme consistency, and 4) yearbook image quality.
Congratulations to every finalist. We’ve seen some of the best books we’ve ever seen this year and the judging was very difficult.
Next year we will have more winners based on various criteria. Thank you everyone for a great year.
In no particular order here are the ten finalists for the 2011-2012 Best Yearbook Contest:
Gunnery Road Christian Academy
North Andrews Gardens Elementary
Pembroke Pines Middle West Campus
Tequesta Trace Middle
Plymouth Preschool
Forest Glen Middle School
Somerset Academy Village
Temple Beth Emet School
John Jay High School
Pembroke Pines Charter Middle Central
Final results will be announced on Thursday at 10am EST
