Printed Back Pocket

Printed Back Pocket

A back pocket is a small expandable pocket attached to the inside of a notebook’s back cover. As standard, back pockets are made using blank paper to match the inside book block. However, for journals that have printed endpapers, we will also include a pocket that will also be printed to match that design. (The endpapers of a book are the pages that line the inside of your notebook cover and make up the very first page within your notebook.)

As the back pocket is glued directly onto the back cover of the book, it is important that the design of the pocket perfectly lines up with the endpaper design if you’re featuring a patterned  design.

Do’s: Add a printed message to your pocket

Dont’s: Avoid including a repeating pattern or text to overlap the pocket as the design may not always line up perfectly.

Populating our templates

We will provide a template which you can populate with your design. While working on the design please keep in mind the following notes:

• Your design elements should all be in vector format.
• Ensure all text is ‘outlined’ to make it vector format
• All images are embedded within the template file.
• PDF should be exported to CMYK Colour.
  

Note: Ensure to name and organise your layers correctly within the template to make adjustments easier to handle.

Ensuring Your Pocket Aligns Perfectly with the Endpaper Design

If your notebook features printed endpapers that contain a pattern, then you want to ensure that the pocket design sits flush with the endpaper design. The pocket is glued to the inside of the notebook’s back cover so your pocket will need to match to ‘page 3’ in your back endpaper file (example below). You can find out more information on endpaper setup here.