8-page or 10-page brochure?

[optic]

[B][FONT=Arial Black]Hello,
My client wants me to design a 10-page brochure including the cover. Is that possible? My question probably sounds stupid, but I've always done 8-page brochures. I have always been told (school) that the number of pages has to be a multiple of 4, 8, 16 (signatures). Can you please help me clarify this question?
Thanks :) :confused:

[BJMRGTIVR6]

sounds like a booklet. booklets are made in increments of 4's. If you have 10 pages, one page will not be conected and free-fall out.

UNLESS, they meant 8 inside pages and the front and back cover are 9&10 and they are forgetting about the inside cover as 2 pages.

[MD]

You would be correct.

But you leave the back cover blank you are down to 11 pages ...

[rickself]

You are correct, optic. Unless - you're doing a coil or perfect bound book, then it's OK to have a loose page. But normally think in 4's.

But you leave the back cover blank you are down to 11 pages ...11 pages??! Yep, un-huh ... that's about as good as thinking that a black and white job is 2 colors!

[optic]

Thank you very much for your help!

[MD]

11 pages??! Yep, un-huh ... that's about as good as thinking that a black and white job is 2 colors!

:D - what I meant is 11 pages to find content for. When a customer says they need a 10 page brochure it usually means they have enough content to fill 10 pages. I used to do newsletters for a meat packing company and they would never have enough copy for 12 pages but too much for 8 pages. It led to either some really sparse or really cramped designs. ;)

[budafist]

If your content isn't going to stretch up and can't go down in page numbers either, you can always try changing the size of your brochure.

[rickself]

:D - what I meant is 11 pages to find content for. When a customer says they need a 10 page brochure it usually means they have enough content to fill 10 pages. I used to do newsletters for a meat packing company and they would never have enough copy for 12 pages but too much for 8 pages. It led to either some really sparse or really cramped designs. ;)O I C :D
What normally happens is 10 pages of copy to fit on 4 pages!!

[MD]

What normally happens is 10 pages of copy to fit on 4 pages!!
Pancaking cheap ass clients ;)

[Ned]

O I C :D
What normally happens is 10 pages of copy to fit on 4 pages!!

In Canada, that copy has to be done in both French and English, and the French text has to have at least the same point size, or bigger, even though it takes over twice the copy to say the same thing.

[jimking]

You can do a 10 page brochure if you want. I've worked on hundreds of them for a particular client and a few others. It would not be a booklet at all but a 10 panel, (5 front and 5 back=10) Barrel fold brochure (or foldover brochure). Easy to layout except for the fact that since it's a barrel fold you need to adjust the panels (content within margins) to allow for the folds to tuck within each other. This has been discussed on the forums before. Search for barrel fold. You could also fold as a "accordian fold" or maybe a double parellel fold with the last panel wrapping.

[optic]

Thanks jimking.