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title: Double-page spreads
description: A spread is one panoramic illustration across two facing pages. Compare the illustrative diagrams below.
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# Double-page spreads

A spread is one panoramic illustration across two facing pages. Compare the illustrative diagrams below.

## Leave room for the fold

In a printed book, the middle bends into the binding. Keep faces, important details and words away from this center area. Text belongs comfortably within one half of the picture.

## Check both costs

Creating a new illustration uses 1 [generation credit](/guide/glossary#generation-credit) per scene, using your included allowance first. Turning a spread off automatically restores its saved original for free when available. If no suitable saved artwork is available, the review shows the [generation](/guide/glossary#generation) cost. Spreads and alignment blanks can change the printed page count and [hardcover](/guide/glossary#hardcover) price: compare the exact totals before applying. Your current book stays available until all changes succeed.