AYAAN LEARNING UNIVERSE — Mixam order notes
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Printer: Mixam (mixam.com) — Activity Book / spiral

For each volume (001–005):

PRODUCT
  Activity Book (or Workbook / spiral-bound)
  Trim: US Letter 8.5 × 11 in
  Inside pages: 100 (your exported Word PDF)
  Cover: separate front + back (these PDFs)
  Binding: Spiral / plastic coil, black
  Coil: sized to the block (~14 mm if interiors are two-sided 80 lb)
  Rounded corners: yes, if Mixam offers them

PAPER
  Interiors: Uncoated 80 lb / ~118 gsm (Cougar / Finch / Mixam uncoated 80lb)
  Cover: 14–16 pt C1S + matte or soft-touch lamination
  Color: CMYK / full color
  Printing: interiors two-sided

FILES IN THIS FOLDER
  ALU-V00X-front.pdf     Front cover. Upload as front.
  ALU-V00X-back.pdf      Back cover. Upload as back.
  ALU-V00X-covers.pdf    Two-page file: page 1 = front, page 2 = back.
                         Use this if Mixam wants a single cover PDF.
  There is NO spine panel. This is a coil book, not a paperback wrap.

COVER PDF SIZE
  8.75 × 11.25 in  (trim 8.5 × 11 + 0.125 in bleed on every edge)
  Mixam: for image/PDF uploads they assume bleed is included in the page size.

INSIDE FRONT COVER
  ALU-V00X-inside-front.pdf
  This is the quote page. In Mixam's Artwork tab it is the thumbnail
  AFTER the front cover and BEFORE page 1 of the workbook.
  Do not leave that thumbnail blank — upload this file there.

INTERIORS
  Open ALU-V00X_WORKBOOK_FOR_WORD.docx
  Export / Save as PDF (100 pages, US Letter)
  Upload that PDF as the inside pages.
  Keep ~0.6 in from the bind edge so the coil punch misses the gold example boxes.

DO NOT
  Perfect bind / paperback glue
  Glossy interior paper
  Dry-erase / laminated insides
  Amazon KDP (they cannot spiral)

Repeat the same spec for every volume. Only the cover file and interior PDF change.