
Working on a book "set" and would like to know if I'm doing this correctly.
I have two books, both I'm planning on being 8.5x11" size in the end if I want or can get them printed, so I have the document size set as such (215.9 mm x 279.4 mm). Top, inside and outside margins are set to 15.875 mm, and bottom is 21.325 mm. Most text is set to 11 points.
The first book/example is set to 6.6 baseline grid because I have spacing I'd like to keep for the subtitles and such, so everything is lining out to half the default leading. The second book just has the grid set to 13.2 since I don't have to worry about the same problem.
The page numbers and running headers are outside of the body of text, but the page numbers I've set up so they are the same distance from the edge of the page that the overall margin is (15.875).
The two things I'm concerned about before I go too much farther is if I would need to push the running headers in further, and the distinction between wanting to have this as a digital pdf and possibly printing it later. I don't entirely understand calculating for gutter space, I'd assume that would matter depending on how thick the book gets in the end? But I don't want that extra space on the digital version, but I also don't want that I'd have to add it back in later and mess up the layout in some way.
So, before I get too far in (already far in as it is), am I doing all of this correctly? Personally, I think as far as a digital version, everything looks the way I want it to. Sorry for the wall of text, and I'm using Indesign CS6 if it matters any at all.