Castoway Book Design Calculator (Free to Try, $70 to Buy, Mac / Windows) - is an easy-to-use book design calculator. Quickly estimate books, magazines, and any document, regardless of complexity. Click on the links below for more information.

Castoway (Free to Try, $40 to Buy, Mac / Windows) book specifications can be imported into page layout applications such as QuarkXPress and automatically generate character and parragraph styles, formatted pages with trim size and margins and left- and right-hand master pages.

PrintReady (But at $350, Windows and Mac) - saves designers, printers and publishers time and money. With built-in preflight, file collection and FTP capabilities, PrintReady gives you everything you need to prepare and send out perfect print jobs every time. Interactive help shows how to fix potential printing problems and customizable profiles let you fine-tune your preflight reports.

PrintXPORT (Mac / Windows) - a suite of independent applications that facilitate a smooth transition from the design stage to the printing stages for all print jobs. PrintXPORT responds to strong market demand for a reliable solution, leaving no room for costly errors or miscommunication among designers, project managers, service bureau, and print houses.