Plus, it offers distribution tools to help you promote your titles. The self-publishing process also allows you to avoid needing to work with a publisher. It’s up to you when and how to create your books, and how you go about marketing and selling them. It might seem like a huge, complicated undertaking, but you might be surprised how viable it is. Many authors have found success with self-publishing using print-on-demand services.

Common types of binding include stitching and wiro binding, great for brochures and planners. Higher-end techniques such as perfect binding and case binding are well suited to catalogues, yearbooks and photobooks. The inside pages are printed black or colour and the full range of binding styles are available. Covers are printed in colour and finished with a matt or gloss lamination. Find out the cost of printing your book by using our instant price system.

Our experienced and knowledgeable print team are here to help you with advice and tips. An extra protective layer, advisable for the outside of products using coated paper and only available on 200gsm upwards. Ideal for the budding author, to an established brand or company looking for professionally printed publication collateral. Use our cover dimensions calculator to check the cover dimensions for your book. Perfect bound with 2000 micron greyboard covers, making them strong and durable. All our papers are fsc® certified, pureprint group is a carbonneutral® company and iso environmental management certified.

We have 4 binding options available for books, including saddle stitched or stapled, perfect bound, wiro bound and hardback. Please keep in mind that binding options may depend on the number of pages in your book. If your paperback book is perfect bound, the system will calculate the spine width of your book for you when you add pages to your order. If you are creating a perfect bound book you will need to upload 2 print file pdfs. For over 4 decades, cloc book print has been a leading supplier of short run books to uk customers.

We continually add to our list of industries - help us expand this library by entering your business sector below. Choose the number of pages you require, remembering to add four extra for the cover and the calculator will determine the correct measurement in millimeters, which will appear beneath the page count. Our online ordering system will calculate the spine width when you add pages to your order, so you booklet printing will know how large it is. We ask for a 20mm bleed area on the top and bottom of the spine and 5mm bleed area ‘hinges’ added either side. For best results, we recommend creating your artwork in cmyk colour with 300dpi image resolution.

City printing offers printing options to suit all budgets and print runs. We offer black-and-white and full colour printing on several different paper and cover weights, as well as lamination and material options for covers. Hardback books are available in a4, a5, and a6 sizes, as well as dl and custom sizes. Create a simple and professional look, or embellish with foiling, spot gloss, or printed endpapers.