Book Printing

Your book printing experts

All under one roof. From design, printing and bindery, our team of experts know everything about the creation of books and book printing in general. We've worked with self publishers, major publishers, fortune 500 brands, small businesses, mom and pop shops, hobbyists, and all types of folks who want to print a book.

Book Printing

Your book printing experts

All under one roof. From design, printing and bindery, our team of experts know everything about the creation of books and book printing in general. We've worked with self publishers, major publishers, fortune 500 brands, small businesses, mom and pop shops, hobbyists, and all types of folks who want to print a book.

Let's explore the book types we offer, and find the one tha'ts right for you and your project.

Saddle Stitched
Booklets

8-80 pgs

These books are also referred to as booklets,
and involve stapling spreads together to form a folded book

You want to use a saddle-stitched bindery format when you have a page count that is under 80 pages in total. When you go above 80 pages in a saddle-stitched format, the book doesn't read well as the pages don't really sit flat. We recommend using a thicker paper for the cover, and usually apply a laminate to one side of the cover. Below are some key points to remember about saddle-stitched booklets. 

We recommend that you use saddle a stitched bindery format when:

Plastic Coil
Books

8-500 pgs

These books are also referred to as coil bound or spiral bound,
and involve punching each page with a special hole pattern and inserting a plastic coil through

You want to use a plastic coil bindery type for books that are high and need to be written in. We recommend using a thicker paper for the cover - or a clear plastic cover - and getting creative with a special colour coil like red or yellow. The main standard colours of plastic coil we offer are white and black. 

We recommend that you use a plastic coil bindery type when:

Softcover Perfect Bound

32-500 pgs

These books are also referred to as paperback or softback books, and require folding a thicker cover around interior pages and gluing the book block to the cover to form a spine

The perfect bound book is probably the most popular style of book that we make. It's the optimal choice for high page counts and low page counts (but minimum of 32 pages) as we need at least 1/16 of an inch stack height for the book block. The book block being the interior pages stacked in the order they're bound in. We always use a thicker cover than the interior pages for softcover books, and crease the cover where the spine will be formed before gluing the book block to the cover.

We recommend that you use a softcover perfect bound bindery type when:

Hardcover Smythe Sewn (Lay Flat)

32-500 pgs

These books are also referred to as hardback or sewn hardcover books, and and involve folding pages printed in groups of 8 or 16 page signatures and sewing them together to form a book block, then casing the book block into a hardcover

You want to use a hardcover smythe sewn bindery type when you want a really high impact book that will definitely turn heads and wow your reader. It's the pinnacle of book binding, allowing for pages to lay totally flat and no image deletion's across the spine. The cover is a thick board stock that is about 1/8" thick or more, and can be wrapped with a printed image (image-wrap) or wrapped with a textile like linen, leather, or specialty materials like Arrestox, Fiscagoma or even unwrapped to expose the raw board. We love to produce hardcover smythe sewn books and have a special process that we use to make these books in our shop with a wide variety of cover wrap options.

A lot of suppliers will offer glued hardcover books, which is very different than what we offer. Our hardcover books are all smythe-sewn, which allows the book to lay flat, compared to glued hardcover books which do not lay flat. Our specific style of press allows us to print books in 8 or 16 page signatures, in short run quantities. We think you should definitely go with a lay-flat hardcover instead of a glued hardcover.

We recommend that you use a hardcover smythe sewn bindery type when:

Ebook or Epub

all pgs

These digital books are also referred to as e-readers or digital copies,
and are a digital version of book that can be read on popular electronic devices like Amazon Kindle's, iPads and Kobo's

An ebook is a great option for your intended audience, as some people prefer the experience of reading a book on a digital device. With the increase in popularity of digital marketplaces like Amazon and Goodreads, you might want to offer a digital version of your book for download. The benefit of ebooks is that they don't require inventory and can be downloaded on demand, and are pretty simple to distribute through the marketplaces mentioned above.

We recommend that you offer an ebook in any case - it's almost a necessary part of the publishing process at this day in age, below are some key feature of ebooks

Saddle Stitched Booklets

8-80 pgs

These books are also referred to as booklets,
and involve stapling spreads together to form a folded book

You want to use a saddle-stitched bindery format when you have a page count that is under 80 pages in total. When you go above 80 pages in a saddle-stitched format, the book doesn't read well as the pages don't really sit flat. We recommend using a thicker paper for the cover, and usually apply a laminate to one side of the cover. Below are some key points to remember about saddle-stitched booklets. 

We recommend that you use a a saddle stitched bindery format when:

Plastic Coil Books

8-500 pgs

These books are also referred to as coil bound or spiral bound,
and involve punching each page with a special hole pattern and inserting a plastic coil through 

You want to use a plastic coil bindery type for books that are high and need to be written in. We recommend using a thicker paper for the cover - or a clear plastic cover - and getting creative with a special colour coil like red or yellow. The main standard colours of plastic coil we offer are white and black.

We recommend that you use a plastic coil bindery type when:

Softcover Perfect Bound Books

8-500 pgs

These books are also referred to as paperback or softback books, and require folding a thicker cover around interior pages and gluing the book block to the cover to form a spine 

The perfect bound book is probably the most popular style of book that we make. It's the optimal choice for high page counts and low page counts (but minimum of 32 pages) as we need at least 1/16 of an inch stack height for the book block. The book block being the interior pages stacked in the order they're bound in. We always use a thicker cover than the interior pages for softcover books, and crease the cover where the spine will be formed before gluing the book block to the cover.

We recommend that you use a softcover perfect bound bindery type when:

Hardcover Smythe Sewn (Lay Flat)

32 - 500 pgs

These books are also referred to as hardback or sewn hardcover books,
and involve folding pages printed in groups of 8 or 16 page signatures and sewing them together to form a book block 

You want to use a hardcover smythe sewn bindery type when you want a really high impact book that will definitely turn heads and wow your reader. It's the pinnacle of book binding, allowing for pages to lay totally flat and no image deletion's across the spine. The cover is a thick board stock that is about 1/8" thick or more, and can be wrapped with a printed image (image-wrap) or wrapped with a textile like linen, leather, or specialty materials like Arrestox, Fiscagoma or even unwrapped to expose the raw board. We love to produce hardcover smythe sewn books and have a special process that we use to make these books in our shop with a wide variety of cover wrap options.

A lot of suppliers will offer glued hardcover books, which is very different than what we offer. Our hardcover books are all smythe-sewn, which allows the book to lay flat, compared to glued hardcover books which do not lay flat. Our specific style of press allows us to print books in 8 or 16 page signatures, in short run quantities. We think you should definitely go with a lay-flat hardcover instead of a glued hardcover.

We recommend that you use a hardcover smythe sewn bindery type when:

Ebook or Epub

all pgs

These digital books are also referred to as e-readers or digital copies,
and are a digital version of book that can be read on populaer elctronic devices like Amazong Kindle's, iPads and Kobo's

An ebook is a great option for your intended audience, as some people prefer the experience of reading a book on a digital device. With the increase in popularity of digital marketplaces like Amazon and Goodreads, you might want to offer a digital version of your book for download. The benefit of ebooks is that they don't require inventory and can be downloaded on demand, and are pretty simple to distribute through the marketplaces mentioned above.

We recommend that you offer an ebook in any case - it's almost a necessary part of the publishing process at this day in age, below are some key feature of ebooks