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Perfect Bound vs. Saddle Stitch Books

What binding is best for your next book printing project? Saddle stitch binding is our most popular but perfect binding is another top choice!

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Starting your first quote in the pricing tool? You might be thinking, “Which binding is best for me?” and you aren’t alone! Deciding which binding is right for your project is something we help creatives with daily. A few things factor into
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Booklets Books Design

How to Design a Booklet

Discover essential tips for booklet design, from ideation to printing. Learn how to design a booklet right with experts at PrintingCenterUSA.

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Thinking about printing a full-color customizable booklet? You have probably heard the word a few times if you’re in the corporate world. Booklets can be so many things, that’s the beauty of them. Booklets are one of the most versatile and best print
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How to Design a Book

Learn how to design a book step by step. Size, binding, margins, typography, and exporting print-ready files for professional results.

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When you design a book, it is one of those things that feels overwhelming until you get started and break each section into steps. Maybe you are working on a cookbook, a memoir, a children’s book, a business manual, or a photo collection, but no matter
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5 Steps to Creating a Children’s Book Fundraiser: How a Florida Rotary Club Did It

See how Lucas turned the annual fundraiser into a pro printed children's book that reaches every first grader in their school district.

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Some of the best ideas start as a joke. Lucas Talada laughed the first time someone suggested he write a children’s book about his Rotary Club’s armadillo races but then he sat down one evening, and the story just came to him. He read it to the
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Book Binding Types: Find the One That Hits the Right Note

Book binding has never been so personal — five types, five personalities. Find the one that hits the right note for your print project.

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Just like music genres create different moods, different book binding styles create completely different experiences for your readers. The book binding you choose completely changes the experience of your book from the moment someone picks it up. Saddle
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Booklets Books Case Study Success Series

5 Tips for Creating a Brand Buyer Booklet: How UpCircle Beauty Does It

UpCircle Beauty, the UK's number one upcycled skincare brand, uses a custom printed buyer booklet to win wholesale accounts worldwide.

Reading Time: 16 minutes

There is a moment every beauty brand founder knows. You have a great product, a strong story, and a real shot at getting into a household retailer. When you walk into that wholesale meeting you know you have only five minutes to make them feel what your brand
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SPIRAL BOUND BOOKS

Spiral bound books and when to use them, how they compare to other binding types, design tips, paper options, & sizing.

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If you have ever cooked from a cookbook that kept flopping shut, or tried to reference a training manual while your hands were full, you already understand the problem spiral binding solves. It stays open. It lays flat. It gets out of your way and lets you
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Books Catalogs Lookbook

What is the Difference Between Lookbooks and Fashion Catalogs?

Explore the key differences between fashion catalogs and lookbooks to decide which platform is best for effectively showcasing your fashion line.

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When building a brand, how you present the products sets the tone more than people realize. Lookbooks and fashion catalogs tend to get used interchangeably. They are not the same thing. One is designed to inspire through well-thought out looks and scenery,
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Books Design Self Publishing

Book Covers Worth Swiping Right On: 4 Book Cover Design Tips

Book Covers are your first impression. Discover 4 expert tips to help your book cover stop the scroll and win more readers.

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We all grew up hearing “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but the publishing world said, “Yeah… so anyway,” and well, here we are. The book industry is booming right now and with more books hitting the shelves than ever before, book covers have
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What to Put in a Yearbook: 9 Must-Have Sections That You Need

Not sure what to put in a yearbook? Use this checklist of 9 must-have sections to plan a complete, memorable school yearbook.

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Capture your school’s memories in the best way with a school yearbook that will give students something they’ll hold onto for years to come, long after graduation has come and gone. We’ve put together nine must-have sections that will make you an expert
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