Types of Bound Books
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File Specifications
Most Popular Paper
Gloss paper has a shiny and lustrous smooth coated gloss finish. Excellent for making full color printing appear more vibrant.
Matte paper is a dull coated sheet that exhibits low gloss finish. Paper has minimal glare, making it easier to read text.
Uncoated paper is easy to write on and should be used in projects such as a workbook or coloring book.
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File Specifications
Our Most Popular Paper Options are
Coating Options
Gloss paper has a shiny and lustrous smooth coated gloss finish. Excellent for making full color printing appear more vibrant.
Matte paper is a dull coated sheet that exhibits low gloss finish. Paper has minimal glare, making it easier to read text.
Uncoated paper is easy to write on and should be used in projects such as a workbook or coloring book.
Learn More
File Specifications
Our Most Popular Paper Options are
Coating Options
Gloss paper has a shiny and lustrous smooth coated gloss finish. Excellent for making full color printing appear more vibrant.
Matte paper is a dull coated sheet that exhibits low gloss finish. Paper has minimal glare, making it easier to read text.
Uncoated paper is easy to write on and should be used in projects such as a workbook or coloring book.
Learn More
File Specifications
Our Most Popular Paper Options are
Coating Options
Gloss paper has a shiny and lustrous smooth coated gloss finish. Excellent for making full color printing appear more vibrant.
Matte paper is a dull coated sheet that exhibits low gloss finish. Paper has minimal glare, making it easier to read text.
Uncoated paper is easy to write on and should be used in projects such as a workbook or coloring book.
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Bound book printing may be used for a variety of purposes, such as self-publishing your own technology, entertainment, travel, and architecture books. Soft Cover Books are particularly useful for printing thick, higher page count books that cannot be saddle-stitched. PrintingCenterUSA produces high-quality perfect bound books with an expert, paperback appearance.
Wedding Book Printing
Make a keepsake for family and friends with a wedding program photo book from before, during, and after the ceremony in a custom wedding book.
Picture Book Printing
Picture books make great gifts. We have used picture books for years as a sales tool to showcase our products and services to our current customers and future customers.
Coffee Table Book Printing
Express yourself or create a beautiful, unique gift. Our rich color printing is the perfect quality solution for your art, fashion, photography and travel coffee table books.
Art Book Printing
Create gallery-quality art books with quality reproduction for artists, photographers, illustrators and more. Use our free downloadable templates or the online design tool to make the process easy.
Presentation Book Printing
Spiral and Wire-o presentation book printing keep all your important information and document in one place.
Portfolio Book Printing
Companies that are into creative work such as photography or graphic design need a high-quality portfolio book. Not a creative? Print your company biography book to showcase your business.
Cookbook Printing
Print a custom cookbook fast and easy. Print each recipe book with vibrant color photos illustrating your delicious masterpiece.
Business Book Printing
Get ahead in your industry with professionally published business books. Promote your business, showcase your products and services and build your brand and image to existing customers, potential clients and employees.
Publication Book Printing
Publication book printing services - Print saddle stitched or perfect bound magazines and directories, spiral or wire-o bound catalogs and reports.
Photography Book Printing
Make a commitment to an engaging photography book that tells your photos’ story – from landscapes, special events, to your wedding day.
Directory Book Printing
Organize and publish information in a membership, school, church, phone, zip code directory and more.
Other Popular Types
- Student Handbooks
- Biography Books
- Baby Books
- Memory Books
- Recipe Books
- Cartoon Books
- Wedding Books
- Research Books
- History Books
- Safety Books
- Prayer Books
- Training Books
Book Ideas & Examples
Our book printing examples on below give you an idea of the types of book printing projects we have helped bring to life.
How are books used?
Books are effective marketing and informational tools because they engage consumers and can contain a lot more information than a brochure or booklet.
This engagement an education, in turn, boosts consumer confidence and brand recognition, ultimately benefitting your business.
Sell your books online, provide them to students and parents at a university, display them on your coffee table, or utilize them for a business presentation.
The opportunities are endless with books.
Benefits
People print books because they are a fast, easy, and affordable way to give a thorough explanation on a topic, give a professional presentation, enjoy as entertainment, express yourself, and increase your overall credibility on a subject.
Page Count
We require that any multi-page PDF files be sent as single page images, not spreads. In the files, page 1 should be the front cover and the last page should be the back cover (see left). Learn More
We require that any multi-page PDF files be sent as single page images, not spreads. In the files, page 1 should be the front cover and the last page should be the back cover (see left). Learn More
Color
Save your PDF in CMYK. Learn More
Resolution
PrintingCenterUSA recommends that the resolution of your images and document be 300 dpi or more. Learn More
Bleeds
Bleed is an extra 1/8” of image that extends beyond the trim area of your printed piece. The project is printed on an oversized sheet that is cut down to size with the appearance that the image is “bleeding” off the edge of the paper. Learn More
What is a book?
A book is usually an 8.5 x 11 soft cover perfect bound multi page project with a higher page count, as opposed to booklets which are usually 5.5 x 8.5 self cover saddle stitch multi page projects with a lower page count. Books can also be spiral, wire-o, or saddle stitch.
How to self-publish a book?
To self-publish a book, simply gather your content and images for your project, utilize our free online design tool or downloadable templates to layout your project, determine your desired specifications on our pricing tool, then order and upload your print-ready PDF file! Click here to learn more about self-publishing a book.
How to make a book?
To make a book, try our free online design tool or our downloadable templates to layout your pictures and content, then order and upload your print-ready PDF file. Click here to learn more about designing your book.
How to make a book cover?
To make a book cover, place your desired images and content onto your front and back cover. These pages need to be separate, not spreads. Create the design of your perfect bound spine at the dimensions provided in the spine calculator. You will save this spine separately from your print-ready PDF. If you have any questions or concerns about your cover or spine, you can leave a note at checkout and your technical service rep will address your concerns.
Saddle stitch binding is the most inexpensive and simple to make, yet professional form of binding, which allows us to save you money. They also offer the fastest turn-around time. Saddle stitched is the most popular and ideal choice for self-cover booklets and calendars with smaller page counts between 8 and 92 pages. 
Perfect bound binding is the most popular type of soft cover binding. Perfect bound books are inexpensive to make and provide a durable, high quality attractive look that can’t be matched. Perfect binding is the ideal choice for publications with higher page counts (28 pages up to 2 inches thick), giving them a professional looking printable square spine. A paperback book or a phone book is a familiar example. 
Spiral binding uses a durable plastic coil which makes it an ideal option for every-day use as reference material. Spiral Bound Book Printing offers different coil sizes and diameters to accommodate a higher page count up to 2 3/4" thick. There is a fast turn-around time for very short spiral bound book production quantities. Manuals, Handbooks, and Guides are good examples of products well-suited for spiral binding. Available only in black coil. 
Wire-O binding is similar to Spiral binding. Wire-O binding uses a professional-looking looped metal wire which makes it an ideal option when the product is for a more formal setting, such as a presentation. Wire-O binding can accommodate a higher page count up to 1 ¼" thick. They may cost a little more. Available only in black standard wire. 
