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Our online book printing services are designed to accommodate your creative vision and budget.

Inspire, educate, and captivate your audience with superior-quality custom book printing services. We bring your content to life with various styles of hardcover and paperback books.

Choose from a wide range of premium paper and finishing choices tailored to your book printing needs, including saddle stitch, perfect bound, spiral, and wire-o binding.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Perfect Bound Printing?

Perfect-bound books are inexpensive and provide a durable, high-quality, professional book. They are ideal for books with higher page counts (28 pages up to 2 inches thick). Perfect binding gives you a soft cover bound to the individual inside pages with solid yet flexible PUR glue, creating a printable, square spine.

How do I count pages for perfect binding?

The minimum number of pages is 28, and the maximum is 2" thick. Two-page increments are required when ordering.

What are gutters?

Because perfect-bound books cannot lay flat without breaking, a portion of each inside page will lose visibility into the spine. This inside gutter can take between ¼" and ⅜" of each page. Be mindful of this while designing and add an extra ½" cushion to the binding-side margins of each page of your perfect-bound book.

What are crossovers?

Crossovers are images that span two adjacent pages. They are not recommended inside a perfect-bound book due to gutters.

How can I determine my spine width?

A unique feature of perfect bound books is the ability to design the spine if it is more significant than 1/8th inch. You can keep it a solid color, add text, or have one continuous image covering the front cover across the back cover. Determining your spine width depends on the number of pages and the paper stock you have selected.

What are the most common uses for perfect binding?

Catalogs, self-publishing books, and children's books commonly use perfect binding.

When will I receive my perfect-bound books?

You will receive your perfect-bound book after proof approval in 3 to 4 business days. You can request rush production and shipping to receive your book earlier.

Templates

Using our blank templates is great because the files are already checked and have the proper format we need to print. Use our templates to help you double check your designs so that when you submit your order, your files are error free!

Book File Specifications

Color for Printed Books

Resolution

PrintingCenterUSA recommends that the resolution of your images and document be 300 dpi or more.

Image Resolution

Color

Save your PDF in CMYK.

Bleed for Printing

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.

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“The customer service was exceptional as the product. You exceeded my expectations in every way. Immediate response when I contacted Customer Service and very good guidance on the format and materials that I should use for my product. I could not be happier. Will definitely be using you again! Thank you so much!”

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