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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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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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Most Popular Cookbook Types
Cookbooks are a wonderful way to share treasured recipes, whether they have been passed down in your family for generations, or just something that you whipped up in the kitchen. Creating a cookbook with PrintingCenterUSA is fast, easy, and affordable. They are printed in vibrant colors and can be bound in Spiral, Wire-O, or Saddle Stitch for a lay-flat appearance.
Vegan Cookbook
Vegan cookbooks are great for people that are looking to remove all animal products from their diet.
Vegetarian Cookbook
Create a compilation of delicious plant-based recipes in a vegetarian cookbook.
Family Cookbook
Catalog the recipes that your family has passed down for generations in a treasured family cookbook.
Gluten Free Cookbook
Avoid wheat, rye, and barley when creating a gluten free cookbook. Essential for someone with gluten allergies!
Keto Cookbook
A keto diet is a high-fat, medium-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that forces the body to burn fat instead of carbs.
Cookie Cookbook
Encourage baking with a fun cookie cookbook. Who doesn’t love a good chocolate chip cookie?
Cookbook Ideas & Examples
Let PrintingCenterUSA take your cookbook from concept to finished product! We have worked with and helped a number of self-publishers, chefs, and businesses design and print custom cookbooks. Below are ideas, case studies, and examples from real customers to help you get the most out of your next printing project!
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
How to Write a Cookbook?
Writing a cookbook is more affordable than you think! To write a cookbook, it’s important to define the audience that you want to use your cookbook. For example, is this going to include Vegan recipes only, or easy recipes for kids to learn how to cook? Secondly, you will want to organize your recipes in an order that makes sense. Lots of cookbooks are organized by meal type (for example dinner, soup, dessert). Then you will want to create your layout with vivid and engaging photos. Once your file is created, it’s time to go to PrintingCenterUSA to submit your file and complete your order!
How to Make a Cookbook?
It’s fast, easy, and affordable to print your own custom cookbook with PrintingCenterUSA. First, collect your recipes and choose which one’s you would like to be included in the cookbook. Then, create your print-ready PDF using our FREE downloadable templates or use our easy online Booklet Design Tool. Once your file is created, simply check out from our online design tool or our pricing tool. Click here to learn more on how to create a Print-Ready PDF.
How Many Recipes Do You Need For a Cookbook?
On average, there are 300-400 recipes in a cookbook. However, cookbooks can contain any range of recipes depending on your audience that you are targeting. If you are creating a beginner’s cookbook, it may be better to focus you cookbook on 20-30 really good basic recipes so that you don’t overwhelm your target audience.
Can You Use Other People’s Recipes in a Cookbook?
No. Not only is it just not very nice to take other people’s recipes and pass them off as your own, but it can also get you in legal trouble as well based on copyright laws. The US Copyright office states that “when a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions, or when there is a combination of recipes, as in a cookbook, there may be basis for copyright protection.”
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. 
