#Custom hardcover book for free#
(I picked red.) Dust jacket can be gloss or matte, and you can emboss spine text for free in gold, white, or black. The linen cover can be in one of six colours: blue, black, red, green, gray, or tan. Colour is available even on natural/cream paper, but that raises the price. There’s a choice between 50# and 60# paper. You can choose a cheaper hardcover without a dust jacket. Book size can be 6"×9", but also go down to 5½"×8½", and even 4¼"圆¾". You can choose a cheaper hardcover without a dust jacket (but with any colour image printed on it).īookBaby: 24–1,000 pages. Book size can be 6"×9", but also go down to 5"×8". I’m only listing options related to my project many of the services have more possibilities including large dimensions, glossy paper, photo books, etc.īlurb: 24–480 pages. The worst deal: BookBaby is the slowest and most expensive (both printing and shipping costs).
The best deal: Clearly, Nook Press is the cheapest and fastest at the same time. Nook Press: 3 business days for print, delivery options from economy for $5.50, to 2–3 business days for $20.50.Lulu: 3–5 business days for print, delivery options from mail (2–6 business days) for $4.99, to express (1 business day) for $39.99.BookBaby: 7 business days for print, delivery options from economy for $15.49, to next-day for a staggering $56.90.Blurb: 3–5 business days for print (I think… I inferred it), delivery options from economy for $3.99, to one-day for $21.99.Note: BookBaby doesn’t allow you to get 2–24 copies, only one or 25+. Printing prices were as follows (per one copy, excluding tax and shipping): I ordered one copy of the book from each of the four services. I found these four:Ī few others I learned of were too expensive ( Lightning Press, Infinity Publishing, Best Book Printing), offered only paperback ( CreateSpace), or seemed cumbersome ( Lightning Source required a new account to be approved manually!?) If there are more that fit the bill, please let me know. If you are shopping for someone to handle your hardcover book printing project, you can click through onto our instant price calculators to get started today – samples and development resources are just a few clicks away.I wanted to find a printing service that would allow you to get a small batch of 15 copies, preceded by a 1-copy proof print, relatively cheaply. Our testimonials and service ratings attest to the fact that our systems and people are good at helping deliver quality printing jobs to customers. You can have confidence in our ability to deliver specialty options and complex builds because we’re fluent in both English and Chinese, and our teams have been working together for many years.Īll of this experience and infrastructure makes it easy for us to offer quality guarantees, and we’re delighted that it results in strong references. We’re there with them in the factories to represent your interest and to make sure that the goods that come off press are exactly what you expect and deserve. These are printers that pay attention to detail and insist on putting out quality products. We’ve been printing there since 2009, so we’ve got a pretty good handle on it! Over the past decade, we have developed deep relationships with high-quality, smaller-scale printing companies in southeast China. China is a great resource for small runs of high-quality printed materials.
Hardcover book printing projects require more coordination than saddle-stitched or perfect-bound books, and having “boots on the ground” makes a big difference when it comes to guaranteeing great results.
We have an office in China, and it makes an enormous difference in the level of quality and service that we can provide.
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