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Choosing the right binding style can make all the difference. As a short-run book printer, we offer softcover or paperback books, hardcover books, spiral bound books, and saddle-stitch booklets. We are one of the best book printers for authors and publishers because we utilize industry-leading print technology to produce durable, high-quality books. If you need help choosing a book binding style, contact our book printing experts to discuss your project today!
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Choosing your book binding style might seem intimidating but it can actually be quite easy. The main things when deciding usually come down to price, aesthetics, and how you will sell your book. Here is a little bit about each of the binding styles.
The most popular and common book style you will see are softcover or paperback books. They are cost-effective, durable, and easy to handle. As a softcover and paperback book printer, we print all of our softcover books interior in single sheets and then bind them with EVA glue. Learn more about Softcover Book Printing.
A hardcover book always has a traditional elegant look. Hardcover books or case bound books are the second most popular books on the market. This binding style is used often in short-run book printing for memoirs, history books, special editions, and photography books. It can be used for children’s books but printing small quantities of hardcover books can be quite expensive. So this is something to consider when choosing hardcover binding style.
As a hardcover or case-in book printer, we print all of our hardcover books in single sheets and then bind with PUR or EVA glue. We offer both printed hardcovers and linen or faux leather hardcover books with the option of dust jacket printing as well. Learn more about Hardcover Book Printing.
When it comes to layflat books, spiral binding is the option for you. Spiral bound books use the method of punching several small holes along one side of the book, then adding a coil (either plastic or metal wire) that circles through the holes. Spiral binding is a great durable binding style perfect for your journals, workbooks, cookbooks, and more. At Gorham Printing we offer plastic spiral bound books and metal wire-o books. Learn more about Spiral Bound Book Printing.
You’ve likely seen saddle-stitched books in the form of catalogs, magazines, or other booklets with small page counts. The concept is simple: the interior pages are printed on larger sheets that are then compiled, folded, and bound along the spine using a metal staple. At Gorham Printing, we are working on adding our new booklet binding style to our Online Pricing Tool. In the meantime, if you would like to have booklets or saddle-stitched books, please Contact Us to discuss your project and get a quote.
Sometimes authors and publishers feel that their genre might limit them to one book binding style but that is not the case. Each genre usually has a mixture of binding styles. If you want to learn more about your book’s genre and the difference in cost for each binding style, check out our Book Printing Genres. We can print books of any genre in any of our binding styles.
When in doubt of picking a book binding style at a book printer, the best thing to do is talk to a book printing expert. At Gorham Printing, we have been in business since 1976 and have book printing experts to answer any and all of your questions no matter what stage of a book you are at.
If we can’t answer your question or have the service you need, we will help direct you to others who can! We believe in helping the author, publisher, and self-publishers no matter if it is at our shop or somewhere else.
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