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Gorham Printing delivers beautifully made zines designed to showcase your ideas with clarity, personality, and long‑lasting quality. With crisp printing, durable bindings, and fully customizable formats, we help creators produce professional, custom‑printed zines that feel true to your vision.
We offer affordable zine printing, fast turnaround times, and flexible options for both short‑run and bulk orders. Use the cost calculator below or call us at 360‑623‑1323 to get started bringing your zine to life in print.
In seconds have your book price for a softcover, hardcover, or spiral bound zine. Using the tool below, enter your book’s specifications to see what it costs to print your book using Gorham Printing’s standard quality paper and cover options. Click 'Order Books' to choose additional paper choices or add premium customization options.
Gorham Printing gives creators, collectives, and independent publishers the freedom to design custom zines exactly the way they envision them. With customizable trim sizes, binding styles, paper types, and crisp black‑and‑white or full‑color interiors, every zine is crafted to showcase your art, writing, and ideas with professional, print‑shop quality.
From single‑copy prototypes to full production runs, Gorham Printing lets you tailor every detail, including custom covers, specialty finishes, and flexible page counts. With fast turnaround times and hands‑on support, you get beautifully made zines built to last.
Located in the Pacific Northwest, Gorham Printing is a family‑owned short‑run book printer serving creators, artists, small publishers, and independent collectives nationwide. We specialize in custom zine printing, delivering sharp text, vibrant artwork, durable materials, and professional layouts that bring your ideas, stories, and visuals to life on the page.
Why creators print their own zine with Gorham Printing:
Gorham Printing has been producing premium, custom books in the Pacific Northwest for over fifty years, and that same craftsmanship defines our zine printing services. From DIY art zines to polished, publication‑ready booklets, we ensure every project is built with sharp printing, durable materials, and professional layouts that showcase your creativity at its best.
The most popular custom zine printing specs are designed to balance affordability, durability, and visual impact. These choices give creators, artists, and independent publishers a polished, professional zine that feels great in the hand and presents artwork, writing, and layouts clearly. For those seeking a more premium or collectible look, options like heavier paper stocks, specialty cover finishes, or perfect‑bound booklet printing offer even more ways to elevate the final product.
Because zines are often shared, traded, sold at events, and handled frequently, creators typically choose specs that maximize durability and print clarity. Below are some of the most commonly selected options for high‑quality zine printing:
Zine printing costs can vary widely, but most creators find that the biggest factors are page count, binding style, paper quality, and trim size. Saddle‑stitched (booklet‑style) zines are typically the most budget‑friendly option, making them ideal for DIY creators, art collectives, community projects, convention stock, and short‑run independent publishing. As soon as you add premium features, such as heavier interior paper, specialty cover finishes, or full‑color pages, the price increases because each upgrade requires additional materials and production steps.
Saddle‑stitched zines are the most common and affordable format, which makes them perfect for everything from mini‑comics to poetry zines to photography booklets. This binding style lays flat, handles frequent use, and keeps production costs low, ideal for creators printing small batches or experimenting with new ideas.
Additional customizations, such as upgraded cover stock or premium interior paper, can increase the cost but also enhance the zine’s durability and visual impact. Review our full list of premium features to see what customization options are available for your chosen binding.
Zines are commonly printed in a 6x9 trim size. Here are a few comparisons that show the price difference of printing a 6x9 zine in various bindings:
Yes. We produce custom zines, mini‑comics, art booklets, perzines, and independent publications with professional quality and long‑lasting durability.
Absolutely. We specialize in short‑run zine printing in quantities of 25–5000 copies, perfect for DIY creators, art collectives, zine fests, community projects, and small‑batch independent publishing.
Yes. We regularly print high‑volume zine and booklet projects for artists, small presses, nonprofits, and creative organizations.
We are located in the Pacific Northwest and ship custom‑printed zines and booklets nationwide.
We offer softcover (perfect bound), hardcover (case bound), saddle‑stitched, and spiral coil bindings to match your zine’s style, durability needs, and budget.
Yes. Black‑and‑white is the most cost‑effective option for text‑heavy or minimalist zines, while full color is ideal for art zines, photography zines, and illustrated booklets. Color printing is billed per page, allowing you to control costs by mixing color and black‑and‑white pages.
Yes. We provide high‑quality, long‑lasting interior papers designed for crisp text, rich color reproduction, and durability through frequent handling—perfect for zines that will be traded, sold, or collected.
Have questions? Call us to talk with a team member from our Washington office. You’ll always talk to a real person, and we answer in seconds. Plus, you’ll have a dedicated rep working with you through every stage of your print order.
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