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Booklets & Books

Annual reports, catalogs, lookbooks, manuals and journals. Saddle-stitch, perfect-bind and Wire-O binding — anywhere from 8 to 400 pages.

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Buyer's guide

Planning a booklet, catalog or book

Binding decides everything. Saddle stitching (two staples on the spine) is the economical choice for 8 to about 64 pages: programs, lookbooks, zines, newsletters. Above that, or whenever you want a printed spine, perfect binding glues the pages into a square-backed cover — the standard for catalogs, annual reports and softcover books. Wire-o and coil binding lay perfectly flat for manuals, workbooks and calendars, and hardcover case binding is for books meant to last.

Page counts for stitched work must be a multiple of four, and every job needs a cover stock heavier than the text: 100lb gloss text inside with 14pt or 100lb cover outside is a proven pairing. Use our booklet planner to round page counts and our spine calculator to set the exact spine width in your cover file before you upload. Turnaround runs four to seven business days depending on binding; we ship nationwide.

  • Saddle stitch up to ~64 pages, perfect bind beyond
  • Export as single pages, not spreads, with bleed
  • Add 0.125" extra to the gutter on thick perfect-bound books
Deep dives

Booklets & Books guides & FAQs