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Overview
Ensure your report, story, or company is well-known and read about with book printing from Gold Image Printing! Personalized books let your story span across plenty of pages!
Features
- Choose from a variety of standard sizes, or specify a custom size.
- 100lb Gloss Cover and 100lb Gloss Text create a beautiful book!
- Up to 100 pages + Cover!
- Full color printing with foil stamping available.
- Order 400 at a time, with a turnaround of 4-6 business days!
100 lb. Gloss Cover
- Eye-catching and great for full color printing
- Heavier glossy paper stock used for brochures, booklet covers etc.
100 lb. Gloss Text
- Standard glossy paper stock with a shiny finish that provides an excellent opaque base for rich process color printing
- The most popular stock for brochures, product sheets, flyers, posters, etc
Recommended Sizes
- 8.5" x 11"
- 5.5" x 8.5"
- 6" x 6"
- 6" x 9"
Foil Stamping
Foil stamping is a process in which the foil is stamped to the paper with heat. We offer a variety of vibrant and classy foil colors to choose from so that your product can stand out.
For custom foil stamping treatment to your business card, simply Request a Quote.
Saddle Stitch
- Page count must be in multiples of 4
- Maximum page count should be 48
- Ideal for short production runs
Perfect Binding
- can't fit all your information a brochure? Booklets are your best option.
- Perfect for binding high page count magazines, catalogs, annual reports and books.
- Minimum Page count of 52ppg
Coil Binding
- Ideal for notebooks, calendars, workbooks and manuals
- Opens flat on a desk
- Offer 360 degreee roation for easy viewing and note taking
Wire-O Binding
- One advantage of Wire-O binding is that it does not "step up" when opened, allowing images to seamlessly cross over
- Mixed stocks, foldouts, pockets and index tabs can all be incorporated into Wire-O bound products for increased versatility
Download a design template
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Browse all templatesFrequently Asked Questions
Q: What are personalized books?
A: Book printing through Gold Image Printing is aimed at getting you the personalized books you're after at affordable prices. Share the story of your business, products, services, and more! Let your report shine in full book binding! Order some personalized books today to tell your story!
Q: What font are most books printed in?
A: Book printing, especially of a non-fiction nature, tends to lend itself more toward Serif fonts, such as Garamond, Caslon, and Palatino. With that said, the contents of your book are entirely up to you.
Q: Who should print personalized books?
A: If you're reading this right now, you're one of a virtually limitless number of people who may benefit from writing or printing personalized books with Gold Image Printing's book printing!
Q: How much does it cost to print your own book?
A: If you're sticking to the options in the standard cart your total price and price per item will update as you select your options. For custom orders, we'll let you know through a custom quote.
Q: How can I make my book cover stand out?
A: Make use of full color printing from Gold Image Printing, and even add foil stamping to your cover! Choose a foil color offered in our shopping cart, or explore our whole foil color chart and request a custom quote with the foil color you'd like to be applied to your book printing!
Q: Where do I get custom book printing done?
A: We here at Gold Image Printing are happy to offer affordable yet high-quality printing for all our products, including book printing! Getting personalized books at an economical rate without sacrificing quality is something you'll come to appreciate when working with us!
Q: How can I ensure my book printing is done properly?
A: We recommend you take advantage of our free templates for book printing! They can be downloaded in a variety of sizes and file formats, to be used with your choice of editing software. The guidelines provided should help a lot, but if you're still left with questions, all you need to do is reach out to us with a custom quote!
Q: What pictures should I use for personalized books?
A: When adding images or graphics to your printed products, we recommend following our handy artwork guidelines.
Q: How long can my book be when I use book printing?
A: Personalized books ordered through Gold Image Printing can be up to 100 pages long, plus the cover. With a custom quote you can get more pages, but please note your binding options will be limited to perfect - PURor wire-O binding.
Q: Can I get a different paper for my book printing?
A: We're always happy to work with our customers! Have a look through our paper stocks and request a custom quote letting us know what you need. Please note that this may affect order minimums, price, and shipping time.
Q: How are your personalized books bound?
A: We offer 3 types of binding for our book printing: Saddle stitch is a type of staple-binding. Coil binding opens flat on a desk and offers a 360 degree rotation for easy viewing and note taking. Finally, Perfect Binding PUR is perfect for binding high page count magazines, catalogs, annual reports and books. Perfect Binding is what you most often see used for paperback books.
Q: What is a standard book printing size?
A: The most common sizes for book printing in the USA are 5.5" x 8.5" and 6" x 9", both of which we are more than happy to offer as well as other sizes ranging from 4.25" x 5.5" to 9" x 12". You're also welcome to request a custom quote and ask for a custom size of your choosing!
Q: How fast can I get my book printed?
A: You can look forward to receiving your personalized books in 5-7 business days. Please note that shipping times may vary by location.
Q: What kind of turnaround can I expect for personalized books?
A: For standard orders of up to 400 books, expect to receive your order in about 5-7 business days! Should you be ordering more than 400 at a time through a custom quote, please note that additional shipping time may be required. Shipping time in general may vary by location.
Q: Do you have printed book mockups available?
A: Of course! Let us know what you're after with a custom quote!
Q: Where do I go to pick up my personalized books?
A: You can receive your finished products without leaving the comfort of your own home or office! Leave it up to Gold Image Printing to get the job done!
More questions? Can't find the answer you're looking for? Request a custom quote and we'll walk you through any step of the process!
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