Custom Hardcover Book Printing

Custom hardcover books are great for showing your customers an extended history of your company's history, literature, poetry, reference material, "how-to" guides, recipes, creative portfolios, art, photographs and much much more. The possibilities are truly endless and only limited by your imagination! A book can be used to help convey and spread your thoughts, feelings or information in a premium-looking package. Take advantage of hardcover books today! It's a great way to get closer to your customer, adding an extra layer of personalization in your customer relationship management. It can also let you reinforce your branding through an elegant product that will last for many years to come. Design your hardcover book today!

Custom Hardcover Book Printing Features

Custom hardcover book printing comes with the following features to create the perfect book for your brand, company or organization:

Cover:

• 100 lb. Matte Paper
• 100 lb. Gloss Paper
• 100 lb. Uncoated Paper

Pages:

• 100 lb. Matte Paper
• 100 lb. Gloss Paper
• 100 lb. Uncoated Paper

Orientation

• Portrait
• Landscape

Custom Hardcover Book Sizes

Our custom hardcover books come in the following sizes, each with a different purpose:

• 5.5" x 8.5"
• 8.5" x 11"
• 8.5" Square

We also offer and encourage books in custom sizes! Just click "Request a Quote" on the top right corner of this page, and fill in the information provided and our sales team will contact you to design your perfect book. 

Small Custom Hardcover Book Printing (5.5" x 8.5")

We recommend smaller sized hardcover books to businesses who want to create "how-to" content for their customers. This is because smaller sized pages imply simpler content, and you would definitely want to simplify your content so your information is clear!

Large Custom Hardcover Book Printing (8.5" x 11")

Bigger book sizes are ideal for content with more detailed text. For example, if you would like to explain to your customers about a recent change in your policies like being more eco-friendly or conscious of users' privacy, you would want a bigger book. That's so you can be as thorough as you want and add as many images and graphics you want. A larger book can also be used for a manual, or employee handbook! The standard size for a magazine in the U.S. is 8.5" x 11" and usually has a gloss or matte finish to it.

Square Custom Hardcover Book Printing (8.5" x 8.5")

Square hardcover books are ideal for more creative and image-oriented content. For example, square books are great to use for portfolios of art, desgins, and photographs. The square design of the book gives a uniform and concise feel to your book. With the choice of matte, glossy and uncoated paper gives you extreme flexibility to perfectly showcase your content that is in line with your branding. 

Frequently Asked Questions about Custom Hardcover Book Printing (FAQ)

How do you design a hardcover book?

Design a hardcover book or any printed material can be very tedious but also very fun. First and foremost, you need to take the time to make a great concept for your booklet and gather the appropriate information. Your designs should reflect the information that you are trying to share with your customers. We wrote an article with tips for designing a book or booklet previously. Read it here.

How many pages can my hardcover book have?

Your booklet can have any number of pages, from 44 pages up to 124 pages. Hardcover books are printed in multiples of 4 pages, meaning you can have 44 pages, 48 pages, 52 pages, 56 pages, etc. until you reach 124 pages. If you have an odd number of pages, that's fine! You can have blank pages so that you reach the nearest multiple of 4.

What is a hardcover book?

Hardcovers books are, exactly as the name implies, books with a thicker hardcover that surrounds the contents of the book. The pages of a hardcover book are glued together with a durable and flexible glue at the spine that is further glued in a hardcover exterior. The hardcover gives extreme durability to your book and will make sure your book lasts for several years to come. 

Learn more about other bookbinding options here. 

What orientations are offered for hardcover books?

Hardcover books are offered in both portrait and landscape. The design team at Printleaf can help you optimize your design for the hardcover printing in either orientation. 

Will I receive my order in the turnaround time after placing the order?

After you place your order and upload your design, we will check to see if your design has the following:

• correct file size
• correct file format
• high-quality (if it looks blurry, difficult to read, etc.)
• other factors that may affect its design

After we finalize the design and you approve it, we will then put the custom hardcover book into production. You should receive the custom hardcover book within the said turnaround time after it's been put into production!