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Booklets can come in a wide range of sizes and types, depending on what will best suit each project. Our booklet printing services are versatile, with many paper, binding and finishing options. Booklets are often needed on a short-run basis, as a flexible and attractive print medium. We are happy to work with you on quick turnarounds for both small and large quantities of booklets. We’re proud to offer booklet printing in NYC and fast nationwide shipping.
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FAQ
How is Page Count Determined?
Each side of a sheet counts as one page, so a book’s cover alone includes 4 pages: front cover, inside front cover, inside back cover, and back cover.
Binding-Specific Page Counts:
- Saddle Stitch: Requires page counts divisible by 4.
- Perfect Binding & Wire-O: Requires page counts divisible by 2.
What’s the Maximum or Minimum Page Count?
The binding method you choose will influence the page count range:
- Saddle Stitching: Works best for projects between 8 and 60 pages, with page counts in multiples of 4.
- Perfect Binding: Suitable for 32 pages + cover and up, with page counts in multiples of 2.
- Spiral or Wire-O Binding: This option is flexible and can handle page counts from just a few pages up to 520 on thinner stock, with page counts in multiples of 2.
Can Perfect Bound Books Lay Flat?
Perfect bound books are not designed to lay flat when opened. Forcing them to do so can damage the spine and weaken the glue holding the pages together. To maintain the book’s quality and durability, avoid pressing it down.
Does Pricing Include Multiple Editions or Covers of a Book?
Pricing reflects the cost of one edition only per book. If you need additional editions or multiple covers, this requires a custom quote.
Does Pricing Include Hardcover and Landscape Books?
The listed pricing is for portrait orientation soft cover books only. If you’re interested in hardcover or landscape formats, please request a custom quote.
What is the Difference Between Coated and Uncoated Paper?
Coated paper has a smooth finish that visually sharpens images and enhances color. The coating can be glossy or semi-gloss, depending on the desired effect, but both options contribute to a polished, professional look.
Uncoated paper has a natural, porous surface. It’s perfect for projects where readability and a tactile feel are priorities. It’s also a practical option for items that need to be written on, like letterheads or notepads.
Should I Choose Color or Black-and-White Printing for My Bound Product?
If your project includes color anywhere – even a single image or logo – it’s a 4-color (4C) job. Our standard pricing is designed for 4C printing, providing vibrant, professional results fast.
Single-color (one-ink) printing is available by custom quote and may offer some cost savings, but 4C remains the most common option. If you’re unsure, we are happy to talk with you to determine the best options for your unique printing needs.
How Long Does it Take to Produce a Bound Product?
Once PDF proofs are approved, production can take approximately 3 days for saddle stitched publications and roughly 3-5 days for perfect bound, plus shipping. Shipping times vary from next-day delivery to a few days, depending on your location relative to our NYC print house.
If you need a precise timeline, send us your project details, and we’ll set up a schedule that works for you.
How Can I Avoid Delays in Prepress and Design?
Before submitting your file, double-check that it’s set up correctly to prevent any prepress delays:
- Bright, high-resolution images (300 dpi)
- Files exported with crop marks and 1/8” bleed all around
- Files exported as single pages within one PDF
Is Shipping Really Free?
Yes! We’ll cover the cost to ship your order to a single location via ground delivery. If you need expedited shipping or drop shipping to multiple locations, additional fees will apply.
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Fast, Custom Booklet Printing in NYC
Booklets can come in a wide range of sizes and types, depending on what will best suit each project. Our booklet printing services are versatile, with many paper, binding and finishing options. Booklets are often needed on a short-run basis, as a flexible and attractive print medium. We are happy to work with you on quick turnarounds for both small and large quantities of booklets.
Thomas Group uses digital printing to produce your booklets on demand. This method allows us to give you high-quality booklets of any size with clear, vibrant colors and images on a variety of paper stocks. Offset printing may be another option if you need large quantities of booklets; talk to our experienced press staff to find out what’s right for your project.
Booklet Printing & Binding Options
You can choose from our range of top quality in-house paper stocks for your booklets and covers. We offer several binding options for booklets, such as traditional saddle-stitching, perfect binding, spiral binding or Wire-O (wire coil) binding.
Saddle stitching is the most common method of binding printed booklets, and means that it’s folded magazine style, with two staples in the center fold of the booklet. This suits most small booklets and is both easy to use and cost-effective. Perfect binding is another popular choice, in which the pages are glued to a spine and wrapped in a cover, the way a paperback book is bound. This can be done with both small and large booklets.
For booklets that require more flexibility in the binding, spiral or wire coil bindings are good choices. Anything that will need to be opened often or referred to regularly, like a cookbook or a manual, does well with these bindings. They offer more durability and page movement, with both metal and plastic options available. Choosing a wire coil binding also allows the facing pages in your booklet to lay flat precisely together, which is great for full-page spreads when those are part of your design.
Other options in booklet printing include the addition of tabs to categorize your booklet into sections, cover options like die-cutting, embossing and engraving, and matching booklets with envelopes for mailing.
What You Can Do With Booklets
The term booklets is a general one, and covers all kinds of marketing and promotional materials as well as in-house manuals and reports, not to mention many other business and nonprofit uses. Some of those uses include:
- Employee Handbooks
- Event Programs
- Fashion Lookbooks
- Flipbooks
- Brochures
- Manuals
- Product Guides
- Guidebooks
- Guest Services
- Leaflets
- Photo Booklets
- Marketing
- Educational
- Reports
- Presentations
- Workbooks
- Directories
- Periodicals
Our Approach
Each booklet printing project gets our full attention. We know what it takes to succeed in the NYC print world, because we’ve been doing it since 1912. We’re in our fourth generation of family ownership, and it’s also family who you’ll find operating our business. Thomas Group pays attention to quality and prides itself on great customer service, but we also know that speed matters to our customers. That’s why we offer courier delivery anywhere in New York City’s five boroughs, from our Manhattan location. If you’re outside NYC, we also ship quickly, nationwide.
We’re happy to talk with you about how we can help meet you or your company’s booklet printing needs — Just get in touch with us for a quote or with any questions we can answer.
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