- Booklets from 8–96 pages
- 13 standard sizes plus custom sizes
- Portrait, landscape, or square formats
- Binding options: saddle-stitch, wire-O, perfect binding
- Full-color or black-and-white printing
- Short-run or bulk booklets up to 25,000 copies
Booklets
Features
- Booklets from 8–96 pages
- 13 standard sizes plus custom sizes
- Portrait, landscape, or square formats
- Binding options: saddle-stitch, wire-O, perfect binding
- Full-color or black-and-white printing
- Short-run or bulk booklets up to 25,000 copies
Tell Your Brand’s Full Story With Custom Booklets
Custom booklets serve as a versatile tool for showcasing your products and services, creating detailed manuals, and providing engaging activity books. Whether you're introducing new offers, detailing your services, or crafting interactive content, our custom booklets are designed to enhance your marketing and communication efforts. Print booklets today to tell your brand's story and ensure your message resonates with the audience.
Popular Booklet Sizes
Choose from our most popular booklet sizes to best suit your needs. Each size is tailored for different uses, from compact manuals to expansive product showcases.
8.5 x 11 Booklets
Ideal for educational materials, company reports, and product catalogs. This standard size offers familiar reading experience, perfect for detailed content.
12 x 12 Booklets
Perfect for large-scale projects needing high visual impact. The large square format is excellent for image-heavy designs like portfolios for visual storytelling.
5.5 x 8.5 Booklets
Great for handouts, promotional booklets, and event programs. Its compact size makes it easy to distribute and carry. Will fit small bags with ease.
Binding Options
Select the binding that complements the style and functionality of your booklet.
Saddle Stitched Booklets
A popular choice for booklets up to 64 pages. Pages are folded, stapled through the center, allowing the booklet to lay flat when opened..
Wire-O Booklets
Offers a full lay-flat design that is perfect for manuals and cookbooks that need to stay open hands-free.
Perfect Binding
Ideal for larger booklets, catalogs, and magazines with a professional finish. Pages are glued into a spine, providing a sleek and polished appearance. Perfect binding allows for a higher page count and offers a durable, long-lasting product..
Booklet Page Arrangement and Binding
Arranging the pages of your booklet is both an art and a science. It involves not just placing content but planning the reader's journey through the information.
What’s the Difference Between Bulk and Short-Run Booklets?
Whether you need a few booklets or a thousand, we provide options that cater to your volume requirements without compromising on quality.
Bulk Booklets
Best suited for large orders of 250 pieces and more, our bulk printing offers a cost-effective solution for extensive distribution.
Short-Run Booklets
Ideal for smaller, more targeted campaigns or when you require only a limited number of copies. Starts from 10 booklets up to 200.
Choosing the Best Material for Your Booklet
Enhancing your booklet’s appearance and durability starts with choosing the right materials for the cover and inside pages. For the cover, you have several options. Use 80 and 100 lb. paper gloss for short-term use and promotional materials. For professional presentations and high-end brochures, opt for 10 pt. cardstock. For more durable booklets like annual reports, 14 pt. cardstock is the perfect option. And if you desire top-notch, long-lasting booklets, look no further than 16 pt. cardstock. With the right materials, your booklet will truly stand out!
For the inside pages, 70 lb. paper uncoated works well for text-heavy booklets like manuals. Choose 80 lb. paper for image-heavy booklets to enhance colors. For a variety of finishes, use 100 lb. paper. For high-quality, durable pages in premium booklets, 10 pt. cardstock is ideal. Depending on your needs, you might prefer a matte finish for a sophisticated look or a gloss finish to make colors vibrant.
Booklets Printing FAQs
Booklet sizes vary depending on the orientation and shape. You can look at the chart below for our available booklet sizes.
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Portrait |
Landscape | Square |
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4" x 9" |
8.5" x 5.5" |
4.75" x 4.75" |
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5.5" x 8.5" |
9" x 4" |
6" x 6" |
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6" x 9" |
9" x 6" |
12" x 12" |
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8.5" x 11" |
11" x 8.5" |
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9" x 12" |
12" x 9" |
Need a booklet with different dimensions? We also offer custom sizes up to 12” x 12”.
A booklet consists of four cover pages along with the inside pages. The number of pages we offer includes both the four cover pages and the number of inside pages. Our online calculator breaks down the number of cover pages and inside pages upon selection.
The thickest option for inside pages is the 10 pt. cardstock, with gloss or matte finish. The sturdy 16 pt. cardstock is the thickest choice for booklet covers.
You can design a booklet using our downloadable templates. Select the Templates tab on the booklets product page, choose your preferred file type, download the file of your chosen size, and begin designing.
We accept PDF, AI, EPS, CDR, TIFF, JPEG, PSD, INDD, and PUB files. We also suggest using our free layout template for your booklet design and formatting.
Yes, a bleed of 1/8" should be on each side of every booklet page. Extend your artwork to the edge of the bleed to ensure it isn’t cut off or stretched when printed.
Yes! When you receive our PDF proof, you’ll see our team’s notes and recommendations for your booklet. You can accept or reject them, add technical notes for the Prepress Team, as well as your own recommendations. Your order won’t be printed until we receive your approval online.
Yes! Once you upload your file, our print specialists will conduct a thorough check of your file before printing, including the images, margins, formatting, and other details. We will then send a PDF proof with our team’s notes and recommendations that you need to approve before we can start printing.
- Page layout and order
- Image positioning and cropping
- Bleed, trim, and safety margins
- Overall booklet structure, including folding and binding setup
What the PDF Proof Does Not Accurately Show
- Exact color reproduction
- Subtle differences caused by paper type, ink absorption, and the printing process
To make sure that the booklet you're printing looks clean and professional, pay attention to the files setup, proofing, material, and final checks. Below is a practical, print-industry–aligned checklist you can use as a guide:
1. File Setup
- Ensure that the file size, bleed, and margins are correct.
- Add a 0.125" bleed on all sides to prevent white edges after trimming.
- Keep text and logos within the safe area to avoid cutting or binding issues.
- Match page size and count to the binding method.
Color Settings
- Set or convert the file to CMYK (not RGB) for print accuracy.
- Avoid overly bright colors that cannot be reproduced with ink.
- Expect slight variations due to paper and ink absorption.
2. Proofing
- Check the online PDF proof thoroughly.
- Check page order, pagination, text alignment, spacing, image resolution, bleeds, trims, and folds.
- Ensure fonts and elements are not missing.
- Check hard proofs closely. This is recommended for prints where color accuracy is critical.
- Check the order for brand colors that must follow an exact sequence. This is typically essential for photography, dark backgrounds, or high-volume/high-value projects.
- Please note that mock-ups are available at additional cost.
3. Material Selection
- Choose the appropriate paper stock for your booklets and the cover. A heavy cover stock adds durability to the booklet overall and prevents curling.
- Pick your choiceof coating/finishing.
- Gloss - Produces vibrant colors; ideal for catalogs.
- Matte - Creates a professional look, makes the material easy to read, and resists fingerprints.
- Binding Options
- Saddle-stitch - Simple, flat, best for short booklets.
- Perfect binding - Polished finish, allows for spine printing, and is suited for larger page counts.
- Wire-O - Lays flat, ideal for manuals and training books.
4. Design for Finishing
- Keep text away from trim and fold lines.
- Maintain consistent margins across all pages.
5. Final Checklist Before Approval
- Ensure that all texts are clear and free of typos. Please note that proofreading is not included in the printing service.
- Ensure that all iImages are sharp. We recommend at least 300 dpi for images and graphics.
- Check if the page numbers are correct.
- Ensure that there are no critical content near edges or spine.
- Manage expectations regarding the possibility that screen colors may differ from printed colors.
Yes, the bigger your quantity order, the less you spend on each booklet. You can find the cost of each booklet at the bottom of the online calculator, under the total printing cost, indicated in parenthesis.
The turnaround time for custom booklets is 2-6 business days after your file is approved. This doesn’t include shipping time, weekends, and holidays.
- Check all boxes, not just the top layer.
- Keep all packaging until the case is resolved.
- Take at least 3 clear photos showing the following angles:
- The damaged booklets (creases, dents, water damage, etc.) and the affected quantity
- The shipping box (inside and outside)
- The shipping labels
Photos are required to validate claims and speed up resolution.
2. Report Within 30 Days
- All claims must be submitted within 30 calendar days of delivery.
- Claims filed after this period may not qualify for reprint or refund.
Contact us through any of these channels:
- Live Chat on UPrinting.com
- Phone: Call us at (888) 888-4211
- Email: customercare@uprinting.com
- Contact Us Form
Include:
- Your order number
- A short description of the issue
- Photos of the damage
- We will reprint and reship at no cost; or
- Issue a refund, depending on the situation.
Please note that reprint turnaround times depend on production capacity.
4. What’s Not Covered
Claims are not eligible if:
- The issue is reported 30 days after the date of delivery.
- The damage is caused by approved artwork errors (typos, layout mistakes).
- The damage occurred after delivery due to handling or storage.
- The order is a custom print with no defects.
