- Choose between bulk and short-run booklet printing
- Three binding options: Saddle-stitch, Wire-O, and Perfect binding
- Free file-check before printing
Booklets
Features
- Choose between bulk and short-run booklet printing
- Three binding options: Saddle-stitch, Wire-O, and Perfect binding
- Free file-check before printing
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.
Booklet Printing FAQs
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
Size. Color. Material. It's all here, and more.
11 Paper/Stock Options
70 lb. Paper Uncoated
- Uncoated for excellent writability and printability
- Tactile paper feel
- Paper from sustainable sources
- Best choice for Letterhead, Envelopes and marketing materials that have sections for forms
80 lb. Paper Gloss
- Thick paper with a gloss finish for sheen and vibrant color
- 20% thinner and lighter than 100 lb. Paper
- Paper from sustainable sources
- May be written on but testing is recommended
- Ballpoint pens (oil-based ink) and permanent markers work best
- Affordable choice for Brochures, Flyers and Booklets
80 lb. Paper Matte
- Thick paper with a non-reflective matte finish
- 20% thinner and lighter than 100 lb. Paper
- Paper from sustainable sources
- May be written on but testing is recommended
- Ballpoint pens (oil-based ink) and permanent markers work best
- Affordable choice for Brochures, Flyers and Booklets
100 lb. Paper Gloss
- Fine quality and smooth textured paper that is thicker than the standard magazine paper
- Foldable and easy to keep for future reference
- Gloss coating comes with a shiny finish and prints colors in vivid detail
- Has a fade-resistant surface
100 lb. Paper Matte
- Thick, substantial paper with a non-reflective matte finish
- Paper from sustainable sources, 10% recycled content
- Non-glossy surface provides better writability but testing is recommended
- Ballpoint pens (oil-based ink) and permanent markers work best
- Popular choice for Brochures, Flyers, Posters and Catalogs
10 pt. Cardstock Gloss
- Lightweight cardstock with a gloss finish for sheen and vibrant colors
- Requires scoring prior to folding
- Paper from sustainable sources
- May be written on but testing is recommended
- Ballpoint pens (oil-based ink) and permanent markers work best
- Great choice for heftier Brochures, Invitations and Catalog Covers
10 pt. Cardstock Matte
- Lightweight cardstock with a non-reflective matte finish for a classic and elegant feel
- Requires scoring prior to folding
- Paper from sustainable sources
- May be written on but testing is advised
- Ballpoint pens (oil-based ink) and permanent markers work best
- Great choice for heftier Brochures, Invitations and Catalog Covers
14 pt. Cardstock Gloss
- Stiff, thick cardstock with a gloss finish for sheen and vibrant colors
- Aqueous (water-based) coating adds scratch and scuff resistance
- Paper from sustainable sources
- May be written on but testing is recommended. Ballpoint pens (oil-based ink) and permanent markers work best.
- Most popular choice for Business Cards, Postcards, Hang Tags and Pocket Folders
- Note: We do not guarantee writability or printability of coated paper
14 pt. Cardstock Matte
- Durable cardstock with a non-reflective surface
- Colors come out muted for an elegant, subdued effect.
- Ballpoint pens with oil-based ink and permanent markers write best on the surface.
- Suitable for understated colors on elegant designs
16 pt. Cardstock Gloss
- Slightly thicker than the 14 pt. cardstock; added rigidity prevents folds and creases
- Provides limited writability using some ballpoint pens or permanent markers
- Colors appear extra vivid and come with a reflective shine
- Achieves a distinct, professional look for your company
16 pt. Cardstock Matte
- Slightly thicker than the 14 pt. cardstock and exudes professionalism and high quality
- Colors come out muted for an elegant, subdued effect
- Ballpoint pens with oil-based ink and permanent markers write best on the surface
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Customer Questions
Yes, these may be Saddle-Stitched. Customers would have the option for Wire-O Binding also. It needs to be indicated in the Binding options when the order is placed.
A full bleed is included in the price. Just extend your background 1/8" outside the trim line so there wont be any white spaces on the edges. Inveresly, we need your important design elements to be an 1/8" inside of the trim line. This "Safe Zone" will ensure none of the design elements are cut off during production.
Yes, that is possible. You need to select the 100 lb Paper High Gloss (UV) for both the Inside and Cover pages. Normally, customers want a harder cardstock for the cover and in that case, you can also choose 14 PT Cardstock High Gloss (UV) for the cover page. These options are on the Booklet specification page and you would not need to speak to a Custom Representative to order.
Since we receive files using both in Reader's and Printer's Spread, what we advise customers is to make sure page numbering is included. When we send you the proof in PDF format, each page will appear in sequence on how it will be printed following the page numbering.
We can't run a single copy of your booklet as a sample before you purchase your main order. We can provide you a sample of a booklet from overruns in the facility so you may see the quality of our printing. You just need to order our free Standard Offset Sample Kit and in the order form, leave a note to include a booklet. The kit will also provide all the paperstocks we use for our booklets so you may feel and see the various materials available and the quality of our printing.
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