Choosing Your Book Specs
What do you want your book to look like? Choose your book specs: trim size, binding type, hard or soft cover, cover finish, paper color, and interior ink color.
What do you want your book to look like? Choose your book specs: trim size, binding type, hard or soft cover, cover finish, paper color, and interior ink color.
Learn which factors influence print-on-demand (POD) book printing costs, then get estimates for our POD printing with our interactive book printing calculator.
Here’s what you need to know about printing a book, including digital and offset printing, as well as saddle stitch, perfect bind, and trim size.
When you’re publishing a book, a lot of questions crop up, such as “How many copies should I print?” The answer? It depends on goals, marketing, and budget.
Learn the standard book (trim) sizes for print-on-demand (POD) books, and how binding, paper type, and interior color options affect trim size options.
Printing books takes time… but how long? Offset and digital (plus print-on-demand) printing times vary. Check out our infographics for comparison and reference.
Learn your book printing options (digital and offset) and which factors—interior color treatment, author platform, special features—will influence your choice.