OUR BOOK SIZES for POD
(Dimensions, Paper Weights, Bindings, Page count)
(Updated 13th April 2011)
NEW - MATT FINISH NOW AVAILABLE
IN LANGUAGE FOR THE LAYMAN:
Before you start - The basic jargon explained:
Perfect Bounded - glued, as in almost any paperback you have ever bought.
Saddle Stitched - Stapled.
Casebound or Case Laminate - Hardback book without a dust cover, cover image is printed directly onto the cover which is then laminated (see below).
Dustjacket - The book is a hardback with a cloth outside (Grey or Blue) and a loose laminated dust jacket with the cover image wrapped around the book with the fly leaves folded inside of the cover.
Laminated - a thin film of protective shiny plastic is put onto all covers. This is now available in either gloss or matt finish (NEW from April 2011!)
Our most popular sizes are
5 x 8" (203 x 127) Perfect Bound
5.06 x 7.81 (198 x 129 mm) Perfect Bound
5.5 x 8.5" (216 x 140) Perfect Bound - DEMI
6.14 x 9.21" (234 x 156) Perfect Bound - Royal
Our complete range of books sizes :
Paperbacks (Black and White text with Full Colour Cover) - All Perfect Bound
- 5 x 8" (203 x 127mm)
- 5.06 x 7.81" (198 x 129mm)
- 5.25 x 8" (203 x 133mm)
- 5.5 x 8.5" (216 x 140mm)
- 5.83 x 8.27" (210 x 148 mm) A5
- 6 x 9" (229 x 152mm)
- 6.14 x 9.21" (234 x 156mm)
- 6.69 x 9.61" (244 x 170 mm) (Pinched Crown)
- 7 x 10" (254 x 178 mm)
- 7.44 x 9.69" (246 x 189mm)
- 7.5 x 9.25" (235 x 191mm)
- 8 x 10" (254 X 203mm)
- 8.25 x 11" (280 x 210mm)
- 8.268 x 11.693 " (297 x 210 mm) A4
- 8.5 x 11" (280 X 216mm)
Hardbacks (Black and White text with Full Colour Cover)
- 5 x 8" (203 x 127mm)
- 5.5 x 8.5" (216 x 140mm) Casebound or Dustjacket
- 6 x 9" (229 x 152mm) Casebound or Dustjacket
- 6.14 x 9.21" (234 x 156mm) Casebound or Dustjacket
- 6.69 x 9.61" (244 x 170 mm) (Pinched Crown)
- 7 x 10" (254 x 178 mm) Casebound only
- 8.5 x 11" (280 X 216mm) Casebound only
- 8.5 x 8.5" (216 x 216mm) - Square, suitable for small children's picture books
Colour Books available as either Paperback or Hardback (Casebound or Jacket)
- 5.5 x 8.5" (216 x 140mm)
- 6 x 9" (229 x 152mm)
- 6.14 x 9.21" (234 x 156mm)
- 7 x 10" (254 x 178 mm)
- 8 x 10" (254 x 203 mm)
- 8.5 x 11" (280 x 216mm)
Maximum and Minimum page count
A) Paperbacks and Hardbacks
1) Black and white text - the minimum number of pages for black and white interiors is 18 and the maximum is 1200 pages. For books printed on Crème
Please note that for books of between 18 and 108 pages the cost will be as an 108 page book.
B) Colour Books
All colour books are between 4 and 480 pages - all page counts between 4 and 24 are saddle stitched. Between 24 and 48 pages can be either saddle stitched or perfect bound, Thereafter they are only available as perfect bound.
Page Count - (One page is one side of paper, therefore one sheet of paper is two pages.)
Please note that the final page count of a finished book will be divisible by 2 and the final page is reserved for a check barcode and other coded production information by our printers. Authors should not add the blank pages themselves, this will be done by the printers.
By way of an example:
• A 62-page book (2 “pages” equal one sheet of paper) will have 2 pages added (e.g. one sheet of paper) to equal a completed book of 64 pages - that is divisible by 2. The barcode will be printed on the last sheet.
• A 79-page book will have 1 page added to equal 80 pages. The LSUK check barcode will be printed on the final page. This book can have spine text. The blank pages are part of the final page count and must be taken into consideration when working out the cost of the printing
Paper weights:
It's approximately equal to photocopy paper (75gsm white or 85gsm Crème) and as such when held up to the light will show the writing or picture printed on the other side. Colour pages use thicker paper (104gsm) and will not show through to the reverse side.
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THE TECHNICAL SPEC
(For those that need it!)
A) Paperback books
1) Books using crème paper will be printed on 85gsm (55lb) offset, opaque, 480 PPI, crème white acid-free paper.
2) Books using white paper will be printed on 75gsm (50lb) offset, opaque, 500 PPI, white acid-free paper.
3) Paperback covers will be printed on white, 250gsm (80-lb) offset, enamel paper and laminated. Please note that books with a page count of less than 80 pages can not have spine text.
B) Hardback books
Hardbacks are bound in 250gsm (80lb) crème-white endpapers and bound to case using 88pt chip boards. Hardbacks are dressed with headbands and footbands and bound into either a printed 4-colour laminated cover (Case laminated books) or a durable Kivar acrylic latex-saturated linen weave cover with gold foil stamped spine (Dust-jacketed books). Cloth covered books are available in blue or grey. Foil stamping on the front of the book is not available.
| SIZE INCHES | SIZE MM | NAME | BINDING | PAGE RANGE | PAPER WEIGHT |
| 5 x 8 | 203 x 127 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm | |
| 5 x 8 | 203 x 127 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm | |
| 5.06 x 7.81 | 198 x 129 | B Format | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 5.250 x 8 | 203 x 133 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm | |
| 5.250 x 8 | 203 x 133 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm | |
| 5.5 x 8.5 | 216 x 140 | DEMI 8vo | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 5.5 x 8.5 | 216 x 140 | DEMI 8vo | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm |
| 5.5 x 8.5 | 216 x 140 | DEMI 8vo | Blue Cloth (hb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm |
| 5.5 x 8.5 | 216 x 140 | DEMI 8vo | Blue Cloth with Jacket (hb) 1 | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm |
| 5.5 x 8.5 | 216 x 140 | DEMI 8vo | Case Laminate (hb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm |
| 5.5 x 8.5 | 216 x 140 | DEMI 8vo | Grey Cloth (hb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm |
| 5.5 x 8.5 | 216 x 140 | DEMI 8vo | Grey Cloth with Jacket (hb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm |
| 5.83 x 8.27 | 210 x 148 | A5 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 5.83 x 8.27 | 210 x 148 | A5 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm |
| 6 x 9 | 229 x 152 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm | |
| 6 x 9 | 229 x 152 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm | |
| 6 x 9 | 229 x 152 | Blue Cloth (hb) | 18-1050 | Crème 55lb./ 85gsm | |
| 6 x 9 | 229 x 152 | Blue Cloth with Jacket (hb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm | |
| 6 x 9 | 229 x 152 | Case Laminate (hb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm | |
| 6 x 9 | 229 x 152 | Grey Cloth (hb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm | |
| 6 x 9 | 229 x 152 | Grey Cloth with Jacket (hb) | 18-1050 | Creme 55lb./ 85gsm | |
| 6.14 x 9.21 | 234 x 156 | ROYAL | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 6.14 x 9.21 | 234 x 156 | ROYAL | Blue Cloth (hb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 6.14 x 9.21 | 234 x 156 | ROYAL | Blue Cloth with Jacket (hb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 6.14 x 9.21 | 234 x 156 | ROYAL | Case Laminate (hb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 6.14 x 9.21 | 234 x 156 | ROYAL | Grey Cloth (hb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 6.14 x 9.21 | 234 x 156 | ROYAL | Grey Cloth with Jacket (hb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 6.69 x 9.61 | 244 x 170 | Pinched CROWN | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 7 x 10 | 254 x 178 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm | |
| 7 x 10 | 254 x 178 | Case Laminate (HB) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm | |
| 7.44 x 9.69 | 246 x 189 | CROWN | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm |
| 7.5 x 9.25 | 235 x 191 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm | |
| 8 x 10 | 254 x 203 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm | |
| 8.25 x 11 | 280 x 210 | Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./ 75gsm | |
| 8.268 x 11.693 | 297 x 210 | A4 | (A4) Perfect Bound (pb) | 18-1200 | White 50lb./75gsm |
