Hardback Books

Product Description

Create premium Hardback Books with a durable case-bound finish that's built to last. Ideal for corporate publications, coffee table books, school yearbooks, commemorative books, premium catalogues and limited-edition publications, hardback books provide a prestigious finish that reflects the quality of your content.

Using professional case binding, our hardback books feature a rigid cover, durable PUR binding and premium-quality paper stocks to produce a publication that's both elegant and long-lasting. Whether you're producing a short print run or a larger quantity, Fast Print UK delivers exceptional print quality, vibrant colours and sharp detail throughout every page.

With a choice of sizes, paper stocks and cover finishes, our hardback book printing service is designed to help you create publications that leave a lasting impression.

Perfect For

• Corporate publications
• Annual reports
• School yearbooks
• Coffee table books
• Commemorative books
• Limited edition publications
• Premium catalogues
• Training manuals

How are they binded?

Hardback Books Book Printing is sealed using a specialist method called case binding. The front and back cover of your Hardback Book is printed and wrapped around a greyboard to create the 'Case' or Hardback of your book. The inner or text pages are bound together using a strong PUR (Polyurethane Reactive) adhesive. White end papers and fly sheets are then inserted. The un-printed end papers are glued to the case on the front and back. The flysheets are also blank and inserted just before and after your printed pages.

Technical Specifications for Case binding

• Front and back covers - 170gsm Galerie Art satin paper
• Case - 2400micron greyboard
• Binding - PUR (glued)
• End papers and fly sheets - Blank 170gsm white uncoated
• Various inner stocks
• Minimum spine width available is 9mm

Artwork specification

For hardback books, please supply your artwork as two separate PDF files.

One file is the outside cover page, submitted as a spread including the spine, hinge and wrap around. Please download our templates as they contain all of our bleed, safe zone and wrap around requirements. Also, please use our spine width calculator to ensure you have the correct spine size.

The second file should be the inner pages, submitted with individual pages in running order. For example, for a booklet ordered with 40 inner pages please supply an inner PDF of 40 pages in running order and a cover PDF, containing your cover artwork supplied as a spread including your spine and wrap around.

• Booklets must contain an inner page total divisible by 4.
• Include 3mm bleed on all sides
• 10mm safe zone on all sides
• Supply as a CMYK PDF in PDF/X1a format
• Outline or embed fonts
• 300dpi resolution

Unprinted (white) end papers and fly sheets will be inserted for you when we receive your artwork.

Unprinted (white) end papers and fly sheets will be inserted for you when we receive your artwork.