Book Printing.
At Bookblock we use state-of-the-art printing presses, automated binding systems and quality materials to leave you with the best product possible.
Affordable Quality Printing
Creating beautiful books can be an expensive and complicated process, especially in large format sizes with full color imagery throughout. We’re here to help you make the most of your artworks and guide you from design to publication, whilst keeping costs down.
Bulk Orders
We have surprisingly low minimums and can print into the many thousands
Low Price
We own our own bindery so keep prices as low as we can.
Quick Turnaround
If you have a deadline we’ll do our best to meet it.
Beautiful Customisations
Using a combination of modern automatic machinery and hand finishing in our workshops, you can achieve exquisite looking books for a fraction of the price offered by most printers on large or small runs. We pride ourselves on the breadth of our offer, and hope you love our range of choice.
Quality Papers
Our offset presses produce rich colors and crisp text that jump off every page.
Binding Types
We offer a variety of traditional and unique bindings to suit your project’s needs.
Custom Sizes
We offer books in an array of sizes and formats.
1. Binding Styles
Each binding method has individual qualities that can complement an array of uses, depending on your brands needs. Choose from our large variety of book styles.
Saddle Stitched
A simple but effective way of binding using metal staples, we can bind either card or faux leather.
Casebound
The classic style of book, with a hard case that protects the edges of the book.
Softbound
Softbound books can come in either faux or real leather, they can have a clean cut edge or a slight lip.
Semi Flex
Semi Flex books have a thin board cover; resulting in a firm yet flexible style of book.
Spiral/Coil Binding
Bound using metal coils, perfect for dissertations and written projects.
Half-Bound
The half-bound separates the spine from the cover with a contrasting material to create a classic and traditional look.
Singer Sewn
A simple but effective way of binding using metal staples, we can bind either card or faux leather.
Volant
A slim book with a false cover, comprising a sheet of material that tightly encloses the sewn pages inside.
2. Cover Materials
Utilising different materials can completely change the style and feel of a book. We offer the ability to experiment with colour and texture across the various ranges.
Printed / Laminated
Using Indigo printing to achieve a near perfect colour match on thick stock paper, before laminating to lock in colours.
Book Cloth
Cloth is available in lots of different colours and feels – some luxurious and some more hard-wearing.
Faux Leather
Designed to look and feel like leather. Often finished with a soft touch and available in different grains.
Buckrams
The most traditional material to bind a book, popular for its hard-wearing strength and its waterproof capabilities.
Card
There are many types of cards avaliable in different weights, textures and colours. We frequently use GF Smith Colorplan.
Leather
Cloth is available in lots of different colours and different feels – some cloths are soft.
Faux Leather
Similar to vegan leather, this materials has a light grain to imitate a smooth leather surface.
Silk Touch
A digitally printed cover uses state-of-the-art Indigo printing to achieve a near perfect colour match on thick stock paper.
3. Cover Finishes
Considering the finish of your book cover is an important decision, defining the overall appearance of a book. We offer a range of ways to bring your book cover to life.
CMYK
Full colour printing with cyan, magenta, yellow and black, to give depth to your prints and the imagery on them.
UV Spot
To highlight sections of your print with a gloss or matt overlay, bringing out colours and launching from the page.
Foiling
A decadent finish created using a brass die and mill, leaving a shiny, coloured impression.
Dust Jackets
Dust Jackets protect the a book from wear and wear, improving longevity and creates a polished appearance.
Debossing
The most popular and cost effective customisation method, suitable for all materials.
Screenprinting
Ideal for adding multiple metallic designs, or multiple colour designs, silk screenprinting is high accuratly accurate.
Die-Cut
Cut a shape or text on the front cover of your book, revealing an artistic paper photo or colour underneath.
4. Paper Types
As well as having a range of custom printed options we offer a wide range of papers to compliment the insides of your book. We are happy to source different stock if required such as specialist or transparent papers.
Book wove
A smooth, uniform paper, perfect for printing clarity and clean finishes.
Gloss
A high gloss finish, ideal for colourful photos and boosting contrast.
Matte
Ideal for enhancing colour in a rich tone without a glossy sheen.
Artistic Papers
We offer a variety of different patterned and textured papers to suit your specific needs.
Silk
Silk paper finish has a slight gloss to it, without the high end shine of a gloss paper.
Uncoated
Uncoated paper has a textured fibrous feel which is ideal for writing on.
Bond
Popularly used for large batch orders, and for its resilient sturdy quality.
Munken
Selection of premium quality, uncoated Munken branded papers.
Examples.
Fiction
Embossing / Glossy Paper / French Groove / CMYK
Photo Book
Dust Jacket / Glossy Paper / Hardbound / CMYK
Magazine
Semi Flex / UV printing / Silk Paper / Hardbound
Catalogue
Saddle Stitched / Foiling / Uncoated Paper / Card / CMYK
Artwork & Design
If you need a little help with your layout, or a full reworking of a design we have a team of in-house designers who can help bring your concept to life. And if you want to create something really special we have an extended community of illustrators, artists and designers we can introduce to projects.
Kristen Boydstun
David Doran
David Doran
