We also offer an enhanced file check by one of our graphic designers for a small charge if you would like additional peace of mind. Generally, paperback books are cheaper to print and buy, and easier to transport, than hardcover books. However, despite the convenience they offer, it’s often impossible to find a paperback version of the latest book when it’s released. Hardbacks are more expensive because of the materials used. A hardback book is made with a heavy, durable cover, which protects the book over the long term.

Our standard print service for softback books is 5 working days to print. You can pay a premium if you want your order on the faster 2 day to print service. We also usually carry dull gloss gold and silver foils.

In the children’s book market, there is huge demand for personalisation and variable data printing. The personalised gift market is forever growing and forecast to reach $31.63 (£25.34) billion by 2021, according to a report by technavio. Self-publish your book and have it printed on demand with an isbn and 100% royalties. We're committed to quality and getting your print job done right, every time.

However, with bookbaby's professional in-house custom book printing services, we make it simple — all you need is a finished manuscript! You get to decide exactly how you want your book to look and feel with our book binding and paper options. We also offer plenty of other services, such as book cover design, editing, and marketing, to give your book the overall professionalism it deserves. Have a not-so-ordinary idea in mind, like landscape booklet covers, hardcover books or covers with foil printing?

This is just to keep the instant quote generator as simple as possible. If your design requires multiple colours, we can foil as many different colours as you want. However you'll need to speak with the heldesk to get a quotation for multi-coloured hot foiling. If you request foil samples from us, we will send an inky manufactured swatch of the foils that we currently stock as standard colours.

The pdf that you send us has a pre-flight check carried out and a number of automatic corrections may also be made if necessary. The resulting soft proof is a pdf that is viewable through your admin area of the web site. It is very important that you carefully review your soft proof and the pre-flight report that we send to you. This is the paper that your book block will be printed on.

Depending on the complexity this can take a bit longer. Fill in the full postcode of where this is being sent to so that we wire-o printing can work out a price and check whether we deliver to this area. You'll fill in the full delivery address later once you've placed your order. Remember, this is only for the uk mainland, if you would like us to send your printing elsewhere, please call the helpdesk for a price.