Case Bound book printing

Showcase your artwork with an impressive looking hardback book, printed to a professional standard on our top of the range HP Indigo presses and Heidelberg litho presses then case bound on our Kolbus binding line.

The ordering system is fast and efficient – you supply us the finished PDF artwork, we’ll check the files, then print it and deliver them back to you quickly.

It has never been easier to self-publish a hardback book than it is in 2024.

We will give you all the information you need to make a high-end premium art book which will sit proudly on your coffee table and be the talk of your friends and family.

Hardback books lend themselves a wide variety of uses:

• Children’s Books
• Photography Books
• Artist Catalogues
• Final Major Projects
• Dissertations
• Notebooks
• High-end Company Brochures.

Self Publishing in 2024

Art books do particularly well on Kickstarter. Add a video and accompanying description on the platform to inform potential buyers and spread the word about your vision. A huge benefit is that you get all the money first before you approach us for the print job so you know exactly what your budget is. Do also print a few more copies for readers who would like to buy the book after it has been released.

There are almost infinite possibilities on size, finishing and papers so we offer expert knowledge and advice before your job goes to press, a competitive zine print quote to stretch your budget and a high quality standard of printing delivered nationally throughout the UK and worldwide too.

We pride ourselves in the level of help and guidance that we impart before your job goes to print. We understand it’s a complicated process so we send comprehensive guides and templates for you to follow.  When you send the files over, a number of checks and preflights are carried out and if something doesn’t look quite right we always come back to you and let you know first.  Allow an extra week or two for this process because it can be quite time-consuming and we want to make sure that what turns up and you’re finished book is exactly what you’re expecting.

We really don’t take it for granted that we are very fortunate to print for some extremely talented illustrators, photographers and creative businesses and we do get genuinely as excited as you when the finished books come off the binding line.

We have been doing this a while now and have seen a lot of impressive publications come off our presses.  To give you a head start with your hardback printing, here are three print specifications which work well (and photos of them, see right).  Each is aimed at a different sector: photography, children’s, corporate and have proven to be winning combinations from a production perspective, cost per unit and most importantly, have reader appeal.

If any of our showcase options would work for your project, take a note of the spec and jump on our quote form to receive your bespoke quotation. Or ping us an email on hello@exwhyzed.com if that is easier.

Showcase 1 – a stereotypical hardback photography book:
A4 Landscape Case Bound Book.
Wrapped over greyboard case.
Matt laminated to the outer
2x 4pp Printed End Papers onto 170gsm Uncoated.
100 inside pages onto 130gsm Silk.
Four colour print throughout.
Trimmed, collated and case bound.
As a guide, you could print 100 copies of this for £

Tweaks you could make:
Increase the inside pages to 170gsm to make them more prestigious.
Switch the size to A4 portrait or A5 landscape to bring the price down.
Reduce or increase the 100 inside pages depending on your content.
For 20 copies and under choose unprinted end-papers to save.
Choose uncoated for a more muted but tactile finish or gloss for a brighter, shinier appearance.

Showcase 2 – a high quality, hardback children’s book (OSO):
254x203mm Books
Cover onto 170gsm Silk
Wrapped over greyboard case
Matt laminated to the outer
2x 4pp End Papers Printed onto 170gsm Uncoated
32 inside pages onto 170gsm Uncoated
Four colour print throughout
Trimmed, collated and case bound
As a guide, you could print 100 copies of this for £

Tweaks you could make:
Choose silk or gloss inside pages for a brighter shinier print.
Reduce the pages to 115gsm to make them easier to turn and cheaper to print.
Choose any size between A6 to A4 portrait or A5 to A4 landscape.
Increase the 32 inside pages depending on the length of your story.
For 20 copies and under choose unprinted end-papers to save money.

Showcase 3 – a super-premium, promotional book for your company, product or service:
A4 Case Bound Books.
Cover onto 135gsm Colorplan New Blue.
Wrapped over greyboard case.
2x 4pp End Papers Unprinted onto 170gsm Uncoated.
116 inside pages onto 170gsm Silk.
Four colour print throughout.
Trimmed, collated and case bound.
As a guide, you could print 100 copies of this for £

Ways you could amend this spec…
• There are 50 Colorplan choices for the cover colour.
• Switch to our ‘house’ silk to save on the cover material.
• Increase or decrease the number of pages from 32 to 500 depending on your content.
• Choose gloss for a shinier inside page or uncoated for a more tactile but muted finish.
• Decrease the size to A5 to save you money. and make the publication more ergonomic.
• Pick out some content on the cover to Foil (this is an additional £280).

Enjoy looking through our showcase of recent case bound book projects

We have done our best to give you a huge wealth of information on this page and in our guides but if here are some frequently asked questions to help you get your work into print.

Do check out our video guides too:

The process of case-binding a hardback book.

Our brand new Definitive Hardback Book Printing Guide.