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Our work · Self-published books

Self-Published Books We've Printed for Authors

Every title here belongs to the person who wrote it. Poets, novelists, photographers and illustrators brought us their files, kept their rights and went home with a box of finished books. Open any of them to see which format, stock and binding we settled on together.

Custom sizes lead the way, followed by A5 and A4, and silk and uncoated stocks are almost level, so you can compare both before you choose. A few of these books sold out and came back to us for another run.

Self-published book printing and pricesPaperback and hardback prices for 100 copies, plus a quote form

Every other self-published title in the collection

Showing 1 to 24 of 169, newest first

SizeAnyCustom Size (79)A5 (42)A4 (18)210x210mm (17)240x170mm (8)A3 (2)A6 (2)
PaperAnySilk (182)Uncoated (169)Gloss (46)Winter and Company material (23)Colorplan (20)GF Smith (19)Uncoated 100% Recycled (14)Evolution Uncoated (10)Antalis (3)Keaykolour (3)
Cover of Finding a Feeling, a black and white photography book by Dan Gardner, printed on 300gsm uncoated board with no lamination.

Photography Book Printing: Finding a Feeling by Dan Gardner, Black and White and Beautifully Bound

Custom Size · UncoatedA5 graphic novel Realities of Life, its front cover packed with black line doodles around a sleeping man in colour.

Graphic Novel Printing: Realities of Life by Aaron Lopez-Barrantes, A5 and Perfect Bound

A5 · UncoatedTwo A5 Old Kent Road Botanical photobooks with yellow covers and stacked black titles beside a dandelion photograph.

Botanical photobook printing: Old Kent Road Botanical by Max Catterall and Jack Emsden

A5 · UncoatedArtist monograph cover with a green panelled interior painting, beside an open spread of an Exmoor valley in oils.

Artist monograph printing: The Painting Life of H.T. Hickling, perfect bound in US Letter

Custom Size · SilkCover of Goodwun, a self-published A5 photography book by Ben Gardner, with a full-bleed close-up of dry grass and white serif title type.

Photography Book Printing: Goodwun, Ben Gardner's 2025 Photo Collection

A5 · UncoatedWhite square hardback photo book cover titled 23 by Chris Rydlewski, with a close-up photo of a weathered poster.

Hardback photography journal 23, one number hunted across rural France

Custom Size · SilkSquare photo book cover with a costumed Statue of Liberty performer wrapped in a US flag, framed by white space.

New York street photo book 152 892 pas, printed square on soft uncoated paper

210x210mm · SilkOld Gold cloth hardback cover of Where The Sun Comes In by Don Standing, with a black foil sun and title.

Street photography hardback Where The Sun Comes In, Old Gold cloth and a black sun

Custom Size · UncoatedA5 cloth-bound graphic poem hardback with gold-foiled antlers, moth wings and title on deep blue cloth.

Graphic poem hardback The Beast Inside and I, cased in blue cloth under two foils

A5 · UncoatedA5 black-and-white photo zine cover of a caravan under bare branches, titled The Beautifully Mundane Cornwall.

A5 photo zine The Beautifully Mundane Cornwall, a county off the postcard in black ink

A5 · SilkMonster Tea Party square hardback cover with an orange hand-lettered title above a giant mug on deep navy.

Square picture book Monster Tea Party, a 228mm hardback with orange endpapers

Custom Size · SilkBlack A4 hardback photo book cover for Living the Dream, with ransom-note lettering around a New York street Polaroid.

Hardback photo book Living The Dream, the 1990s Lower East Side on its third printing

A4 · ColorplanSpikey and the Christmas Mouse square hardback cover with five silver-foiled snowflakes catching the light.

Christmas picture book Spikey and the Christmas Mouse, five snowflakes foiled in silver

210x210mm · SilkA5 travel photo zine cover showing a palm tree rising from a lush green Saint Lucia hillside, printed full bleed.

Travel photo zine Postcard From Saint Lucia, a holiday rescued from the camera roll

A5 · SilkA5 landscape artist catalogue Drawn Landscapes by Sue Jarman, its coloured pencil park cover beside a fanned stack.

A5 landscape artist catalogue Drawn Landscapes, pencil marks intact on uncoated Arena

A5 · UncoatedA5 travel photography book Entre, its misty green landscape cover titled in white lower-case serif type.

Travel photography book Entre, where fog meets poetry on uncoated A5

A5 · UncoatedRed cloth hardback street photography book Don’t Stay Home, its stepped title stamped in matt black foil.

Street photography hardback Don’t Stay Home, bound in ruby cloth with matt black foil

Custom Size · UncoatedTwo A5 covers of TRASH Ibiza, a bilingual beach-clean zine, in English and Spanish with seafoam and a discarded can.

Bilingual zine TRASH Ibiza, with an English front cover and a Spanish one

A5 · UncoatedA5 cricket hardback Vinciness with an italic title over a pink brush swash and an ink batsman playing a drive.

Cricket hardback Vinciness by Jon Hotten, an A5 first edition that sold out

A5 · SilkA5 degree show catalogue cover for Art Theory and Practice 2026, dark brown block print motifs on a cream board

Degree show catalogue for Art Theory and Practice 2026 at Manchester School of Art

A5 · SilkA5 photo zine cover for Marseille: blue sky seen through chain link fence above the city's rooftops.

Film photography zine Marseille, Ben Scrimgeour's 35mm year abroad on A5 uncoated

A5 · UncoatedSaffron orange uncoated cover of Pilgrim, an A5 India street photography zine with mirrored Devanagari and serif titles.

India photography zine Pilgrim, uncoated from saffron cover to centrefold

A5 · UncoatedA5 children’s activity book cover: a pixie and kitten on a red toadstool under a crescent moon, retro red title.

Children's activity book Happy Days in Pixieland, on recycled paper for Made in Pixieland

A5 · SilkLandscape picture book Excavator with a gloss laminated cover: a yellow digger on a beach under a hazy lime sun.

Construction vehicle picture book Excavator, from Norwegian quarry to sea wall in rhyme

Custom Size · Silk

Guides for self-publishing authors

Format, fonts, covers and distribution, written by the team that prints the books.

Getting the poetry book format rightLine breaks, white space and trim size for a collection of poems.Amazon Kindle self-publishing in the UKWhat Kindle offers authors, and where printed copies fit alongside it.Designing a poetry book coverFive cover ideas that suit a slim collection.Self-publishing without AmazonRoutes to readers that keep you in full control.Fonts that suit a self-published bookTypefaces for body text, headings and covers.Indie publishing or self publishingWhat separates the two routes, and which one suits your book.

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