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PRINT SQUARE FORMAT PHOTO COFFEE TABLE BOOK

Posted on 31 August 2023

Printed in Colchester and delivered across the Atlantic to Durango Colorado. An impressive 304x304mm size wows the reader and gives the arms a good work out.

Winning Art Book Print Choices.

Print spotters, the spec is:
304.8 x 304.8mm Case Bound Books.
Cover onto 170gsm Silk.
Wrapped over greyboard case.
Matt laminated to the outer.
2x 4pp End Papers unprinted onto 170gsm Uncoated.
104 inside pages onto 200gsm Uncoated.
Four colour print throughout.
Trimmed, collated and case bound.

US Artist Book Printing

We are big fans of the colour shade used on the spine content. It is a nice graphic technique to use the sandy grey tone reversed out of the darker background.

Viewing the side profile, you can see the inside pages are section sewn. This gives the binding more resilience and allows the pages to open flatter than glue binding would. Just a note to say, this is a process that has higher set up costs, allow for an extra £200-300 so it might bee bet to stick with the standard glue binding if you are just printing a handful of copies.

The soft imagery on the cover opens to reveal artistic and aspirational photography throughout the 104 inside pages. 200gsm uncoated is used to create a heavy weight premium feel. As we said, the section sewn binding means the pages are robust and the double page spreads open completely flat. A very substantial and inspiring book.

This is exactly the kind of coffee table book we excel at producing at Ex Why Zed. It was a successful kickstarter campaign so the job was fully funded before it went to print.

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