Specifications
Hardcover, paperback, on-demand, or digital—Studio E Books handles it all.
Clothbound Hardcover
Trade and limited editions
- SIZE: Standard 5.5" x 8.5", 6" x 9", 7" x 10", 8.5" x 11". Custom sizes available.
- MINIMUM: 500 copies.
- INKS: Standard black-only on text; color available. Standard full-color CMYK on jacket; PMS colors, metallics, and embossing available.
- TEXT PAPER: Standard 55# natural, 360 ppi, opacity 91. For books with photos, 60# natural 420 ppi, opacity 93. For color photos and text, 70# to 100# semigloss coated white.
- DUST JACKET (OPTIONAL): 100# gloss, gloss or matte film lamination outside, 3.5" flaps.
- BINDING: Standard adhesive casebound; Smyth sewn available. Full A-grade linen-finish cloth. Standard spine foil stamp (all colors); front stamp available. Colored/embossed end sheets. Matching head & tail bands.
- Options: Color/glossy insert, frontispiece, leather cover, slipcase, blow-in card.
- PACKING/SHIPPING: Shrinkwrap in bundles, standard cartons on skids, by common carrier.
Trade Paperback
Superior quality medium- and large-format editions
- SIZE: Standard 5.5" x 8.5", 6" x 9", 7" x 10", 8.5" x 11". Custom sizes available.
- MINIMUM: 250 copies.
- INKS: Standard black-only on text; color available. Standard full-color CMYK on cover; PMS colors, metallics, and embossing available.
- TEXT PAPER: Standard 55# natural, 360 ppi, opacity 91. For books with photos, 60# natural 420 ppi, opacity 93. For color photos and text, 70# to 100# semigloss coated white.
- COVER STOCK: 10-pt C1S (12-pt on large sizes), gloss or matte film lamination outside.
- BINDING: Perfect paperback.
- Options: Color/glossy insert, frontispiece, end sheets, flaps, blow-in card.
- PACKING/SHIPPING: Shrinkwrap in bundles, standard cartons on skids, by common carrier.
Economy Paperback
Ideal for private publication, advance/demo copies, and very small quantities
- SIZE: Standard 5.5" x 8.5", 6" x 9", 7" x 10", 8.5" x 11". Other sizes, please ask.
- MINIMUM: 100 copies.
- INKS: Black-only on text. Black-on-solid or full-color-laser on cover.
- TEXT: Standard 60# bright white, 426 ppi, opacity 89; 50# natural 544 ppi available.
- COVER: Digital/laser color, or ink on colored textured stock.
- BINDING: Perfect paperback, no printing on spine less than 1/4 inch.
- Options: Interior color (orders over 250), cover lamination.
- PACKING/SHIPPING: Standard cartons, by common carrier (UPS).
Print-on-Demand and E-Books
We provide trouble-free, print-ready digital files for print-on-demand printers (and also for traditional offset printers), customized to the printer’s requirements. However, we do not handle on-demand printing ourselves. Material specs depend on the printer’s offerings, and we will be glad to assist you in selecting the right materials.
We can also provide PDF files for e-books, but only for traditionally designed books; we do not accept "e-book only" jobs in formats other than PDF, such as HTML or ePub, which do not retain design elements. We do not arrange e-book publication.
Books that you may carry to the fire and hold readily in your hand,
are the most useful after all.
—Samuel Johnson