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Paperback Books

Our Paper Back Books are supplied fully printed, collated, perfect bound, trimmed and delivered to your door.

The covers are printed in full colour and laminated. The quality is comparable to Paperback Books found in high street shops.

These books should not be confused with the cheaper alternatives often provided by our competitors.

Covers are scored in 4 places along the spine to provide the most professional of appearances.

Several of our customers have won awards for their books and a number have been reviewed in national newspapers.

We offer 2 different methods or producing Paperback Books. The traditional Offset Litho method or the more modern Digital route. Each has its own advantages which are summarised below


	OFFSET	DIGITAL
Minimum Run Length	100	About 20-40
Short Run Lengths	Expensive	Cheap
Long Run Lengths	Cheap	Expensive
Small Quantity of Reprints	Expensive	Cheap
Proof Copy	No	Yes
Cover weight (Glossy Card)	260gsm	240gsm
Printing on inside of cover	Yes	No
Coloured Card For Cover	Yes (225gsm)	No
Outer Cover Gloss Laminated	Yes	Yes
Outer Cover Matt Laminated	Yes	Yes *
Bleed to edge of inner pages	Yes	No
Bleed to edge of outer cover	Yes	Yes
Reproduction of Text	Very good.	Excellent
Reproduction of Photos	Excellent	Good
Reproduction of Tints	Excellent	Fair
Reproduction of Solids	Good	Good
Colour Ink for Text Pages	Yes *	No - Black only
Full Colour Pages	Yes *	Yes *
Inner pages on white 80gsm bond	Yes	Yes
Inner pages on white 100gsm bond	Yes *	Yes *
Inner pages on colour 80gsm bond	Yes *	No
Inner pages on white 80gsm recycled	Yes *	No
Inner pages on white 130gsm gloss art paper	Yes *	No
Storeage Conditions to avoid waviness.	30-50% RH @ 21ºC	35-45% RH @ 21ºC
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Up to 22% discount!