Bespoke
Bookbinding
If you have a book that you would like to have bound into a hard
backed volume, whether it is a novel, a collection of poems or a
family history, we can help. Our services can involve just binding
your printed (or typescript) work right up to preparing, printing
and binding it into a finished book.
It is best
to contact us before you start to prepare your work for binding
but we have prepared some basic guidelines for margins etc. which
we think you might find of help.
Layout instructions
for Bookbinding
It is important
that all text for binding must have their margins set to allow
an extra allowance on the inside margin.
Suggested margins
A4 size books
Top 2.5cm
Bottom 3cm
Outside margin 2.5cm
Inside margin 3.5cm
A5 size books
Top 2cm
Bottom 2.5cm
Outside margin 2cm
Inside margin 3cm
For those who
are not sure how to set mirrored margins (alternate pages set
differently) we give below instructions for Word.
File
Page set up
(This will display a page to allow you to set margins)
The section entitled Multiple pages has a drop down menu. Click
this and select “Mirrored Margins”.
(This gives you boxes for your margins)
Enter the four margin sizes (given above) into the relevant boxes
and click OK. (Do not enter a figure in the box marked “gutter”)
This will set
your page margins to give you a wide margin on the left hand side
of odd numbered pages and right on even numbered pages.
Margins can
be changed at any time, even if the whole work has been typed
but it is important to check each page to ensure that changing
the margins has not affected the layout of your book.
The final cost
of your book will depend on a number of factors and we cannot
guarantee a firm price until we see what work is involved but
again we have prepared some guidelines to give you a rough idea
of price.
Bookbinding
and Printing Guide to Price
Bookbinding
To bind a printed
book using 2cm cover boards covered with your choice of coloured
bookbinding material, title in gold on the front cover.
A5 size £20
per copy.
A4 size £25 per copy.
Please note
that copy supplied for binding, either printed by you or us, must
comply with the margins stated in our information sheet to allow
the extra inner margins needed for binding.
Printing
We are not
printers but offer a printing service to our binding customers
allowing their computer produced text to be printed by us.
Text to be
supplied as a file output by Microsoft Word. If another program
has been used please ask first if we can handle this.
Printing is
done on either 80gms white paper for non-illustrated pages or
100gms colour laser paper for books with illustrations. Printing
is done by either laser or ink-jet depending on the work.
We charge the
following for this service
A4 books Flat
charge to include 100 pages (sides)) £7
Each page (side) additional to this £0.07p
A5 books Flat
charge to include 100 pages (sides) £5
Each page (side) additional to this £0.05p
In addition
to this we reserve the right to charge extra for layout work to
your text file requested by you. We will always contact you with
a price if this should be necessary.
We do not proof
read your files and no responsibility can be taken for spelling
mistakes or layout errors on your file. We will however do our
best to report to you any glaring error we may see during the
course of the printing.
If you require
any further assistance before you start on your book, or would
like to discuss your requirements please contact us and we will
be pleased to give any help we can. All our contact details are
to be found by clicking the “Contact” link.
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