Short Run Book Printing

Paperback mono and colour books

Our high-speed sheet and web fed digital printing presses eliminate the need for plates, storage and wastage associated with traditional litho book printing.

Retail quality perfect bound, wiro/spiral or notched bound books, printed in black and white or in full colour, are manufactured at our production hub for distribution around the UK and Europe.

Digital quantities range from as low as one copy up to 2,000 copies competitively. Over 2,000 copies we offer a traditional litho solution.

We offer affordable high quality digital printing for both books and journals including colour insert sections on coated papers. Colour sections can be inserted throughout the publication and on a wide variety of paper stocks.

Colour paperback books

Formats:
148x105mm (A6) up to A4 portrait
Binding styles:
Notched binding (OCE only)
Perfect binding
Wiro binding
Stitch
Loose leaf
Drilled hole
Finish:
Matt or Gloss laminate
Specialist finishes and binds available on request

Hardback books

High quality case bound from as low as one copy can be produced with a full colour printed paper case.

Our case bound books can be produced in black and white or full colour with a wide range of binding styles available for longer run lengths, including:

Wibalin
Dust jackets
Printed paper case
Printed end papers option
Foil blocking
Crusher panels
Head and tail bands option
Matt or gloss lamination

Hardback colour books

Art books

Our Xerox Nuvera 288, with 1200dpi quality, is able to print onto a wider range of gloss and satin paper types. The revolutionary monochrome printing quality means we can now produce Art and Photography books in black and white with even greater high quality results.

Papers

We carry a large range of FSC and PEFC certified papers depending on your needs. Stock papers include:

80gsm Bond
90gms Bookwove
90gms Bond
100gsm Bond
100gsm coated
130gsm coated
240gms board
240gms board
350gms board

Mailing and distribution services

We offer full mailing and distribution services to our publishers, including personalised full colour direct mail. For publishers wishing to have their short run mailed to individual address UK/Europe or Worldwide we can help by taking the address files, generating the labels and mailing direct. If you wish to include any non PODW printed item with your parcels, for example marketing material, our mailing and fulfilment house can consolidate this with the printed product for mailing. Please ask one of our representatives for more detail.