Hardback Books

Add a prestigious look to any print project with Hardback Book, also known as Hardcover Book printing

Description

A book built to be kept, not filed

A hardback gives a publication permanence — the weight and finish that says this is meant to last. Ours are properly case bound: your printed cover wrapped around rigid greyboard to form the hard case, with the inner pages bound using strong PUR adhesive and finished with white end papers. It's the binding for corporate documents, school leavers' yearbooks and limited-edition publications that will be handled and re-read for years. A real person checks your artwork before anything is printed — and on case binding that check earns its keep — and every order helps restore forests through our Print A Tree project.

Key details

Case binding

Printed covers wrapped around 2400-micron greyboard to form a rigid, hardwearing case

Binding

Inner pages bound with strong PUR (polyurethane reactive) adhesive — durable and lay-flat friendly

Covers

170gsm Galerie Art satin cover paper, with blank 170gsm uncoated white end papers and fly sheets inserted

Inner stocks

A choice of inner page stocks, with a minimum spine width of 9mm for a proper hardback feel

Checked by a human

A print expert reviews your cover spread and page count before production — the check that catches binding errors

Best for

Yearbooks, corporate reports and brand books, anniversary publications and limited editions

How case binding works

It's the traditional hardback method, done properly. Your printed front and back covers are wrapped around a sheet of rigid 2400-micron greyboard to create the hard "case". The inner pages are bound together with strong PUR adhesive — the most durable page-binding glue available. Blank white end papers glue the case to the text block front and back, and blank fly sheets sit just before and after your printed pages. The result is a book that opens well, holds together through heavy use, and feels like a real publication rather than a printout.

Every order plants trees

A book built to last generations is sustainability in itself — and through our Print A Tree project with Ecologi, every Printlogik order funds verified reforestation. Free, automatic, every time. See the forest grow →

Artwork made easy

Every order includes a free artwork check by a real person — case binding is the most involved artwork we handle, so this check genuinely protects your order.

Supply your artwork as two files. The cover goes as a single spread — front, spine and back together, including the hinge and wrap-around — using our cover template, which builds in all the bleed, safe zone and wrap requirements. Use our spine width calculator to get the spine exactly right; it depends on your page count and stock, and a wrong spine is the classic hardback mistake. The inner pages go as a separate PDF with individual pages in running order — so a 40-page book is a 40-page inner PDF. Two rules that matter: inner pages must total a multiple of 4, and everything supplied as CMYK PDF/X-1a at 300dpi with 3mm bleed and a 10mm safe zone. Blank end papers and fly sheets are added by us — you don't supply those. If any of this is daunting, send us what you have and we'll guide the setup before printing.

Frequently asked questions

What is case binding? ›
It's the traditional hardback method: your printed cover is wrapped around rigid greyboard to make the hard case, and the inner pages are glued with durable PUR adhesive, joined to the case by blank end papers. It's what gives a hardback its solid, lasting, proper-book feel.
How do I set up my cover artwork? ›
As one spread — front, spine and back in a single file, including the hinge and wrap-around — built on our cover template. The spine width is the critical part: use our spine calculator, which sizes it from your page count and stock, because a wrong spine throws the whole cover out. Send it over and we'll confirm it fits before printing.
Why must my page count be divisible by 4? ›
Because pages are printed on both sides of large sheets that are folded into sections, the inner page count has to be a multiple of 4 for the binding to work. If your content doesn't divide evenly, add blank pages to reach the nearest multiple of 4 — we can advise where they sit best.
What are the end papers and fly sheets? ›
They're the blank white pages that join the text block to the case and sit just before and after your printed pages — a standard part of a proper hardback. We insert them for you in 170gsm uncoated white, so you don't need to include them in your artwork.
What's the minimum size book? ›
The minimum spine width is 9mm, so a hardback needs enough inner pages to reach that — very thin books suit a different binding. If your page count is low, tell us and we'll advise whether a hardback works or a softback would suit better.
What are hardback books good for? ›
Publications meant to last and impress: school and university yearbooks, corporate reports and brand guidelines, anniversary and commemorative books, portfolios and limited editions. Anywhere the physical object should feel as considered as the content.
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Templates

FileSizeDownload
Hardbound Book Templates - 210x2106.4mb
Hardbound Book Templates - A4 Landscape6.4mb
Hardbound Book Templates - A4 Portrait6.4mb
Hardbound Book Templates - A5 Landscape6.4mb
Hardbound Book Templates - A5 Portrait6.9mb