Hardcovers

Suede Hardcovers

These faux-suede covers are silky to the touch, durable and beautiful. Suede covers are excellent for special presentations or any documents that need to exude an aura of elegance and exclusivity.

Suede colors
  • Tan
  • Bright Blue
  • Maroon
  • Black

Comp Hardcovers

With its smooth, slightly-textured surface, Composition Covers are a good choice for books that will see lots of use.

Comp Colors
  • Black
  • White
  • Maroon
  • Dark Blue
  • Dark Green

Leather Hardcovers

Bonded Leather is a durable and flexible material. The look, feel and smell exude an aura of elegance and exclusivity. Fastback leather hardcovers are premium and high-end.

Leather colors
  • Black
  • White
  • Chocolate
  • Red Alligator

Premium materials, premium covers

Make hardback books without messy glue pots and costly casing-in machinery. Fastback Hardcovers eliminate the mess and complexity because the adhesive is built into the covers. Designed to be used with the Fastback Hardcover Assembly Guide, ensuring consistent alignment of book blocks within your cover.

Standard Hardcover Sizes

A spine
B spine
C spine
D spine
E spine**
F spine**
11″ x 8.5″ portrait x x x x x x
A4 portrait x x x x x x
8.5″ x 11″ landscape x x
A4 landscape x x
8″ x 10″ x x
8″ x 12″ x x
8″ x 8″ x x
10″ x 10″ x x
12″ x 12″ x x

**Four carton minimum, 2-week turnaround.

Hardcover Spine Widths

# of Pages
# of Sheets
Width in Inches
# of Photopress Pages
Width in mm
A spine 10—120 pages 5—60 sheets 0.25″ 6.4mm
B spine 120—220 pages 60—110 sheets 0.5″ 10—30 12.7mm
C spine 220—360 pages 110—180 sheets 0.75″ 25—50 19.7mm
D spine 360—470 pages 180—235 sheets 1″ 25.4mm
E spine 470—610 pages 235—305 sheets 1.25″ 31.8mm
F spine 610—730 pages 305—365 sheets 1.5″ 38.1mm

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