Great value packages for printing and/or design.
- Do you have a minimum order quantity?
- Memoirs (design and print combined)
- Standard paperback – black and white books (book printing only)
- Standard paperback – with some colour pages (book printing only)
- Children’s books (book printing only)
Do you have a minimum order quantity? No.
No, but we have a $979+gst minimum spend for new customers. The minimum spend can be a combination of design and printing or just printing or just design. After your first order, we are happy to help you with reprints at a cost as low as $500.
When Timmy first started BookPrint in his Dad’s garage, the minimum order was 25 units. This was because he used to outsource binding of the books to trade binders and couldn’t afford to do that with tiny jobs. After we grew the business and brought our binding in-house (using in our opinion the best short-run binding machine in the country), we started to do one-off jobs and lots of small jobs.
However, we ran into some trouble from a money point of view because we operate our business with a high level of customer service – which doesn’t work with low-value jobs. We enjoy being able to hand hold customers if they need it, or have great banter if they don’t need hand holding. But. When we have long conversations and spend a lot of time helping someone who is printing one book for their lover – we lose money. So for purely financial reasons we had to be honest with ourselves and say, “sorry we just can’t afford to do jobs for less than $979+gst – or it would force us to change our business model from high service to just banging jobs out”. I hope you understand.
We would love to help. If you have a small job, check out our $979+gst packages which offer great value – and will ensure your small project is a great book.
See our book design packages here, and cover design costs here
Memoirs (design and print combined)
Design:
We will transform your typed manuscript and pile of photos into a beautifully designed book, that your grandkids and others will actually be impressed by! And want to read!
- Up to 25,000 words.
- Up to 20 images with captions.
- Up to three styles (chapter names, body text, and a 3rd style for letters or quotes or pull paragraphs)
- We include a professional front matter with title pages, copyright pages, table of contents and a dedication.
- Great templated cover design package (upgradable to full custom cover design for an additional $520)
Choose from softcover print:
- 20 books.
- 220mm Square, 180x220mm or A4 Portrait.
- Text: 90gsm white book paper, upto 90 pages printed black only, unto 25 pages printed colour.
- Cover: 304um 1-sided board, printed CMYK colour 1-side, gloss laminated
Or choose from hardcover print:
- 10 books.
- 220mm Square, 180x220mm or A4 Portrait.
- Text: 90gsm white book paper, upto 90 pages printed black only, unto 25 pages printed colour.
- Cover: 304um 1-sided board, printed CMYK colour 1-side, gloss laminated
Note: Word counts above 25k, and or image counts over 20 are best to be priced according to our regular design rates and print costs. If your manuscript doesn’t fit into this package let us know and we can help you out.
Paperback books: black & white only, from your print ready file
A5 Portrait (or 5×8 inches)
- Qty 150 copies
- Softcover, perfect bound
- Text: 160pp (80 sheets) on 80gsm smooth, bulky cream, printed black only
- Cover: Printed 1-sides (2pp), 210gsm 1-side coated bulky cover board + gloss laminate
- Spine: 10.3mm
OPTIONS
Add more pages: $0.12 per 10pp (5 leaves printed both sides).
6×9” portrait (152.4×228.6m)
- Qty 100 copies
- Softcover, perfect bound
- Text: 160pp (80 sheets) on 80gsm smooth, bulky cream, printed black only
- Cover: Printed 1-sides (2pp), 210gsm 1-side coated bulky cover board + gloss laminate
- Spine: 10.3mm
- No full bleed pages available at this size & price
OPTIONS
Add more pages: $0.14 per 10pp (5 sheets printed both sides).
Options for all b&w book packages
- Upgrade laminate: Scuff free matte laminate is available and slightly more expensive at certain quantities.
- Print on 90gsm smooth, uncoated white stock instead of the 80gsm bulky cream. This suits books that are non-fiction or have lots of black and white imagery.
Paperback books: some colour pages, from your print ready file
A5 portrait (or 5×8”/or custom size within this dimension)
- Qty 75 copies
- Softcover, perfect bound
- Text: 200pp (85 sheets) on 90gsm smooth, uncoated white, 40pp printed CMYK and 160pp black only
- Cover: Printed 1-sides (2pp), 210gsm 1-side coated bulky cover board + gloss laminate
- Spine: 12.1mm
6×9” portrait (152.4×228.6m) – no full bleed pages available at this size & price
- Qty 75 copies
- Softcover, perfect bound
- Text: 200pp (85 sheets) on 90gsm smooth, uncoated white, 40pp printed CMYK and 160pp black only
- Cover: Printed 1-sides (2pp), 210gsm 1-side coated bulky cover board + gloss laminate
- Spine: 12.1mm
A4 portrait (or custom size within this dimension)
- Qty 50 copies
- Softcover, perfect bound
- Text: 200pp (85 sheets) on 90gsm smooth, uncoated white, 40pp printed CMYK and 160pp black only
- Cover: Printed 1-sides (2pp), 210gsm 1-side coated bulky cover board + gloss laminate
- Spine: 12.1mm
Options for all ‘some colour’ book packages
- Upgrade laminate: scuff free matte laminate is available and slightly more expensive at certain quantities.
- Alternative papers: we can print the text on the warm white and then if your images are placed correctly in the file we can print these on a coated white stock for best image results. We can also print the whole book on a coated art stock at 113gsm and change the cover to a 300gsm silk matt for a very similar price.
Illustrated children’s books, from your print ready file
Children’s book: Stapled A5 portrait or landscape
- Qty 150 copies
- A5 portrait or landscape
- Softcover, staple-bound
- Text: 8-36pp 150gsm coated art printed full colour. (page count must divide by 4)
- Cover: Printed 2-sides (4pp), 300gsm coated art with gloss laminate
- Spine: 1.2-3.4mm
Children’s book: Paperback A5 portrait or landscape
- Qty 150 copies
- A5 portrait or landscape
- Softcover, perfect bound
- Text: 22-28pp 128gsm coated art printed full colour
- Cover: Printed 2-sides (4pp), 300gsm coated art with gloss laminate
- Spine: 1.9-2.3mm
Children’s book: Paperback 210×210, 210x250mm portrait, or A4 portrait
- Qty 150 copies
- 210×210, 210x250mm portrait, or A4 portrait
- Softcover, staple-bound
- Text: 8-20pp 150gsm coated art printed full colour. (page count must divide by 4)
- Cover: Printed 2-sides (4pp), 300gsm coated art with gloss laminate
- Spine: 1.2mm-2mm (not square)
Children’s book: Paperback 210×210, 210x250mm portrait, or A4 portrait
- Qty 100 copies
- 210×210, 210x250mm portrait, or A4 portrait
- Softcover, perfect bound
- Text: 22-30pp 128gsm coated art printed full colour
- Cover: Printed 2-sides (4pp), 300gsm coated art with gloss laminate
- Spine: 1.9-2.4mm
Children’s book: Paperback A4 landscape (or smaller)
- Qty 100 copies
- A4 landscape (or within this dimensions)
- Softcover, perfect bound
- Text: 22pp 128gsm coated art printed full colour
- Cover: Printed 2-sides (4pp), 300gsm coated art with gloss laminate
- Spine: 1.9mm
Options for all illustrated book packages
- Paper Choices: it’s about the same price to transfer stocks to 120gsm uncoated, and the cover to 220gsm 1-side coated Metsaboard if you are looking for a more ‘natural’, ‘flat’ or ‘matte’ finish.
- Scuff free matte laminate is available and slightly more expensive.
