Perfect Bind Booklets (Booklets)
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Professional Square-Spine Booklets From 10 Books
Print perfect bound catalogues, reports, manuals, magazines and company publications with a clean glued square spine. This short-run product offers colour or black-and-white printing, an art-card wraparound cover and Simili content pages.
Current Product Details
Booklet Sizes
The product page identifies A4 and A5 perfect bound booklets. Order only the size and orientation currently enabled in the online calculator.
Suitable for annual reports, detailed catalogues, corporate profiles, manuals and technical publications. A4 Portrait is the current active indexed selection.
Compact format suitable for portable catalogues, coursebooks, product guides, magazines and publications. Select it only when it appears in the current calculator.
How Perfect Binding Is Constructed
Perfect binding creates a paperback-style publication with a flat outer spine.
Cover Printing and Finishing
The current standard cover stock is 260 gsm art card.
Content Page Specifications
The current standard content paper is 80 gsm Simili.
Spine Width and Cover Artwork
The spine width changes with the paper thickness and selected number of content pages.
Choose the Correct Booklet Product
Binding choice should be based on the publication thickness, quantity, required appearance and how the book will be used.
Best for publications requiring a glued paperback-style square spine and a professional book appearance.
Use saddle stitching for thinner publications that are folded and stapled through the centre.
View Express BookletsUse the separate hard-cover product when a rigid case-bound cover and premium presentation are required.
View Hard Cover BooksSuitable for
Artwork Preparation Guidelines
Submit complete, print-ready artwork matching the selected finished size, content-page count and cover specification.
Content File Preparation
- PDF is the preferred final print-ready format.
- AI or InDesign files may be supplied when required.
- Prepare every content page at the selected finished size.
- Arrange pages in normal reading order.
- Include every blank page in its correct position.
- Make sure the content-page count matches the product order.
Wraparound Cover File
- Prepare one complete cover layout containing the back cover, spine and front cover.
- Use the confirmed spine width for the selected paper and content-page count.
- Do not reuse an old spine measurement after changing the pages or paper.
- Check that the front and back covers are placed on the correct sides of the template.
- Keep spine text centred within the confirmed spine.
Bleed and Safe Margins
- Add 3 mm bleed on all outer trimming edges.
- Extend background colours and edge-to-edge images completely through the bleed.
- Keep text, logos and page numbers safely inside the trimming edge.
- Allow a larger inner margin near the glued spine.
- Avoid placing important text or faces close to the binding edge.
Colour, Resolution and Fonts
- Prepare printed artwork in CMYK colour mode.
- Images should be approximately 300 dpi at their final printed size.
- Convert fonts to outlines or embed them correctly.
- Embed all linked images before exporting the PDF.
- Printed colours may differ from colours displayed on a backlit monitor.
Basic Technical File Check
- Image Magic may perform a basic technical check for size, page count, bleed and print readiness.
- The check is not a design, layout, proofreading or content-correction service.
- Customers remain responsible for spelling, dates, prices, page numbers and publication content.
- Incorrect files or an incorrect spine may delay production.
Before Approving Production
- Confirm the finished size and orientation.
- Confirm the quantity and content-page count.
- Confirm cover and content printing colours.
- Confirm matte, gloss or no cover lamination.
- Check the complete cover, spine and content pages.
- Test all QR codes using the final exported file.
- Confirm the required completion and delivery date.
How to Order Perfect Bind Booklets
- Select the Size Choose a size and orientation currently enabled online.
- Select the Specifications Confirm quantity, pages, cover printing, content printing and lamination.
- Prepare the Spine Use the confirmed wraparound-cover measurement.
- Upload Artwork Submit the complete cover and content files for approval.
Watch the Perfect Bind Booklet Video View the square spine, wraparound cover and glued binding.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Need Professional Perfect Bind Booklets?
Send us your required size, quantity, content-page count, completion date and print-ready files. Our team will perform a basic technical review and confirm the cover-spine measurement, production schedule and delivery arrangement.
WhatsApp +6012-651 2849Minimum 10 books per design • 260 gsm art-card cover • 80 gsm Simili content • Two working days for 10–100 books
Download Product Guideline
Upload Artwork Guideline
File Format: PDF (preferred), AI or InDesign
Colour Mode: CMYK
Bleed: 3mm on all edges
Fonts: Outlined or embedded
Page count: Must be in multiples of 2
Spine width: We'll calculate for you based on page count and paper
📥 If you're unsure, send us your content — we’ll prepare your booklet for print.














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