Books
Turn your fiction into reality…
Whitehall Printing offers full book production and bindery services from its low-energy, FSC®-certified premises in Bristol, UK. Our extensive range of machinery can help you to publish a mere handful of books, through to an entire library!
As commercial printers, evolved over four decades, we provide very high quality printing alongside a full in-house Bindery service, for beautifully finished books.
Popular Book Sizes
- B format UK 198 x 129mm
- B format US 203 x 127mm
- Demy 216 x 138mm
- A5 210 x 148mm
- Royal US 229 x 152mm
- Royal UK 234 x 156mm
- Pinched Crown Quarto 246 x 171mm
- Crown Quarto 246 x 189mm
- A4 297 x 210mm
All formats can be printed and produced in portrait or landscape.
Other sizes available on request.
Hardback
Our hardcover books have robust, rigid covers which are stitched along the spine. Looking from one end of the spine, the book can be seen to consist of a number of signatures (grouped pages) bound together.
- Round or flat back spine
- Special cover finishes such as Soft Touch ® or silver/gold foiling
- Dust jackets or printed paper cases (PPCs)
- Wibalin & fine linen cloths
- Printed & coloured endpapers
- Head & tail bands
- Ribbon markers
Paperback
This soft cover option consists of either ‘signatures’ (grouped leaves) or individual leaves bound within a cover of a much heavier paper, glued together at the spine with a strong flexible glue; also known as ‘Perfect Binding’.