Have you ever heard about case binding or casebound books? These are the alternative names for hardcover book publishing. But the question arises: When paperback fulfils the need, why is hardcover binding necessary? Well! It is beyond the mechanical binding process.  

Hardcover binding is a premium bookbinding technique. It combines craftsmanship and technology. Simply, hardcover book publishing makes your book look professional. It polishes your work while creating a lasting impression on readers. 

This article discusses hardcover book publishing—its advantages. We also explore where you find the best hardcover book publishing service.  You can also find how A2Z helps in this regard. 

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What is Hardcover Book Publishing?

Hardcover book publishing is a method of printing and publishing a book with a rigid cover. The cover is made from thick paperboard or cardboard wrapped in a cloth. However, several options are available to make a cover: printed, laminated, leather, or bonded leather. It depends upon your preference and budget, which material you choose. 

If we look at the pages of the hardcover book, they are perfectly glued or stitched into a spine. The spine is flexible, and the book remains flat when open. Add icing to the cake. There is also an option for Dust Jacket, which protects the hardcover and makes your book more attractive. However, hardcover book publishing is a tough row to hoe. It is more expensive than paperback printing in several ways.

Hardcover needs additional designs for perfect printing that costs a little more than regular printing. You also need a dust jacket over a hardcover for long-lasting usage. The book’s trim size differs from the paperback’s if you need an interior layout. Lastly, you also need to buy an ISBN for copyrighted pages. 

What Kinds of Books Require Hardcover Book Publishing

• Children books
• Art books
• Coffee-tables books
• Years Books
• Academic Books
• History Book
• Memoir
• Compendia

Top Services for Hardcover Book Publishing

As self-publishing hardcover is a hassle, multiple companies are serving authors around the globe. Each company has different cover formats, paper quality, and printing expenditures. Here, we discuss the five most trustworthy companies in the United States.

Amazon KDP

If you are a self-publisher, you must be familiar with Amazon KDP. Recently, it introduced laminate hardcover book printing. They offer five trim sizes and have special tools to resize your cover. With this, you can reshape any previous cover design and create your hardcover template. Amazon allows a minimum of 75 pages to a maximum of 550 pages. If we look at the cost, the average price of 200 black and white pages with regular trim size hardcovers is around $8. Amazon use the following formula

Fixed cost+ (page count x per page cost) = printing cost

PaperTrue

If you would like to hire someone for trustworthy end-to-end services, there is no better option than PaperTrue. They offer two hardcover book publishing options: case bound for children or self-publishing books and jacketcase laminate for novels. The best thing about PaperTrue is that it has no page count limitation. You can ask them to print one copy or more, they can do it for you within 2-3 working days. However, 200 black and white pages with a jacket case hardcover cost around $25. They also offer discounts on shipping costs for more than 10 copies. Wow!

IngramSpark

After PaperTrue, the following solid option for premium book binding is IngramSpark. They have four hardcover printing options: laminate case, jacket case, blue cloth cover, and grey cover case. You have an additional feature for blue and grey cloth covers with or without dust jackets. For the last three options, you can have limited trim size options. They cost around $10 for 200 black and white pages with a jacket case hardcover, but they have extra shipping charges of around $4. 

Barnes & Noble Press

Barness and Noble Press has them covered. They have two printing options: printed cases and dust jackets. The best part is that they offer premium book printing in coloured, black, and white options. The 200 black and white pages with jacket case hardcover cost around $11 on average. The only problem is that they need extra time if you need any changes in your pre-order design. 

PrintNinja

If you are looking for something extra like embossing, debossing, or metallic stamp effect on your hardcover, then PrintNinja is here to assist you. They have four printing options: faux leather cover, cloth cover, coated paper, and uncoated textured paper.  They take orders in bulk, at least 250 copies, and partner with many Chinese companies to fulfil the task. 250 copies of 200 white and black interior pages cost around $4000. 

Besides these companies, Mixam, Pixartprinting, BookBaby which offer incredible services at reasonable prices. 

How Does A2Z Publishing Help You In Hardcover Book Publishing? 

A2Z Publishing offers various consultancy  services, from selecting the manuscript to launching the book. In the case of hardcover book publishing, it helps you to choose those hardcovers that fulfill the following requirements. 

Durability

Hardcover book binding acts as a protective shell for those books that are read and re-read repeatedly throughout the year. They are specially designed to prevent wear and tear by providing gilded edges to your book. 

Customisation

Because of millions of cover templates in the market, choosing the one that no one has used before is tricky. Therefore, we offer consultancy services that help you create your hardcover with the collaboration of our team. 

Premium Book Binding

Instead of hardcover book printing and publishing, there are many other high-quality bookbindings like saddle stitching, perfect binding, and case binding. A2Z helps you in choosing the better one. 

Book Sizes

Whether looking for a novel hardcover or a memoir hardcover, at A2Z, we help you in finding different book size options like 5.5×8.5, 8×10, or others that fit any book. 

Final Words

With the advancement in the publishing industry, hardcover book publishing is also transforming your book writing into a worthwhile journey. Hardcover book publishing is the process of printing and publishing a book with a hardcover. Several options are available for the hardcover: case laminated, dust jacket, cloth wrapping, or stamping. It depends on your preference and budget to choose. But you can also get expert advice from our team to help create an aesthetic, eye-catching design.