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Have You Written a Book?
At YPS Printing Services, our dedicated team produce exceptionally high quality books. Whether you are a publisher or self-publisher we can offer a personal, quality service at competitive prices.
Our books are finished to the highest standards. We offer various options on paper stocks and weights, book sizes and different finishes.
We can offer the help you may need to publish your book. We can give you information about ISBNs. We can have your manuscript professionally edited, the text pages and cover designed by a professional book designer with proofs and print files and of course printing and binding, along with Warehousing, distribution and marketing advice*.
*From a print partner.
Book Printing
Colour or Black and White?
We are able to print both! Depending on what you are wanting to achieve in your finished book , some pages can be printed on silk or gloss paper or on the same paper as the rest of the book.
Photographs and images can be scattered or printed on plate sections in colour or black and white
Whatever works best for you!
Covers
Covers are usually printed in full colour using CMYK files. We can also print the inside covers of the book and provide jackets if needed.
Covers can be laminated with either gloss or matt finishes they can also be printed on colour board. We can even use a metallic foil for a premium look.
Proofs
We will print and send a proof copy to you. This allows you to see and hold your finished book and also helps you make any final corrections or changes should you need to.
Which Size is best?
There are a number of standard sizes that you usually find on your bookshelves. We can advise you on the size depending on the purpose of your book and the genre. This handy table shows some of the standard sizes that we can print.
Size | Name | Suitable for |
178mm x 111mm | A Format | small novel, poetry books |
198mm x 126mm | B Format | novels |
216 x 138 | C Format | novels, family history,historical publications |
234mm x 156mm | Royal Octavo | large novels, family history, historical books |
234mm x 170mm | Royal Octavo Wide | large novels, family history, historical publications |
245mm x 190mm | Crown Quarto | large novels, family history, historical publications |
210mm x 148mm | A5 | planners, diaries, small academic style books, handbooks |
297mm x 210 | A4 | educational books, workbooks, technical manuals, professional documentation |
Supplying Files and Artwork
Our preferred format for files that you supply to us ready to print should be high resolution PDF files.
The print ready PDF file for text pages should be saved as a single page file with the pages in the correct order. The fonts should be embedded and any images, for best results, should ideally be 300dpi and CMYK. You should allow for margins of 10 - 15mm or more on the page, particularly on the binding side, and please remember page numbers and running heads look much better if they are in the same position when they are printed on both sides of the page. Images can, if you wish, go past the margins and bleed off the page. If your images extend beyond the edge of the page they should do so by a minimum of 3mm. This is the bleed and will be trimmed off when the book is bound.
If you are supplying your own cover for the book it should be supplied as above as a high res PDF in one piece, with the spine, the correct width, in place. The cover should have a 3mm bleed all round. We can advise you what the width of the spine should be once a decision on the text paper has been made. If you have problems it is most likely we will be able to sort them out but our studio time may be chargeable. If your book is a hardback with a jacket and blocking we can give you additional information.
Although we cannot print straight from Microsoft Word documents, we can advise and support you in converting the file to PDF so if you are not sure of the best way to do this please get in touch.
