Short Run Books Printer

If you are a self publisher and are looking for books to fill your distribution channel, The Country Press can fulfill your requirements very effectively. Our perfect bound and saddle stitched books are of the highest quality and can be sent directly to your distribution partners. We electronically save both interior and cover materials so reordering can be just a phone call or Email away. Book order can range from 11 copies to 5000.

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Book Specifications

Book Sizes

4 ¼” x 7” Mass Market
5 ¼” x 7 ¼” Trade book
5” x 7” Tradebook
5 ½” x 8 ½” Tradebook, Handbook or Fiction
6”x 9” Tradebook, Handbook or Fiction
7” x 9” Manual, Textbook
7 ½” x 9” Giftbook, Art Book, Manual
8 ½” x 11” Manual, Textbook

Book Run Sizes

11-5,000

Ink Options

Latex Based
Soy Based

Book Interior Stock

SOPORSET Premium Opaque Offset

50lb. & 60lb. Standard
Optional: 40 lb. & 80lb.
97 GE Brightness
Made of 100% Eucalyotus Globulus fibers

50lb. & 60 lb. Husky Offset

92 GE brightness
Opacity 90 on 50# and 92 on 60#
Good Opacity for minimal show-through
SFI-certified
Made with Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) virgin fiber content
Manufactured under alkaline (acid-free) conditions for increased longevity and performance

Spinghill Opaque Colors and Covers

3 basis weights: 50lb.,60lb., 70lb.
11 pastel colors stocked
Contains 30% post consumer
Smooth Finish

60lb. Rolland Opaque Natural Smooth Finish Text

Recycled/ 30% Post Consumer Waste
Certified FSC Mixed Sources
PPI 454

50lb. Rolland Opaque Bright White

Recycled30% Post Consumer Ware
Opacity 96
PPI 535

60lb. Rolland Opaque Bright White

Recycled 30% Post Consumer Waste
Opacity 96
PPI 460

Covers

Cover Stock

80lb. Garda Silk Cover
Certified FSC Mixed Sources
92 Brightness Tappi 525 Index
Art Quality Silk Finish
8pt. Caliper

International Paper Carolina 10pt C1S

Industry-leading brightness (94) and Whiteness (145)
Basis Weight 133
Availablity of FDA-approved , alkaline,
10% post-consumer content

Springhill Opaque Covers

65lb. basis weight
5 pastel colors
30% post-consumer fiber
Vellum finish

Vellum Bristol Cover

2 basis weights: 67lb. and 80lb.
90 brightness, blue-white shade
11 pastel covers
Contains 10% post-conumer.

Lamination

General Binding Corporation

Trust Digital Lay-Flat for superb adhesion that’s more than 10% stronger that the closest competitor. Patented as a single-sided laminating solution, GBC Lay-Flat negates the effects of page curl due to humidity. Choose Clear or Matte for long-lasting beauty on paper-back book covers.

Binding Options

Perfect Bound (Softcover) – Our new state of the art Standard binder can bind books with with a spine size from 1/8” to 2 ¼”.

Saddlestitch – We can saddlestitch book from sizes & pages
Spiral Bound