Selection of production details
You are the only person to decide what your book should look like. BoD offers you many different bindings, trim sizes, colours and paper stocks, from which you are free to select your preferences.
Book format
Standard formats: | 12.0 x 19.0 cm |
| 13.5 x 21.5 cm |
| 14.8 x 21.0 cm (DIN A5) |
| 15.5 x 22.0 cm |
| 17.0 x 22.0 cm |
| 17.0 x 17.0 cm |
| 21.0 x 15.0 cm (landscape format) |
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Large formats: | 19.0 x 27.0 cm |
21.0 x 21.0 cm | |
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Maxi format: | 21.0 x 29.7 cm (DIN A4) |
Please note:
- The books may be between 24 and 700 pages long with the paper white 90 g and off-white 90 g; if you use the paper stock photo glossy 200 g, your book may have a maximum of 630 pages
- The page number must be divisible by four
- Different production costs apply to large format and maxi format. These trim sizes are not available for hardcovers with dust jacket
- Publishers may choose any trim size between the smallest standard format and the maxi format for paperbacks and hardcovers
Paper and colour
Paper:
Only quality paper stock is used for the book block. Available paper stocks are white 90 g, off-white 90 g, and photo glossy 200 g – all acid-, wood-, and chlorine-free, as well as non-ageing.
ColorPlus:
With ColorPlus any number of colour pages may be included in any book – with free placement, full bleeds, and even with almost all trim sizes. The price is unbeatable to boot, starting at 9 cents per page.
Types of binding
Paperback:
The colour paperback cover made of flexible 250-g cardboard is coated with a glossy, textured or plain protective laminate, as you prefer. Processing is done as hot adhesive binding with side gluing.
Laminated hardcover:
The book cover is coated with coloured Efalin paper (laminated). Black-and-white headbands are put on the inside of the spine. Plain, glossy or, optionally, textured surface finish protects the cover against wear and stains. In addition, you may choose between straight (right) and round spine including a ribbon page marker (left). The binding is carried out as dispersion adhesive binding.
Case for hardcovers with dust jacket:
The Efalin paper is available in five colours.
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Booklets:
A brochure with spiral binding is called a booklet. These little books offer all authors the opportunity of publishing a manuscript of even less than 52 pages (the minimum length for adhesive binding) – in A4 or A5 format, with black-and-white or full-colour printing. If individual colours pages are to be placed inside the book block, the entire booklet is printed in colour mode and charged accordingly (black-and-white pages may of course also be included). Please note: If you use this binding, pictures may not be printed as bleeds.
