How Much Does Booklet Printing Cost: Average Price & What To Expect
How Much Does Booklet Printing Cost
If you’re a bustling retail business, a special interest group, or even an independent creator, chances are you will want to print a variety of different media for promotion, information, or profit.
Booklets can cost between $1 and $100 based on the quality of the booklet you’re ordering, but many factors can influence this cost.
Read on to learn about these factors, see some examples of different booklet-style products, and learn about choosing a printing company to go with. Click the headings below to be taken to that section:
If you’re after a different type of printed product altogether, such as banners, invoices, or postcards, click here to read about other topics on JH French’s blog, or click here to get in touch directly.
PRICE FACTORS
Volume has the biggest impact on price.
Below are some of the main factors that a printing company will ask you about when you’re deciding on the details of a printing order. Each of them affects your total booklet printing cost in different ways.
With so many variables, it’s often difficult to predict what the final price will be until you can explain your plans to a printing company and have them provide a quote.
Volume - The size of your order has one of the biggest impacts on booklet printing cost. Ordering below 100 copies will usually mean you’ll pay near the high end of the price range per item, but ordering above 1000 copies can cut your price per item in half.
Paper - Paper can have many different finishes. Some of the main ones include satin (sometimes called Velvet), glossy, or unfinished. Satin is great for reading, glossy shows off pictures really well, and unfinished is more absorbent and appropriate for writing on.
Dimensions - Smaller items are cheaper than larger items.
Colour - Most publications want to be in colour, but printing in greyscale is significantly cheaper.
Cosmetic Features - These features are not necessary for every booklet, but add a special flair if the budget allows.
Embossing - Texture created on a cover through the use of physical impressions.
Foiling - Shiny reflective coating, also mostly used for covers or creative projects.
In general, if you want to print a higher quality item, printing that item in a very large volume will significantly reduce the price of your booklet printing cost. If you already know what you want, click here to learn more about what services a full-service printing company can offer you to get your project off the ground.
TYPES OF BOOKLETS
Read on below for some of the most common types of booklets.
Keep in mind that the price ranges below reflect the various factors described in the section above. Additionally, these prices are not hard, as the availability of materials and the innovations of new technology are bound to change over time.
These prices also only predict the cost of printing each item and do not reflect how much it would cost to design each one.
Poetry Books
Price: $5 - $100 each to print
Description: Typically between 20-100 pages, poetry books are sleek, self-promotional items, usually with simple graphical elements or tasteful artwork, highlighting a single author’s poetry.
Many independent writers get their start by making short runs of brief poetry books to sell for a few dollars.
If you are a new writer, consider making your work available digitally as an ebook as well.
Pamphlets
Price: $0.50 - $1 each to print
Description: Pamphlets (and brochures) aren’t much more than sheets of paper folded to create sections, usually used as promotional or informational material.
Consider ordering pamphlets if you’re promoting an event, or advertising a service that deserves more text than a single flyer’s-worth of information would permit. For a more in-depth look at pamphlets/brochures, click here.
If you don’t know how to organize the layout of your pamphlet, read these quick tips here, or talk to a professional printing company for advice.
Ringed Notebooks
Price: $1 - $40 each to print
Description: Ringed (also called spiral-bound) notebooks are often used as mass-produced, disposable note-taking material for offices or people taking courses.
Ringed notebooks can also be bound with hard covers featuring custom designs, making for a stylish personal notebook.
Consider printing ringed notebooks if you want to hand them out at a meeting or conference for attendees to take notes.
Magazines
Price: $2 - $50 each to print
Description: Magazines are larger, flashier, interest-oriented publications that can be sold at a higher price than other booklets. In fact, the modern magazine has been around for almost 200 years.
Magazines are often released by groups that have a special focus on a certain industry, such as fashion, tech, or lifestyle advice. They are graphically rich, and are often a visual experience in addition to a textual one.
If your organization produces lots of periodical content you think an audience would appreciate getting in a regular package, consider printing some magazines.
Zines
Price: $1 - $10 each to print
Description: “A zine is usually a non – commercial, non professional publication, kind of like a magazine but with a twist.”
Zines have been around for decades, used by independent artists and creators who want to make artistic, off-beat booklets with a very low booklet printing cost.
If you are part of a quirky, unusual group drawn to this style of content dissemination, consider printing an order of zines.
CHOOSING A PRINTER
Choosing a printer is almost as important as knowing what to print.
Do Your Research
Don’t dive into a huge print run with the first company you see. Compare prices, services, and portfolios of the companies around you to determine which one is the best fit.
If you want to learn more, you can contact many companies over the phone or through their websites and they’ll be happy to provide you with more details on booklet printing costs or any other service.
The Benefits of Full-Service
When comparing companies, consider finding a company that offers full-service printing, like JH French.
A full-service company makes the whole creative process easier because they offer:
Graphic design assistance
Printing
Binding
If you don’t have the time or resources to produce an entire booklet from start to finish on your own, a full-service printing company will make your project run much smoother.
Supporting Small Businesses
In addition to giving back to your local economy, working with a small printing company in your area lets you experience tighter, more responsive customer service.
Instead of being a number lost in vast, nonstop production, a small company can focus on your order personally. They can give you advice on what they would specifically recommend for your project, and over time it will be easier to develop a rapport with them if you make repeated orders.
JH French & CO Limited:
Over 120 Years Of Experience!
If you don’t know what booklet printing cost is reasonable, what to expect from the process, or if you want to print something else entirely, JH French does it all!
Contact JH French today for prices, an explanation of their process, or advice about what printing solution is best for your project!
Whether you need an informational flyer, a magazine, or a small promotional booklet, you can rely on the experts at JH French.
When you choose to work with JH French, you will be working with a full-service printing company that has over 120 years of experience. Get in touch now! We are located in Hamilton, Ontario, but serve Canadian companies coast to coast!
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