Book Printing | Ally Sourcing

Book printing in the US and Abroad

Based in the US and with our own printer aboard, Ally Sourcing offers world-class professional book printing and binding services to businesses, non-profits, and independent publishers around the globe.

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Frequently Asked Questions

With decades of experience, Ally Sourcing offers top-tier printing services specializing in high-quality book printing. Our expertise, advanced technology, and competitive pricing make us a leading choice among book printing companies.

We have options to print overseas, offering significant cost savings without compromising quality. At Ally Sourcing, we provide exceptional quality, a range of customization options, and a streamlined process to ensure fast and reliable service.
Why Choose Ally Sourcing?

02 | How much does it cost to print a book?

How much does it cost to print a book?

Based in the United States and with a printer abroad, Ally Sourcing offers world-class professional book printing and binding services to businesses, non-profits, and independent publishers around the globe.

You can use our book printing instant quote feature on our website.

Please note all pricing are estimates and do not include shipping.

Paperback Book Printing Price Chart (8.5” x 11”)

Page Count	500pcs	1000pcs	2000pcs	5000pcs
300 pages	$6.26 each $3132 total	$4.12 each $4122 total	$3.15 each $6308 total	$2.65 each $13264 total
100 pages	$2.31 each $1157 total	$1.5 each $1499 total	$1.14 each $2274 total	$0.96 each $4812 total
200 pages	$4.23 each $2113 total	$2.77 each $2771 total	$2.13 each $4260 total	$1.8 each $8983 total

Cover: 250 gsm / 92 lb coated cover paper with gloss lamination.

Inner: 128 gsm / 86 lb coated text paper.

Hardcover Book Printing Price Chart (8.5” x 11”)

Page Count	500pcs	1000pcs	2000pcs	5000pcs
200 pages	$6.21 each $3107 total	$4.28 each $4281 total	$3.41 each $6811 total	$2.76 each $13780 total
100 pages	$3.76 each $1878 total	$2.69 each $2692 total	$2.21 each $4423 total	$1.86 each $9282 total
300 pages	$8.88 each $4440 total	$5.97 each $5965 total	$4.64 each $9271 total	$3.67 each $18360 total

End sheets: 140 gsm / 95 lb uncoated text paper, blank.

Inner: 157 gsm / 106 lb coated text paper for interior.

The standard production time is:

Softcover books— about 5 to 10 days

Hardcover books— about 2 to 3 weeks

These times vary depending on order size and finishing options. Shipping times vary based on your location and shipping method.
Standard Production Time
Shipping Options
With decades of experience, Ally Sourcing offers top-tier printing services specializing in high-quality book printing. Our expertise, advanced technology, and competitive pricing make us a leading choice among book printing companies.

We have options to print overseas, offering significant cost savings without compromising quality. At Ally Sourcing, we provide exceptional quality, a range of customization options, and a streamlined process to ensure fast and reliable service.
Our printing services include various types of books, from hardcover to softcover, as well as magazines, catalogs, and more. We also provide eco-friendly options and custom finishes to meet your specific needs.
Printing Services
Yes, if requested, we use FSC-certified paper for our books, ensuring that the paper comes from responsibly managed forests. We also use soy-based inks, which are safer for the environment and healthier for kids.
Eco-Friendly Options
Our minimum order quantity is 500 copies.
What is the MOQ for book printing?
We offer a variety of cover finishes, including matte, gloss, and soft-touch lamination. You can also choose foil stamping, embossing, and UV coating for a customized look. These options add durability and a unique feel to your book.

You can choose the finishes in our instant quote calculator.
What are the available options for cover finishes?
Yes, we offer a free manual document-checking service to ensure your files are print-ready. Our team will review the document layout, bleed, resolution, and other technical details, allowing you to correct any issues before production begins.
Do you provide a document checking service?
Please submit your artwork and layout in PDF format with all fonts embedded.
Are there specific design file formats required?

Gloss, Matte, Uncoated, and Specialty Paper

You have many options for paper stock to print your book at Ally Sourcing. Most books use gloss, matte art paper, or uncoated offset paper for interactive titles like coloring books. But you’re not limited to these selections.

You can also choose from our specialty paper stocks, such as linen finish, vellum, or other textures. Opting for a specialty stock can impact your pricing, but it may be worth it to give specific projects an outstanding, unique look and feel.

Allow our printing experts to help recommend the best paper selections for your book and your budget.

Special Paper

Uncoated Paper

Matte Art Paper

Gloss Art Paper

Standard Book Sizes

US Standard Book Sizes:

U.S. Trade: 6” x 9”
U.S. Letter: 8.5” x 11”
Digest Size: 5.5” x 8.5”
Mass Market Paperback (Pocket Book): 4.25” x 6.87”

Europe and Australia Standard Book Sizes:

A4: 210 x 297 mm
A5: 148 x 210 mm
B5: 176 x 250 mm
A6: 105 x 148 mm
Crown Octavo: 123 x 186 mm
Demy Octavo: 138 x 216 mm
Royal Octavo: 165 x 254 mm
Crown Quarto: 189 x 246 mm
Demy Quarto: 219 x 276 mm
Royal Quarto: 237 x 312 mm

UK Special Standard Book Sizes:

A-Format: 110 x 178 mm
B-Format: 129 x 198 mm

Large Size

Landscape

Portrait

Perfect binding is the technical term for what is better known as paperback or softcover binding. Think of the last paperback novel you read; the sort of book you pick up at the newsstand, from the fiction section in the bookstore, or at the airport. A familiar style, perfect binding is a visually appealing and economical bookbinding solution. Although typically used for comic books and fiction, perfect binding is suitable for any genre.

Binding Options

Printing and binding go hand-in-hand. At Ally Sourcing, we’re proud to incorporate a complete range of binding options to complete your book. Your choice of binding will depend on your book’s genre, purpose, intended readership, format, and more. Given such a considerable array of choices, we’re happy to help you pick the best bookbinding option for you, your book, and your budget. Let’s have a quick look at the possibilities.

Allow our printing experts to help recommend the best paper selections for your book and your budget.

Spiral binding is a good option for commercial reports, student workbooks, college lab books, cookbooks and recipe collections, user manuals, guides, and many other applications.

Wire-O binding is tougher than spiral binding. It incorporates a double wire coil, which is ideal for workshop manuals, textbooks, instructional guides, and other outdoor uses, the factory floor, or workshop rather than classrooms and offices.

Lay-flat Perfect
Binding

Our specialist techniques and facilities allow us to offer this unique lay-flat solution for books that need the functionality of wire-o and spiral binding but the more elegant appearance of a paperback or perfect-bound book.

We apply a sewn binding to the interior pages before gluing them to the cover. The sewn pages are not glued individually to the spine, allowing the book to open flat. Our lay-flat perfect binding gives you the best of both worlds for a clean, professional presentation and robust, practical functionality. Best of all, this up-scale binding method is the least expensive of all the options for an open-flat book.

Wire-O &
Spiral Binding

These bindings use a technique known as “punch-and-bind”. With both, we punch or drill equally spaced holes along one of the outer edges of the pages. We then thread a flexible wire or plastic coil through the holes. The coil holds the pages together while allowing them to turn independently even through 360° and, of course, lay completely flat. We can laminate the pages to make them stronger and water-resistant and add durable vinyl covers for a practical book that needs to work hard without spoiling its attractive appearance.

Saddle Stitch Binding

If your book has fewer than 48 pages, saddle stitching is a popular and economical bookbinding method that may suit your needs. Comic books, coloring books, instruction manuals, workbooks and more often take advantage of saddle stitch binding. Saddle stitching binds the interior pages and cover together with specially designed staples or — for a more attractive and robust result — stitched binding thread, which gives this technique its name.

Hardcover books are more durable than most other books, and consumers often perceive this binding style as more valuable. Hardcover bookbinding is popular for special-edition books, children’s books, coffee table books, high-end art and photography collections, memoirs, autobiographies, history, science books, and more. You can add features like a printed slip-case, ribbon markers, and a dust jacket to make your hardcover book extra-special. Nothing speaks of quality and value so much as the elegance and substance of a finely crafted hardcover edition.

Not all books are meant only to be read. Cookbooks, textbooks, workbooks, diaries, and more may need to be propped up on a desk or work surface and often laid entirely flat.

Specialized "Lay-Flat Bookbinding Options

Perfect Binding

Hardcover Binding

Special Finishes, Lamination, and Foil Stamping

They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but we all do! Your book’s cover is the first thing that a potential reader sees, so it must make a good impression. Someone browsing the bookstore — online or offline — is more likely to check out a book with a beautiful, intriguing, visually appealing cover. Ally Sourcing offers a complete range of finishing options to make your book uniquely eye-catching and attractive.

These options include:

Deboss

Emboss

Spot UV

Foil Stamping

Gloss Lamination

Varnishing

Matte Lamination

Book Printing for Self-Publishers

Check out some of our other book printing offerings. To get the full list, please click on the mega menu above. Our printing services include various types of books, from hardcover to softcover, as well as magazines, catalogs, comic, children's, and more. We also provide eco-friendly options and custom finishes to meet your specific needs.

Comic Book Printing

Cookbook Printing

Art Book Printing

Paperback Book Printing

Our Eco-Friendly Promise

We use paper stock that’s sourced from FSC-certified sustainable forestry when possible. We provide recycled paper material on request. We also use environmentally-friendly soy inks—based on harmless, biodegradable vegetable products.

Book

Rigid Boxes

Book printing in the US and Abroad

Frequently Asked Questions

Why Choose Ally Sourcing?

How much does it cost to print a book?

Paperback Book Printing Price Chart (8.5” x 11”)

Hardcover Book Printing Price Chart (8.5” x 11”)

Standard Production Time

Shipping Options

Printing Services

Eco-Friendly Options

What is the MOQ for book printing?

What are the available options for cover finishes?

Do you provide a document checking service?

Are there specific design file formats required?

Standard Book Sizes

US Standard Book Sizes:

U.S. Trade: 6” x 9”

U.S. Letter: 8.5” x 11”

Digest Size: 5.5” x 8.5”

Mass Market Paperback (Pocket Book): 4.25” x 6.87”

Europe and Australia Standard Book Sizes:

A4: 210 x 297 mm

A5: 148 x 210 mm

B5: 176 x 250 mm

A6: 105 x 148 mm

Crown Octavo: 123 x 186 mm

Demy Octavo: 138 x 216 mm

Royal Octavo: 165 x 254 mm

Crown Quarto: 189 x 246 mm

Demy Quarto: 219 x 276 mm

Royal Quarto: 237 x 312 mm