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"How do I work with GSB to print my hardcover book?"

It’s fast and easy. Stop by our NYC retail location or reach us via phone or email. All you need to provide is a print ready PDF file of your work. Our customer service department will shepherd you through the easy process, and advise you about our basic requirements, and an estimated time of completion. It’s that simple.

Case Binding Service for Quality Hardcover Books

 

Offering Specifications

GSB Inc. provides advanced automated Case Binding Services for business and marketing professionals, as well as consumers, interested in producing personalized hardcover books in small quantities.

 

Our Requirements:

• Page count determined by thickness: Minimum of 1/8" thick (approximately 40 pages, 20 leaves) Maximum of 3/8" thick
  (approximately 120 pages, 60 leaves)

• Choose from four standard sizes (see below)

• Provide job in print ready PDF format

• Text should have 1/8" bleed on all four sides with crops.

• Cover should have generous bleed over text pages (up to 3/16"); no crops are necessary.

• Printed on 80 lb. gloss or uncoated text

• Choose either black or white end sheets/flyleaf

 

Standard Offering Dimensions and Pricing

We offer four affordable standard book sizes. Size is based off of book block (inside content) which yields the book’s finished size, by including a 1/4” increase on three sides for cover and approximate spine. (ie: book blocks measuring 6” x 8.5” produces a final size of ~6.25” x 9”)

 

Block Size	6"x8.5" (portrait) 8.5"x6" (landscape)	8"x8" (square)	8"x11" (portrait) 11"x8" (landscape)	10"x10" (square)
Size w/Cover	6.25"x9" (portrait) 8.75"x6.5" (landscape)	8.5"x8.25" (square)	8.25"x11.5" (portrait) 11.25"x8.5" (landscape)	10.5"x10.25" (square)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact us today to find out how we can make your work or your memories stand apart from the crowd.

 

Is Self-publishing for You?

If you’re considering self-publishing as an option to take your book to market, here are four reasons why it’s a good idea:

 

1. Ownership

• If you work with a traditional publisher, odds are they will own the rights to your book.  As such, you cannot print additional copies of your book unless you buy back those rights.




2. Control

• Self-publishing means all decisions are yours exclusively and based on your best interests.




3. Profit

• It’s great to have a large publisher finance your book project, but it’s not so great when all you see are paltry royalties. When you self-publish, your margins are considerably higher. Plus, if you’re a success, you’ll have publishers calling you and your negotiation power will be greater.




4. Time

• In traditional publishing, production cycles are long, sometimes taking several months.  Digital printing and case binding service providers, like GSB|Inc., can produce casewrap hardcover books in one day.

 

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