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Classic Hardcover
The book most people mean when they say "photo book".
A proper case-bound hardback: board covers wrapped in your own photograph, a sewn-and-glued block that opens without cracking, and a printed spine so the book is findable on a shelf ten years from now. If you are making one book a year for the family, this is the one.
Offset-quality press — 300 dpi. Ink laid down as a fine screen of dots at 300 dpi, colour-managed to a measured profile. What a good book or magazine is printed with. Compare the three processes
What you get
Built like this
- Rigid case-bound board covers, photo-wrapped edge to edge
- Optional printed dust jacket at no extra cost
- 170 gsm silk pages, sewn and glued for a spine that survives rereading
- Spine printed with your title — it reads on a shelf
Specifications
| Printing | Offset-quality press, 300 dpi |
|---|---|
| Binding | Case bound (hardcover) |
| Cover | Photo-wrapped board, matte or gloss |
| Paper | Silk art paper |
| Paper weight | 170 gsm |
| Lay-flat | No — conventional bound spine |
| Dust jacket | Optional, no extra cost |
| Archival | Standard longevity, fade-resistant inks |
| Page range | 20–180, in twos |
| Best for | Family yearbooks, holidays, birthdays, gifts |
Inside it
How the spreads sit
Sewn and glued, so the book opens well and stays open — but keep faces out of the very centre of a spread, or step up to a lay-flat edition.
Every size
Classic Hardcover in all seven trim sizes
Shown at the included page count. Each page beyond that adds a flat amount, times the size factor.
6 × 6 Mini
6 × 6 in
$27.28
24 pages
8 × 8 Square
8 × 8 in
$44.00
24 pages
8.5 × 11 Portrait
8.5 × 11 in
$55.00
24 pages
11 × 8.5 Landscape
11 × 8.5 in
$55.00
24 pages
10 × 10 Square
10 × 10 in
$59.40
24 pages
12 × 12 Square
12 × 12 in
$77.00
24 pages
13 × 10 Panorama
13 × 10 in
$81.40
24 pages
Extra pages: $0.75 per page at 8 × 8, scaled by the size factor. Nothing else is added.
Price it now
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Also consider
The other editions
Softcover
Real press printing at the price of a photo order.
Linen Hardcover
Woven linen and foil, for the book you do not want to look printed.
Lay-Flat Premium
Mounted spreads with no gutter. A photo can cross the middle.
Photographic Lay-Flat
Real photographic paper, developed in chemistry. No ink, no dots.
Archival Heirloom
Cotton rag, pigment inks, leather and a slipcase. Built for a century.
Giclée Atelier
Twelve pigment inks at 1200 dpi on Hahnemühle rag, hand-bound in a clamshell.
Make the book this year, not next year
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