Diaries can start any month — academic, financial year or your own. Tell us the range and we set the grid.
Diary Printing
- Single-page PDF, 3mm bleed on all edges
- Images at 300dpi, CMYK colour
- Free file check on every order — we flag issues before press
Not ready? Generate a cover template or run the pre-flight check now.
Also available: Any start month · day-per-page, week-to-view and custom grids · wire-O binding · ribbon markers & elastic closures · foil blocking · gilt edges on request · runs to 10,000+.
How much does diary printing cost?
The table shows the same A5 week-to-view diary — 144 pages on 100gsm opaque, thread-sewn and case bound — at six quantities, priced live by our calculator.
A day-per-page diary is roughly 368 pages and costs proportionately more — change the page count above to price yours. See full UK book printing prices or get your exact price →
| 10 copies | £24.31 |
| 25 copies | £13.45 |
| 50 copies | £9.84 |
| 100 copies | £7.63 |
| 250 copies | £3.96 |
| 500 copies | £2.94 |
Set your files up with our free book tools
Built by us for book work — every output is generated to your exact spec, not a static download.
Cover template generator
A press-ready cover template built for your trim size, spine and cover material — in seconds.
Pre-flight check
Upload your PDF and we flag bleed, resolution and colour issues before anything reaches press — free.
Spine width calculator
Your exact spine width from paper, page count and binding — live, to the tenth of a millimetre.
Book size guide
Every UK trim size at actual size, with what each one is conventionally used for.
What people print
Corporate & branded diaries
Client gifts and staff diaries with foil-blocked covers, brand-coloured page furniture and company information pages. The classic year-end corporate gift, done properly.
Academic & school diaries
September-start student planners and homework diaries with school branding, term dates, timetable pages and code-of-conduct sections. Built to survive a school year.
Retail & niche diaries
Dated products for stationery brands and specialist niches — wellness diaries, gardening year books, fitness logs. Retail-grade finishing, barcoded, run sizes that match sell-through.
Clubs, charities & memberships
Membership diaries with fixture lists, event calendars and directory pages. Financial-year or season starts, small runs from 10 copies.
Diaries specification
Dated interiors
- Day-per-page, week-to-view or two-days-per-page grids
- Dated from any start month — calendar, academic or financial year
- Year planners, month tabs, notes sections, info pages
- We can supply dated grid templates or set the pages from your spec
Binding
- Case-bound hardback — the corporate and retail diary standard
- Wire-O — lies flat on a desk, pages fold fully back
- Perfect or PUR paperback — cost-effective for bulk runs
- Thread-sewn book blocks for diaries that get daily use
Sizes & paper
- A5 — the standard diary format; A6 pocket and A4 desk sizes
- 80–100gsm opaque writing stocks, cream or white
- Show-through-safe stocks — a diary page is written on both sides
- Recycled options across the range
Cover & finishing
- PPC printed covers, cloth Wibalin, leather or vegan-leather
- Foil blocking — the classic diary cover treatment
- Ribbon markers, elastic closures, pen loops, head & tail bands
- Personalised covers — individual names foiled or printed per copy
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Diaries FAQ
Yes — the dated grid is printed, not bought in, so a September academic start, an April financial year or an 18-month spread all cost the same as January–December. Tell us the span and we set the dates.
Either. Supply a print-ready PDF with your own dated layout, or ask for our day-per-page and week-to-view grid templates and drop your branding, colours and extras in. For fully bespoke grids (columns for a specific workflow, saints’ days, tide tables — we’ve seen most things) send the spec and we’ll set it.
10 copies — a genuine short run, not a promotional-catalogue floor of 250. Corporate runs typically land at 50–250, school diaries at one-per-student plus spares, retail runs at 250–1,000. Unit cost falls meaningfully at 50, 100, 250 and 500.
Have files approved by mid-November for comfortable pre-Christmas delivery — hardback runs take 10–12 working days plus proofing, and December couriers are December couriers. School diaries for September want files in by mid-July. We schedule backwards from your start date; tell us the deadline at quote stage.
Week-to-view (about 144 pages with extras) keeps the diary slim, cheap and giftable — right for most corporate and membership runs. Day-per-page (about 368 pages) suits working diaries, school planners with daily homework space, and anything sold as a serious tool. The page count roughly doubles the book, so it’s also a price decision — the table below shows both.
Yes — individual names can be foiled or printed on covers copy by copy, from a simple spreadsheet. Popular for staff diaries and premium client gifts. Per-copy personalisation adds a set-up element, so it prices best from 25 copies up.
Diaries are written on both sides of every page, so opacity matters more than in most books. We recommend 90–100gsm opaque stocks — heavy enough that biro and fountain pen don’t ghost, light enough that a day-per-page book stays comfortable. Cream reads traditional; white reads corporate.
Yes — order a free sample pack showing bindings, cover materials, foils and paper stocks. Corporate buyers choosing between cloth and soft-touch covers find it settles the argument quickly.
From quote to delivered books.
Get a quote
Build the spec above — size, pages, paper, quantity — and the price updates as you go.
Upload files
Print-ready PDF preferred — the free file check flags resolution, colour and bleed issues.
Review proof
Free digital proof of cover and interior — we never print your run without your approval.
Printing
Covers and interiors printed in Exeter on presses profiled for accurate colour.
Bind & finish
Sections sewn or glued, cased into boards, foil blocked, ribbons and elastic closures fitted.
Dispatch
Wrapped, boxed and dispatched via DPD or pallet courier, UK and overseas.
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