Under 48 pages? Saddle-stitching may suit it better — ask us to quote it alongside.
Magazine 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: Saddle-stitching for thinner issues (quoted by hand — ask us) · printable square spines · heavier cover stocks · spot UV & soft-touch · A5 catalogues · subscription reprints held on file · runs to 10,000+.
How much does magazine printing cost?
The table shows the same A4 magazine — 80 pages full colour on 115gsm gloss, perfect bound with a printable spine — at six quantities, priced live by our calculator.
Page count and stock weight are the two levers here, and both are in the calculator above. Catalogues on A5 work out considerably less. See full UK book printing prices or get your exact price →
| 10 copies | £15.35 |
| 25 copies | £8.74 |
| 50 copies | £7.20 |
| 100 copies | £6.43 |
| 250 copies | £4.77 |
| 500 copies | £3.87 |
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
Independent magazines
Culture, design, food and special-interest titles. Perfect bound with printable spines, premium silk stocks, runs sized to subscriber counts.
Literary journals
University and small-press literary magazines, poetry reviews, anthologies. Uncoated text stocks that read beautifully, colour covers that sell.
Product catalogues
Retail and trade catalogues, art and exhibition catalogues, lookbooks. Accurate colour for product photography, saddle-stitched or perfect bound.
Member & club titles
Society journals, alumni magazines, church and community titles. Reliable repeat scheduling, mailing-friendly weights, consistent issue-to-issue colour.
Magazine specification
Binding
- Perfect bound — flat printable spine, the indie-magazine standard from 64pp
- PUR bound — stronger adhesive for heavy coated stocks
- Saddle-stitched — 8–64 pages, the classic newsstand format
- Thread-sewn available for annual or collector editions
Paper
- 115–150gsm silk or gloss — the magazine interior standard
- Uncoated 100–120gsm for literary and design-led titles
- Heavier 170–250gsm cover stocks with lamination
- Recycled coated options across the range
Sizes
- A4 (297 × 210mm) — the standard magazine and catalogue trim
- B5 / Royal for the contemporary indie-magazine feel
- A5 for digest formats and price-conscious catalogues
- Custom trims on perfect-bound editions
Cover & extras
- Matte, gloss or soft-touch cover lamination
- Spot UV, foil blocking, French flaps on perfect-bound issues
- Inside-cover printing and self-cover formats
- Shrink-wrapping, subscriber mailing counts, barcode placement
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Magazine printing FAQ
10 copies — genuinely useful for pilot issues, media kits and advertiser samples before committing to a full run. Most indie titles we print run 100–500 copies per issue; catalogues typically 250–1,000. Unit cost falls sharply between 50 and 250 copies.
Under 64 pages, saddle-stitch is cheaper and lies flatter. From 64 pages, perfect binding gives you a flat printable spine — which matters on a shelf, in subscriber photos and for perceived value at a £10+ cover price. Heavy gloss stocks above 130gsm bind better with PUR. If you’re between formats, we’ll price both from the same file.
The newsstand standard is 115–130gsm gloss or silk inside with a laminated 250gsm cover. Design-led indie titles increasingly run uncoated 100–120gsm for a more editorial feel — it costs a little more per copy and photographs slightly softer, which is often exactly the point. Catalogues with product photography should stay on silk or gloss for colour accuracy.
Yes — catalogues, lookbooks and exhibition catalogues run through exactly the same production as magazines: same stocks, same binding choices, same colour management. For product work we recommend a silk stock and a digital proof of colour-critical pages. Barcodes, price-list inserts and versioned covers (e.g. trade vs retail pricing) are all straightforward.
Three decisions before design: trim size (A4 is the newsstand default; B5/Royal reads more indie), page count (multiples of 4; 64+ pages earns a printable spine), and paper (gloss for saturated photography, uncoated for the editorial feel). Design in any layout tool that exports a print-ready PDF — set 3mm bleed from day one. Then price a pilot run; from 10 copies you can hold issue #1 before committing to a full print run.
Yes — repeat titles are the easiest work we do. Your spec is on file, colour profiles are consistent press to press, and reprints or next issues price identically. Send the new PDF, approve the proof, and the schedule holds. We print monthlies, quarterlies and annuals on this basis.
Matte, gloss and soft-touch lamination are standard. Spot UV over matte lamination is the most popular premium cover move for indie magazines; foil blocking and French flaps are available on perfect-bound issues. All applied in-house in Exeter.
An issue typically takes 3–5 working days from approved proof, then tracked courier delivery to your door. For subscription titles with a fixed street date, we work the schedule backwards with you — tell us the date and we’ll tell you the file deadline.
Yes — order a free sample pack showing coated and uncoated stocks, bindings and cover laminations, useful for spec decisions before a first issue.
From quote to delivered magazines.
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
Interiors and covers printed, then perfect or PUR bound with a square printable spine, trimmed and laminated.
Dispatch
Wrapped, boxed and dispatched via DPD or pallet courier, UK and overseas.
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