Zine printing for art, photo, poetry and fanzines, printed and bound in our own Exeter bindery.
Whether you are making a run for a zine fair, a photo zine to sell online or a poetry pamphlet, we print zines the way we print books, with a proper trim, a laminated cover and a spine when the page count earns one. Choose A6 to A4 or a custom trim, uncoated paper for text and illustration or coated for photographs, saddle-stitched for thin issues or perfect bound past 40 pages. From 10 copies, with a free digital proof on every order.
A5 leads, with A6 to A4, every standard trim and any size to the millimetre. Portrait, landscape or square.
Saddle-stitched for thin issues, perfect bound with a printable spine past 40 pages. A laminated cover in matt or gloss, with spot UV or foil.
Uncoated book papers for text, coated for photographs and illustration, all from the calculator range up to 170gsm. The preview page shows the stock in its own shade.
Black and white, colour or a mix of the two. The slider follows the binding's page rules, so every count it offers is one we can bind.
Every run size from 10 copies (25 for hardbacks) is priced live, with a free digital proof on every order.
For hardback orders, the printed proof is a plain-cover paperback with a separate sample of your cover. About proofs.
Under 40 pages? Saddle-stitching may suit it better, ask us to quote it alongside. For a longer collection or anthology, see poetry book printing.
DESIGN YOUR BOOK
Make your paperback or hardback PPC cover your own. Choose a template, add your words and artwork, then bring the front, back and spine together.
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Every book here was printed and bound in our Exeter bindery for the person named, from 10 copies up. Under them, some of the people we printed for, with their copies. The reviews are pulled live from our Google listing, word for word.
It was my first time printing books with Imprint, and I had a really good experience. The books came out just as I expected, and they were packed really carefully for delivery. Happy with the service and the quality!
Brilliant company, which I highly recommend for any printing task, large or small.
I would give 10 stars if I could. This was my first foray into preparing a book myself for self publishing. In the past we have paid a designer a vast amount which wasn’t a cost effective option for this project. Riley at Imprint was endlessly helpful and patient and we have ended up with a very professional product at an incredibly reasonable price. What is even more outstanding is that I approved the final PDF on Wednesday and received the books on Friday!
I'm delighted with the whole printing experience with ImprintDigital. In a book with many colour photos and detailed technical illustrations, the printing quality is absolutely superb, with bright, true colours, sharp details and a high-quality glossy texture. The ordering process was simple and email responses were fast, friendly and professional..A delivery issue caused by another company was handled swiftly and elegantly. I highly recommend ImprintDigital.
Built by us for book work: every output is generated to your exact spec, not a static download.
A press-ready cover template built for your trim size, spine and cover material, in seconds.
Upload your PDF and we flag bleed, resolution and colour issues before anything reaches press, free.
Your exact spine width from paper, page count and binding, live, to the tenth of a millimetre.
Every UK trim size at actual size, with what each one is conventionally used for.
Illustration collections, photo essays, sketchbook editions. Full colour on silk stocks, or deliberate mono on uncoated for the classic zine feel.
Poetry pamphlets, short-story collections, perzines. Cream uncoated stocks, restrained mono interiors, covers that punch above the page count.
Music zines, football zines, community and campaign publications. Cheap enough to sell at cover prices that make sense, sturdy enough to survive the gig.
Runs timed for zine fairs and art-book fairs. Short reprints when a table sells out, 25 more copies is a normal order, not an inconvenience.
With one sheet of paper, genuinely. Our guide to how to make a zine covers the whole road: the classic 8-page one-sheet fold, choosing a format, laying out pages, assembling, and selling at fairs. Come back here when your zine wants a proper print run.
10 copies. Most zine runs we print are 25 to 100 copies for fairs and online shops, reprinting as they sell. There are no setup fees, so a 25-copy reprint costs what you'd expect it to.
Page count decides. 8 to 48 pages: saddle-stitch: it's the classic zine format and the cheapest to produce. From around 64 pages, perfect binding gives you a flat spine you can print on, which matters once a zine sits spine-out on a shelf. Between 48 and 64 either works; stitch if it's ephemeral, bind if it's a keeper.
80 to 100gsm uncoated, mono, ideally on a recycled stock, ink sits matte on the surface and the page has a texture gloss can't fake. For photo zines go the other way: 130 to 150gsm silk keeps blacks deep and skin tones honest. Mixing is allowed: uncoated text with a silk plate section reads as very deliberate.
No, we're a digital bookbindery, not a riso studio, and we'd rather say so than fake it. What we offer instead: mono and spot-colour-style layouts on uncoated recycled stocks that sit comfortably next to riso work at a fair, plus binding and trimming that home production can't match. If your artwork is built as riso separations, we can print a composite version.
Yes, we print lawful adult material without fuss; see our NSFW printing page for how we handle it (short version: professionally, discreetly, no judgment).
Standard production takes 5 to 7 working days for paperbacks and 3 to 4 weeks for hardbacks, from proof approval. Delivery is additional. If you have a deadline, tell us before ordering so we can confirm what is achievable.
Zine pricing depends on size, page count, colour or mono printing, paper, binding and quantity. Compare a few realistic run sizes before deciding how many copies to print. Use the calculator above for your exact specification, or compare UK book printing prices.
Build the spec above, size, pages, paper, quantity, and the price updates as you go.
Print-ready PDF preferred: the free file check flags resolution, colour and bleed issues.
Free digital proof of cover and interior: we never print your run without your approval.
Covers and interiors printed in Exeter on presses profiled for accurate colour.
Interiors and covers printed, then perfect or PUR bound, trimmed and laminated.
Wrapped, boxed and dispatched via DPD or pallet courier, UK and overseas.
Get an instant quote in under a minute, or order a free sample pack to see and feel our work first.
