Under 40 pages? Saddle-stitching may suit it better — ask us to quote it alongside.
Zine 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 zines (quoted by hand — ask us) · recycled and uncoated stocks · A6 and square trims · risograph-style mono on cream · foil blocking · runs from 10 to 10,000+.
How much does zine printing cost?
The table shows the same A5 zine — 64 pages mono on 80gsm opaque, perfect bound — at six quantities, priced live by our calculator.
A full-colour photo zine on coated stock costs more per page; both are in the calculator above, so you can see the difference rather than guess. See full UK book printing prices or get your exact price →
| 10 copies | £13.46 |
| 25 copies | £5.61 |
| 50 copies | £2.99 |
| 100 copies | £1.71 |
| 250 copies | £1.00 |
| 500 copies | £0.73 |
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
Art & photo zines
Illustration collections, photo essays, sketchbook editions. Full colour on silk stocks, or deliberate mono on uncoated for the classic zine feel.
Poetry & writing
Poetry pamphlets, short-story collections, perzines. Cream uncoated stocks, restrained mono interiors, covers that punch above the page count.
Fanzines & collectives
Music zines, football zines, community and campaign publications. Cheap enough to sell at cover prices that make sense, sturdy enough to survive the gig.
Fairs & small press
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.
Zine specification
Binding
- Saddle-stitched — two wire staples, the classic zine format, 8–48 pages
- Perfect bound — a flat spine from 64 pages up, bookshop-shelf ready
- PUR binding for heavier coated stocks
- Loop staples available for ring-binder editions
Paper
- Uncoated 80–120gsm — the honest zine standard, takes mono beautifully
- Recycled stocks across the range
- Silk and gloss 115–170gsm for photo-led zines
- Coloured cover stocks and self-cover formats
Sizes
- A5 (210 × 148mm) — the standard zine format
- A6 mini-zines and A4 art formats
- Square formats for photo and illustration work
- Custom trims available on perfect-bound editions
Cover & extras
- Heavier cover stock or self-cover (same paper throughout)
- Matte, gloss or soft-touch lamination on card covers
- Numbered editions and inside-cover printing
- Shrink-wrapping in table-friendly counts for fairs
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Zine printing FAQ
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 25–100 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. 8–48 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.
80–100gsm 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: 130–150gsm 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).
Most zine runs leave the bindery 3–5 working days after you approve the proof — stitched work moves quickly. If a fair date is bearing down on you, tell us before you order and we’ll work the schedule backwards from your table setup.
Depends on pages, size, paper and colour — the live table below shows typical specs, and the quote calculator prices your exact zine in thirty seconds. As a rule of thumb: mono A5 zines land at a unit cost that supports a £4–6 cover price at 50 copies.
From quote to delivered zines.
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, trimmed and laminated.
Dispatch
Wrapped, boxed and dispatched via DPD or pallet courier, UK and overseas.
Ready to print your zine?
Get an instant quote in under a minute, or order a free sample pack to see and feel our work first.