Whether you're an up-and-coming author printing your first hardcover book or an established publisher printing your hundredth title this year, our team of experts is here to help you put your best book forward. Your customer care representative will guide you through the process and help you select the best materials for your book. To assist with your decisions, we'll show you samples of paper, cloth, board, and printed books. We'll also advise on the details – such as options for binding, covers, and recycled papers. We even do rounded corners.
What can Thomson-Shore do for you? Or should we say, what can't we do? Our capabilities include:
- Quantities
- Spine Bulk
- Trim Sizes
- Page Counts
- Text Copy
- Text Stocks
- Text Inks
- Cover & Jacket Copy
- Cover & Jacket Stocks
- Cover & Jacket Inks
- Cover & Jacket Coating
- Binding
- 200 to 50,000 copies
- >50,000 T-S recommends incremental printing (your Sales Associate would be happy to discuss how Thomson-Shore can provide you with the most efficient and economical manufacturing of your project)
- Soft Bound: Minimum 5/32 or Flat Back 1/4" - Maximum 3"
- Case Bound: Minimum 5/32 - Maximum 2 3/4"
- Case Bound: Minimum 4 1/2 x 6 - Maximum 10 x 12
- Soft Bound: Minimum 4 x 6 - Maximum 12 x 12
- Divisible by eight
Page Counts
- Depend on Paper Weight
- Not to exceed Spine Bulk
- Divisible by eight
- Output Ready PDF
- APP / PostScript / PDF
- Camera Ready Copy
- Halftones
- Natural Stock 50#, 55#, 60# - 30% PCR (FSC)
- Natural Stock 55# - 100% PCR
- White Stock 50#, 60# - 30% PCR
- Enamel Stock 80# - 10% PCR (FSC)
- Enamel Stock 70# - 10% PCR
- Matte Stock 70# - 10% PCR
- Others
- Black Ink
- Black & 1 PMS
- 4color
- 4color throughout is referred to Imago Printing
- Output Ready PDF
- Camera Ready Copy
- Composite Film
- Thomson-Shore to Separate
- 10pt C1S - 10% PCR
- 12pt C1S - 10% PCR
- 65lb White
- 80lb Enamel - 10% PCR (FSC)
- 100lb Enamel - 10% PCR
- Others
- Black Ink
- Black + PMS Colors
- 4color Process
- Gloss Varnish
- Matte Varnish
- Gloss Lamination
- Gloss Layflat Lamination
- Matte Lamination
- Matte Layflat Lamination
- Scuff-Resistant Matte Lamination
- Scuff-Resistant Layflat Matte Lamination
- Perfect Paperback
- Sewn Glue on Cover Paperback
- Notch Paperback
- Smyth Sewn Case
- Notch Adhesive Case
- Printed Case
- Short Side Bind Case
- Short Side Bind Paperback
- Faux Deckle (Rough Edge) Case Bound Only
- Gate Fold / French Flaps
- Corner Rounding Machine - Round corner radius 3/8"
- Spiral Bind
- Wire-O-Bind
- Otabind
- GBC Bind
- Bind-In CD's (For Perfect or Notch Bound books. Minimum Trim Size is 6 x 7 1/4)
- Shrink Wrapping