Art Book Printing — Premium Finishes

Show your work at its best with crisp digital colour, smooth tonal transitions and tactile paper options. Choose soft cover, hard cover, zines or lay-flat spiral/wire formats—there is no minimum order quantity and we deliver Australia-wide.

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Why Artists & Galleries Choose Us

  • No minimum order quantity — perfect for launches and limited runs.
  • Colour-consistent reproduction suited to artwork and photography.
  • Premium papers and durable cover laminations.
  • Fast schedules and reliable AU-wide delivery.

Popular Art Book Formats

Soft Cover (Perfect/PUR) Art Books

Elegant paperbacks with a square spine and protective lamination. Ideal for lookbooks, exhibition catalogs and limited editions.

Hard Cover Art Books

Robust case-bound books with long shelf life—great for collector pieces, portfolios and coffee-table presentations.

Zines & Slim Catalogs (Saddle Stitch)

Clean, stapled booklets for launches and shows. Excellent value and quick to produce.

Lay-Flat Portfolios (Spiral/Wire)

Pages open flat for sequencing, crits and tabletop viewing. Add tabs or dividers for series and sections.

Papers, Covers & Colour

Paper Choices

Choose satin for balanced clarity, gloss for vivid colour, or uncoated for a matte, tactile art-book feel. We’ll recommend grammages that suit your page count and handling.

Cover Protection

Gloss or matte lamination enhances colour and resists scuffs for repeated gallery handling and retail display.

Colour Management

Calibrated digital workflows keep tones consistent across pages. Ask for export settings that match our presses.

Popular Trim Sizes (Custom available)

Gallery-friendly trims include square 8 × 8", 8.5 × 8.5", 250 × 250mm and 300 × 300mm, plus 7 × 10", 8 × 10" and A4 (210 × 297mm). We also print custom sizes.

How Pricing Works

  • No minimum order quantity
  • Trim size & total page count
  • Black & white vs colour pages
  • Paper selection, cover lamination & binding

Get itemised pricing with the Premium Soft Cover, Hard Cover, Saddle Stitched or Spiral/Wire/Comb calculators, or start with an Unbound Proof.

File Setup & Proofing

Print-Ready PDFs

Export single pages with embedded fonts and add 3 mm bleed on full-bleed images. Keep captions and folios clear of trims and the binding edge.

Proofing & Colour Checks

Order an Unbound Proof to verify colour fidelity, pagination and trim before the full order.

Turnarounds & Delivery

Digital production keeps schedules tight for openings, fairs and releases. Books are packed securely and delivered Australia-wide.

Who It’s For

Artists, galleries, collectives, publishers and design studios producing catalogs, monographs, lookbooks and limited-edition art books.

FAQs

Is there a minimum order?

No minimum order quantity. Print exactly what you need and reorder anytime.

Which format suits gallery sales?

Soft cover for portability, hard cover for premium editions, saddle stitch for zines, and spiral/wire for lay-flat viewing at fairs.

Can you help with paper and sizing?

Yes—share your artwork style and budget and we’ll recommend the ideal stock, trim and lamination.

We focus on results

  • I found the site gave me a good guide to the process and also the personal contacts regarding my queries with Donna helped considerably. I was very pleased with the printing result, as was my family when receiving their copy of our family history. I would highly recommend the company to others for an efficient service at a reasonable price.

    Dudley Gray

    It was my first experience of book publishing.
  • I ordered 100 perfect bound books and received 10 free, which was great. I have recommended The Book Printing Company to my friends and associates. Self-publishing has been easy thanks to these ladies. The books look great! This company is honest and their customer service is second to none.

    Dinah

    I cannot say enough wonderful things about The Book Printing Company!!!