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A Comprehensive Guide to Book Printing Terms

This section is intended to give you quick, clear definitions of book printing terms you’re looking for, mostly explained in 3-4 sentences. We’re trying to make each term easy to understand, with many including images for fast clarity. Welcome to the book publishing world.

Book Components

  • Front Cover
  • Back Cover
  • Book Spine
  • Book Block
  • Endsheet
  • Pastedown
  • Flyleaf
  • Headband
  • Tailband
  • Ribbon Bookmark
  • Dust Jacket
  • Jacket Flap
  • Belly Band
  • Tip-In Page
  • Tissue Guard
  • Fold-Out Page
  • French Flap
  • Gutter
  • Book Edge
  • Hinge
  • Mull
  • Lining Paper

Printing Technique

  • Offset
  • Digital Printing
  • Gravure
  • Letterpress
  • Flexography
  • Print-On-Demand
  • UV Coating
  • Embossing/Debossing
  • Foil Stamping
  • Perfect Binding
  • Saddle Stitching
  • Case Binding
  • Smyth Sewing
  • Die Cutting
  • Thermal Binding
  • Screen Printing
  • Varnish Coating
  • Laser Cutting
  • Lamination
  • Metallic Ink Printing

General Printing Terms Glossary

  • CMYK
  • Bleed
  • Trim Size

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