Book Printing
Your books are your product, your business, your passion. Spectra offers book printing and fulfillment solutions to help you and your business bring your books to life and to your customers. Specializing in small to medium-sized book manufacturing for publishers and companies worldwide, our leading-edge digital printing presses, streamlined book binding, finishing equipment and responsive customer service are what set us apart and allow us to provide you with high-quality printing, shorter turnaround times and competitive pricing. To put it simply, Spectra delivers book manufacturing solutions that help companies grow.
Fiction and Non-Fiction Books | Owners Manual Printing | Educational Books | Training Manual Printing | Custom Booklet Printing | Children’s Books | Catalogs | Custom Book Printing
BOOK PRINTING
More than ink on paper
Much more, actually. How ink is laid down, paper stock, black and white versus color, page size, cover specs, binding, etc., all of these play a role in bringing your book to life. Our expertise helps you through the process from file prep and upload through proof approval, printing, binding and delivery fulfillment. We’re here to advise you and inform you every step of the way.
Spectra offers ideal solutions for publishers and companies that are looking to do Print on Demand (POD) or smaller book runs. Our high-speed digital presses provide true, rich colors, blacks and halftones with precise registration. Your 4-color covers and B&W or 4-color text pages will look their absolute best whether it’s the first book off the press or the last. We have passed rigorous testing to obtain G7 Master Qualified Certification, which means your book project is in highly skilled trained hands.
Print on Demand (POD) and Small to Medium-Sized Book Runs
High-Definition Digital Printing
4C | B&W | Spot Color with Pantone match
Coating/Laminations
Gloss | Soft Touch | Matte
UV Coatings (gloss, satin and pattern)
Sleeking – foil stamping solution for short-run digital applications (no dies needed)
Proofing
PDF proofs: 24 – 48 hours from receipt of files
Hard copy proofs (provided upon request): 2 – 3 days to produce and ship out
Turnaround Times
Typically, 7 – 9 business days upon proof approval
Custom Book Printing
Judging a book by its cover may be an unfavorable stereotype, but if you are looking to have your book taken seriously, it is necessary to assume that type of judgment will occur! Custom book printing from Spectra opens up the opportunity for your book to be bound between two beautiful covers that appropriately reflect its content.
Our in-house print facility at Spectra is the ideal resource for your book printing project. You may be putting together a history of your company to commemorate a milestone, compiling a large amount of information in a convenient package, or publishing the next novel to go viral. Whatever your project, Spectra is the third-party partner to make your custom book printing a success.
Owners Manual Printing
Your product may require some explanation for the end user, but owners manual printing most likely is not within your company’s area of expertise. The quality of your manual has a surprising effect on whether your customers open it up and use your product successfully or whether they overlook it completely. With Spectra as your third-party manual printing partner, you can choose the paper, ink, and binding that are perfect for your project and enjoy the expertise and technology within our print facility.
Custom Booklet Printing
In our years of professional printing experience, we have found that many client projects do not fall within standard categories. Our custom booklet printing services can accommodate the unique requirements of organizations that need to bind together information of all kinds in an attractive, professional format. With specialty printing techniques, full color digital printing capability, and an extensive knowledge of the field, our experts at Spectra are the perfect consultants to assist with your custom booklet printing needs.
BINDING & FINISHING
Bringing it all together
Your text pages and covers have been printed. Now it’s time to bring them together and finish the process. With Spectra, you have an array of finishing options to choose from, each delivered with consistent quality and efficiency. Our in-house finishing lines handle:
PUR Perfect | EVA Perfect | Saddle Stitch | Wire-O | Plastic Coil | Drilling | Shrink Wrap
Square Back (saddle stitch technique that mimics the look of perfect binding)
SHIPPING AND FULFILLMENT
Getting your books where they need to go
Shipping, warehousing, fulfillment, kitting and protective packaging round out our complement of book printing and manufacturing services. Spectra also offers customized storefronts for online ordering. We can also integrate with your existing Amazon or Shopify storefront to provide order fulfillment. Using your shipping account, we ship nationally and internationally using the most cost-effective methods available to meet your schedule. If your books are part of our Inventory Fulfillment Program, orders are shipped out within 24 – 48 hours of receipt. If your books are part of our POD and Fulfillment Program, we print and ship within 7 – 9 days of order receipt.