Give photographs and artwork room to shine. Build a printed portfolio, exhibition collection or personal photo book with considered paper, full-color pages and a binding suited to your project.
Photo & art books
Photography book printing and art book printing combine visual storytelling with a physical reading experience. A portfolio can introduce your work, a travel collection can preserve a journey, and an exhibition book can pair artwork with captions, essays and credits.
Coated paper is often chosen for image-led books. Gloss surfaces can emphasize contrast and color, while matte surfaces reduce the glossy appearance. Paper changes how an image looks and feels, so compare the supported stocks and consider a printed copy before a larger run.
Hardcovers give a collection a substantial presentation, while a suitable paperback may work well for a smaller portfolio. Trim size and orientation should follow the artwork rather than force every photograph into the same crop. Keep important details clear of the gutter and avoid assuming that every binding opens perfectly flat.
Print on demand and wholesale differ in more than quantity and price. Print on demand is digital production from our supported product list; wholesale is offset production with a wider choice of materials and finishes, quoted by our team. Here is what each path offers for this kind of book.
Print on demand
Digital production from our supported product list. Prices are calculated for your exact specifications and shipping address, and orders can start from a single copy.
Wholesale
Offset production with a wider material palette. Your specifications and quantities are quoted by our team, and runs start at 200 copies per requested quantity.
The binding decides how a book opens, how long it lasts and what it costs to make. For wholesale runs our team quotes the construction that suits your page count and how the book will be used.
Folded signatures are sewn together along the spine before being glued into the cover. It is the strongest bookblock we can make, opens comfortably and holds up to repeated reading — the standard construction for hardcovers and for paperbacks that need to survive handling.
Rigid grey board is covered in cloth, leather or printed paper to form a separate case, and the sewn or glued bookblock is attached with endpapers. This is what gives a hardcover its squared spine, its heft and its upright shelf presence.
The spine edge of the stacked pages is milled and bonded to a flexible cover with hot-melt or PUR adhesive, then trimmed flush on three sides. It is the most economical way to bind a paperback and suits most text-led books.
Folded sheets are nested and stapled through the centre fold. Ideal for shorter comic issues, magazines, catalogues and program booklets, where a low per-copy cost matters more than a square spine.
Pages and cover are punched and threaded onto a metal or plastic spine, so the book turns through itself and lies flat. A practical choice for journals, workbooks, manuals and anything that has to stay open on a desk.
The textblock and the cover move independently of one another, so a spread can open completely flat without straining the spine. Photograph books, art catalogues and cookbooks are the usual candidates.
Thick printed boards, laminated and shaped for young readers, with rounded corners as a requested option. This is a separate production method from a standard hardcover and is quoted on its own specifications.
Begin with a full-color hardcover and compare available premium print quality and coated stocks. Supported combinations depend on your specifications.
Upload a professionally prepared interior PDF, or use PRNT’s Interior Creator to add images and refine the page layout.
Print on demand can suit a personal collection or test copy. Wholesale offset printing is worth comparing for a planned portfolio or exhibition run.
Already have a cover and interior? Upload your own print-ready PDFs without buying AI services. Or use PRNT’s Cover Creator and Interior Creator within the same project. You can also create files with PRNT without ordering printed books.
Aim for 300 PPI at the final printed image size. Check image permissions, captions, bleed and the selected product’s color instructions. Screen brightness is not a reliable prediction of printed color.
Review spelling, content, permissions and page order. Technical file review does not replace proofreading, and print suitability must be confirmed for your chosen specifications.
Digital print on demand starts from a single copy, with printing and shipping prices requested for your specifications and address. Wholesale offset runs start at 200 copies per requested quantity, with a quote and delivery estimate from our team.
Compare the available specifications or ask our team about your project.