Do you want custom booklets, but they need to be tiny? We can help. Whether you’re looking for instruction manuals for packaging or making a pocket-sized promotional piece we’ll be able to provide small saddle stitch booklet printing without an issue. The Best part is that along with a small quantity, comes a low minimum. If you need it in a hurry, take advantage of our faster turnaround times.
Small saddle stitch booklet printing is just a variation of the larger, more common books. It’s rare to find a booklet smaller than 5×7, and it’s just as hard to find a print shop that offers them. We don’t just offer them, we specialize in small stapled booklet printing. It can be a shockingly difficult undertaking to make small booklets that turn out well. But maybe that’s why it’s our most popular product over the years.
Small Booklet FAQs
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What is the difference between the available papers?
- Text weight is non-cardstock. It is comparable to a Bond paper. For example, 100lb Text is comparable to a 32lb Bond. Or a good piece of copy paper is 20lb Bond which equates closely to 50lb Text. If that’s confusing that’s because it is. If having multiple overlapping paper scales seems redundant that’s because nowadays it is. But just a few decades ago these different paper scales had much more of an impact on production. Today they make very little difference. Coated text is far-and-away the most popular non cardstock.
- What is Cardstock?
- Cardstock is heavier, board-like paper.
- It works in two scales Cover and Index.
- Index is barely used anymore but was reserved for mostly “boring” printing. Things like file folders, election ballots, those little cards you get from the Motor Vehicle Department are usually index cards. We pretty much don’t offer it anywhere on the site and most places don’t.
- Compared to Index stock, Cover is exciting. Cover is what everyone is using when things are printed on cardstock now. The most common Cover weight in the world is 100lb Gloss Cover (which we call “Factory-Coated Gloss Cardstock”).
- Yes, we have simply used the term “Cardstock” rather than “Cover” for obvious reasons. That is, since “Cover” could be either the type of paper or the outer sheet on a booklet we could be having a ‘who’s on first’ miscommunication using the term “Cover”.
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Can I order paper options that are not on the order form?
We try to be smart about our inventoried papers that are available on short notice. We’ve based our current selection on exhaustive customer feedback. However, you may have something else in mind. That’s fine. If you don’t see an option, just drop us a line in our quote request.
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What are examples of common small booklet sizes?
- Common Sizes
- 3×5 (“index/note card size” and very difficult to produce, but we do it alot).
- 3.5×5.5 (not an everyday article but we like this size).
- 4×6
- 4.25×5.5 (quarter-page size, not bad either. Produces well).
- 4.25×11 (vertical half of a standard sheet)
- 5×7
- 5×8
- 8.5×5.5 (half a standard sheet)
- 8×10
- 8.5×11 (standard size)
- Custom Sizes
- You can enter custom sizes.
- Common Sizes
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Why do I see size options that are not small ?
Because a “small booklet” can be subjective, we try to cover all possible options. Our presets go from smallest to largest, but you can enter your own size if you choose.
Stapling small mini booklets
Important note about the staple binding:
- Booklets with a spine dimension of less than 5.25 inches are cheaper with a single stitch. Yes, they still turn out well.
- Booklets with a spine dimension of less than 3 inches can only be done with a single stitch.
