PRINT POSSIBILITIES
From beautifully simple
to exceptionally custom.
Whether you're producing a classic paperback or a highly finished collector's edition, Sonder Press helps bring together the printing, binding, materials, and finishing needed to manufacture it.
Printing Methods
The right production method for every project.
No single printing method is right for every book. We evaluate your quantity, format, materials, color requirements, schedule, and budget—then source the production approach that delivers the right balance of quality, flexibility, and cost.
BOOK FORMATS & BINDING
Built around the way your book should
feel, function, and last.
From familiar paperback and hardcover constructions to specialty binding and custom formats, we help identify the structure, materials, and production methods that best support how your book will be used—and how you want it to be experienced.
Paperback / Softcover
Versatile constructions for everything from straightforward trade editions to more elevated softcover books.
- Perfect bound
- PUR perfect bound
- Sewn softcover
- Layflat softcover
- French flaps
- Laminated covers
- Uncoated covers
- Custom cover stocks
Hardcover / Casebound
Durable, highly customizable constructions ranging from classic casebound books to premium and collector-style editions.
- Adhesive casebound
- Smyth sewn casebound
- Printed case / lithowrap
- Paper-over-board
- Cloth case
- Multi-material cases
- Dust jackets
- Jacketless hardcover
- Custom endsheets
- Head & tail bands
- Ribbon markers
- Quarter-bound cases
Specialty Binding
Alternative constructions for books that call for a particular function, opening behavior, presentation, or visual character.
- Smyth sewn
- Saddle stitch
- Layflat / Otabind
- Concealed Wire-O
- Wire-O
- Spiral / coil
- Board books
- Other custom formats
FINISHING & SPECIALTY PRODUCTION
The details that make a book
distinctly yours.
Finishing transforms a well-made book into something memorable. From subtle tactile treatments to highly customized production, we help select and coordinate the details that complement your design, materials, format, and budget—without adding complexity simply for the sake of it.
Foil
Add contrast, reflectivity, color, or subtle detail through traditional and specialty foil applications.
- Hot foil stamping
- Metallic foils
- Pigment foils
- Holographic & specialty foils
Surface Effects
Change the look and feel of a cover through protective coatings, tactile laminations, and selective surface treatments.
- Spot UV
- Raised UV
- Flood UV
- Aqueous coatings
- Varnishes
- Gloss lamination
- Matte lamination
- Soft-touch lamination
Dimensional Finishes
Introduce depth and texture by raising, recessing, or sculpting selected elements of the design.
- Embossing
- Debossing
- Sculpted / multi-level embossing
- Registered embossing
Custom Production
For projects that extend beyond conventional printing and binding, specialty production can introduce structural, decorative, and presentation elements unique to the book.
- Die cutting
- Laser cutting
- Edge treatments
- Gilding
- Gatefolds
- Foldouts
- Tip-ins
- Inserts
- Belly bands
