Materials
BNB stocks the following cloth cover materials, and may have others on a limited basis. Please discuss cloth colors with your BNB Customer Service Representative.
Please note: The colors displayed here are approximations, and may vary slightly when used in production.
Book Cloth & Library Materials (Summit)
L137 - Light Gray Book Cloth
L310 - Tan Book Cloth
L535 - Green Book Cloth
V199 - Black Book Cloth
490 - Dark Green Summit
V486 - Navy Book Cloth
192 - Maroon Summit
V670- Red Book Cloth
588 - Royal Blue Summit
598 - Navy Summit
860 - Brown Summit
990 - Black Summit
Stamping Foil
Gold Stamping Foil
Black Stamping Foil
White Stamping Foil
Headbands
Headbands used to be an integral part of the sewing process, that tied off stitches at the top of a book block; and are now an excellent garnish to make your hardcover look complete.
BNB currently offers headbands in 10 combinations (subject to availability):
Black & White, Black & Gold, Blue & Gold, Blue & White, Burgundy & Gold, Green & Gold, Green & White, Red & Gold, Red & White, White.
Lamination
BNB currently offers GLOSS and MATTE lamination options for paperbacks, printed case covers, and dust jackets.
Endsheets
ENDSHEET: A sheet of paper folded vertically once to form two leaves, one of which is glued flat to the inside of the front or back cover of a book, with the other glued to the inside edge of the first or last page to form a flyleaf.
BNB currently stocks white and cream endsheets. Printed, variable data and custom ordered endsheets may be available upon request at an additional charge, and are limited to availability.
Please Note: Custom endsheets are available for short run orders ONLY.
Paper Stocks
BNB offers several paper stock options to suit your printing needs, with ppi* approximations. For more information about which stocks are available for your printing project, please contact us at info@bnbindery.com.
STANDARD PAPER
White 60# (444 ppi)
White 70# (384 ppi)
White 50# (526 ppi)
White 40# (626 ppi)
Silk 80# (434 ppi)
Matte 60# (512 ppi)
Matte 45# (750 ppi)
Cream 50# (500 ppi)
Cream 60# (444 ppi)
Gloss 100# (417 ppi)
PREMIUM PAPER**
White 50# (508 ppi)
White 60# (438 ppi)
White 70# (377 ppi)
Silk 80# (465 ppi)
Silk 100# (357 ppi)
Gloss 80# (526 ppi)
Gloss 100# (408 ppi)
*ppi = pages per inch, or the number of pages in a stack of paper 1" thick.
**Certain sheet-fed stocks vary based on availability (approximate ppi values): White 40# (646 ppi), Cream 50# (526 ppi), Cream 60# (454 ppi)