Custom Hardcover Fiction Book Printed Edges and Foiling Cover

Custom Hardcover Fiction Book Printed Edges and  Foiling Cover

Foiling Cover Options:

Foil Type:

Hot Foil Stamping: Traditional method using heated dies. Creates a crisp, slightly debossed effect. Best for precise designs and text.

Cold Foil Transfer: Uses UV-curable adhesive and foil rolls. Allows for finer details, gradients (halftones), and full-coverage foil areas more economically than hot foil. Often combined with offset printing.

Digital Foiling: Uses toner-based or specialized digital printers to apply foil. Great for very short runs, variable data, or highly complex designs without creating dies. Quality and feel can vary.

Foil Finish:

Metallic Foils: Gold, Silver, Copper, Rose Gold, Holographic, etc. (Most common).

Pigment Foils: Solid, opaque colors (Red, Blue, Green, Black, White, etc.).

Special Effect Foils: Glitter, Pearlized, Matte, Gloss, Diffractive, Patterned (e.g., snakeskin, linen).

Cover Material:

Foiling on Case Wrap (Printed Cover): Directly onto the printed paper/board covering the hardcover boards. Most common for custom books.

Printed Edges Options (aka Colored Edges / Stained Edges / Edge Printing):

Technique:

Sprayed Edges / Stain Edges: The book block edges are sprayed with ink after trimming. Creates a solid, opaque color. Most common and affordable method.

Printed Edges: Actual high-quality printing (often digital) directly onto the book block edges. Allows for complex designs, gradients, patterns, or even images. More expensive and requires specialized equipment. Paper type significantly impacts results.

Effect:

Solid Color: A single, uniform color across the chosen edge(s). (e.g., deep red, metallic gold, jet black).

Gradient / Ombre: A smooth transition between two or more colors along the edge.

Marbled: Swirled patterns mimicking traditional marbling (less common with spray, possible with printing).

Patterns / Designs: Geometric patterns, textures, or even photographic images (primarily achievable only with true edge printing on suitable paper).

Metallic / Pearlescent: Using inks with metallic or pearl additives for shimmer.

Under Edge Printing (Hidden Fore-Edge): A design printed on the very edge of the pages (fore-edge) that is only visible when the pages are fanned out. Requires specialized printing and binding.

Paper Requirement: True edge printing for complex designs usually requires coated or very smooth paper stock to hold the ink/design well. Sprayed/stained edges work on most papers but achieve best opacity on uncoated stocks.

Additional Premium Options (Often Paired):

Debossing / Embossing: Creating depressed (deboss) or raised (emboss) areas on the cover, often combined with foil.

Spot UV: A high-gloss, raised coating applied to specific cover areas for texture and contrast.

Custom Endpapers: Printed decorative papers glued inside the front and back covers.

Ribbon Marker: A woven ribbon sewn into the spine.

Headbands & Tailbands: Decorative cloth bands at the top and bottom of the spine.

Product Details

Product Name	Hardcover Fiction Books
Material	Glossy/matt art paper, offset paper, woodfree paper, writing paper, light coated paper, special type paper, C1S C2S board,C1S grey board, kraft paper, light weight coated paper, wood free paper, and so on.
Binding	Thread sewning binding, flexi-bound binding, saddle-stitching binding, glue binding, wire-o binding, spiral binding,casebound binding, etc.
Certification	ISO9001, FSC
Design	From Clients,OEM
Size	Decided by Client
Printing	CMYK or Pantone
Artwork Format	AI, PDF, ID, PS, CDR
Finishing	Gloss or Matt Lamination, Spot UV, Emboss, Deboss and Sprayed Edges

               

Book Size

               

    Black and White Printing

               

Foil on Cover

               
Sprayed Edges

               

Case Bound

Binding Types

               

Hardcover Binding

               

Perfect Binding

Sprayed Edges V.S. Foiled Edges

               

Plain Printed Edges

               

Full Color Image Edges

               

Plain Metal Ink Edges

               

Glitter Edges

Paper Options

Surface Finshing

Production Process