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Home: Book Specification: Standard book sizes

When designing your publication remember to consider the most economical book sizes. The sizes shown below are suggestions, however differing binding methods and papers may require some minor alterations to these sizes.
Please contact us for free advice.

Size

DEPTH x WIDTH

Demy Octavo

216mm x 136mm

A5

210mm x 148mm

C5

230mm x 155mm

B5
(text no bleeds,10mm margin at foredge)

247mm x 175mm

B5
(text with bleeds)

247mm x 172mm

American Quarto
(text no bleeds, 6mm margin at foot)

280mm x 215mm

American Quarto
(text with bleeds)

270mm x 215mm

A4

297mm x 210mm


 

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