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Saddle Stitched Booklets
CA$10.00
Elevate your brand with our high-quality Saddle Stitch Booklets! Perfect for guides, magazines, and catalogs, these booklets feature vivid color printing on premium paper, bound with a sleek saddle stitch. Offering an affordable yet luxurious way to connect with your audience, they turn every page into a testament to your commitment to quality. Ideal for impactful marketing with a refined touch!
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About Saddle Stitched Booklets
Saddle stitching is the classic booklet binding: printed sheets are folded, nested, and secured along the spine with two sturdy wire staples. The result is a slim, flexible booklet that opens nearly flat, feels great in the hand, and costs less than glued or coiled bindings. At First Press, every booklet is printed in vivid full colour on premium stocks at our Montreal facility at 9300 Henri-Bourassa Blvd, so what lands on your desk looks as sharp as it did on your screen.
It suits anyone who needs a polished multi-page piece without a big budget: marketers, event planners, schools, restaurants, and real estate agents.
Popular Uses
Saddle stitched booklets are the workhorse of multi-page printing. Customers use them for product catalogues, lookbooks, event and concert programs, company newsletters, course outlines and training handouts, school yearbooks, restaurant menus, annual report summaries, art and photography zines, and media kits handed out at trade shows. From 8 pages up to typically about 92 on lighter stocks, this binding will almost certainly serve you well.
Tips for Choosing Your Options
Start with size. 8.5" x 11" gives images and tables room to breathe, 5.5" x 8.5" is economical and easy to mail, 6" x 9" feels editorial, and 8" x 8" square adds a designer touch to lookbooks and portfolios. Remember that page counts must be in multiples of 4, since each folded sheet creates four pages.
For paper, a popular combination is a heavier cover, such as 14pt cardstock or 100lb gloss cover, over 100lb gloss or matte text inside. Gloss with AQ coating makes photography pop, while matte stocks read more refined and are easier to write on. Self-cover booklets, printed on one text stock throughout, keep costs down for newsletters and programs.
Prepare a single multi-page PDF in reading order, CMYK at 300dpi, with 0.125" bleed and live content at least 0.25" from the trim. Setup is the main cost, so stepping up to the next quantity tier often adds little per copy. Orders over $200 ship free by ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages can a saddle stitched booklet have?
Page counts must be multiples of 4, typically from 8 up to about 92 pages on lighter stocks. Past that point the booklet resists closing flat and perfect binding takes over.
Do I need to design spreads or single pages?
Export single pages in reading order, not printer spreads. Our prepress team handles the imposition so every page lands exactly where it should after folding and stitching.
Can the cover be a different paper than the inside pages?
Yes. A plus-cover booklet pairs a thicker cover stock, like 14pt with matte or gloss coating, with lighter text pages inside. It adds durability and a premium first impression for a modest cost increase.
Should I choose saddle stitching or perfect binding?
Under 64 pages, saddle stitching is lighter, opens more easily, and costs less. If you want a square printable spine and a bookstore feel, or your page count keeps climbing, our perfect bound booklets are the natural step up.
How should I set up and upload my artwork?
Always supply a print-ready PDF with at least 1/8 inch (0.125 in) of bleed on every side and crop marks included, built in CMYK. Keep important text and logos at least 1/8 inch inside the trim line so nothing is cut off. If you are not sure how to export it that way, our file preparation guide walks through the exact settings for Canva, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Word. Prefer to design it yourself? Use the personalization option in the upload section to build your artwork right on the page before you order.
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Reviews
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Really happy with the bookletGot my saddle-stitched booklets last week and they came out even nicer than I expected. Colors were bright and the pages lined up well. I had a small typo in my file and they even caught it before printing, wich I really apreciated. Turnaround was quick too. Will order again for sure.
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