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Hardcover Nonfiction & Literary
Short-run hardcovers with jackets, printed cases, and gift-book finishes.
Casebound nonfiction, memoir, history, and literary hardcovers — dust jackets, printed cases, headbands, and gift-book production values.
Publishers and creators who print this work with us
“Without fail, exceptional quality and outstanding service define everything Bookmobile does.”
— Patrick Davis, Unbound Edition Press
What makes it work
Hardcovers without the offset minimums
Short-run hardcovers bound in our own bindery, so a hardcover edition or a fast reprint is practical even in small quantities.
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Bound in our own bindery
Short-run hardcovers, so a hardcover edition is practical in small quantities.
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Jackets, cases, and details
Dust jackets, printed cases, headbands, and printed endsheets.
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Fast reprints
When a hardcover sells faster than planned, we reprint quickly.
Samples
Hardcover Nonfiction & Literary we’ve printed
Behind the books
- Hardcover Book Selling Fast? We Can Help!
BlogCoffee House Press had a good problem: their hardcover book Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash was receiving excellent reviews and selling fast. Their… - Hardcover Book Printing Know-How: Printed Endsheets and Endpapers
BlogWhen printing a hardcover book, it’s a good idea to think about your endsheets during the design and typesetting phase. A well-designed printed… - Short Run Hardcovers, A Peak Into Our Bindery
BlogThis video shows just some of the steps that go into the making of our short-run hardcovers. Bonus: The soundtrack is our own Bindery Supervisor,…
Bookmobile has been Graywolf’s trusted production partner for more than 30 years. We rely on their expert team to manage schedules, page layout, offset print buying, ARC printing, ebook conversions, short-run reprints, and review copy mailing. They are flexible, friendly, and extremely knowledgeable—and always attentive to the smallest details and the big picture.
Katie Dublinski
COO & Associate Publisher, Graywolf Press
Planning a hardcover edition?
Send us your trim, page count, and quantity. We’ll recommend case, jacket, and paper options.
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