A Guide to our Book Binding & Printing Services

Thesis Printing at Hayman Creative Nottingham

We offer a fantastic range of book printing & binding services, including perfect binding, full colour hard back books, thesis & dissertations. We are in Nottingham UK and offer a national delivery service.

We take pride and enjoyment in creating great looking books & documents for you.

We also enjoy the challenge of producing custom made hybrid ideas - so if you have an idea - let us see if we can make it for you?

We provide a National and International UPS delivery service

Technical Tip…

In order to get great results -

there are lots of book binding considerations to take into account before you get your book printed, such as bleed, gutters & margins and double page spreads. Check out our Artwork Guidelines and Q&A page for more info.

Barry Hayman, Director

NEW - Custom Die Cutting of Book Covers…

Our new in-house die-cutting facilities allows us to produce one-offs for students through to long production runs for business and industry.

Custom die-cut wire bound book printed at Hayman Creative Nottingham

Wire bound book with custom die-cut cover

Custom die-cut thermal bound book printed at Hayman Creative Nottingham

Thermal bound book with a simple custom die-cut cover

Custom die-cut perfect bound book printed at Hayman Creative Nottingham

Perfect bound book with a really well thought out die-cut cover design

For more information about our Die Cutting and Foiling services - please see our Die Cutting & Foiling web page…

Perfect Binding - including printing of covers and binding:

Our most popular choice due to its full colour covers and flexibility in shape and size that make your work stand out from the crowd. The covers can be printed on a heavy weight card-stock up to 400gsm and there is no limit on the thickness of the document. The size of document can be anything up to A3 landscape. The covers can be optionally gloss, matt or soft touch laminated.

The following are examples of perfect bound books produced at Hayman Creative in Nottingham UK:

perfect binding at hayman creative nottingham

Example 1 - great finishing

This example shows how neatly we trim the books after they have been printed and perfect bound.

Example 2 - wrapped covers

Here we can see that the artwork for the covers & spine is printed in one piece and wrapped/bound around the inner pages.

laminated covers and perfect binding at hayman creative nottingham

Example 3 - gloss lamination

This example shows how a book will look with gloss laminated covers.

perfect binding with laser cut covers at hayman creative nottingham

Example 4 - laser cut cover

This book has a cover that the student had pre laser cut the title. We then printed the inner pages and bound it all together.

book cover with white ink covers at hayman creative nottingham

Example 5 - white ink

We printed the covers of this book using white ink on black card.

book binding with digital gold foiling at hayman creative nottingham

Example 6 - digital foiling

This book shows our digital gold foiling on the covers. Unlike traditional methods of foiling - our foiling can contain any graphics & typefaces you wish from a supplied PDF.

Perfect Binding Prices

These prices include the printing of the covers on a suggested 250gsm to 350 gsm board of your choice.

The following prices are for one-off’s or very small print runs. For longer print runs - please get in touch for a competitive quotation.

These prices are in addition to the printing prices shown below.

Document Printing Prices

If you require more than five books, or need a price for a larger print run - please get in touch for a custom quotation.

Number of perfect bound copies

Size of document

[perfect-copies] * 7.50 * [perfect-size]

([perfect-copies]>=6)*-0.1

[perfect-discount] + 1

Optional Laminated Covers

( [perfect-copies] * [perfect-lam] )

([perfect-lam]>=0.1)*10

Quotation£.00

( [perfect-price] * [perfect-discount-2] ) + 15 + [perfect-lam-price] + [perfect-lam-setup]

Thermal Binding:

Another very popular choice amongst student work as it looks so professional. Covers can be printed in full colour on up to heavier weight card stock. The thermal strips can also be full colour printed and personalised at a small extra cost.
Available in any shape, size and thickness and trimmed to your specific requirements to give the perfect edge finish.

Trimmed to perfection

This example shows how neatly we trim the books after they’ve been thermal bound.

colour thermal binding at hayman creative nottingham

Multi colour choices

Thermal binding strips are available in a variety of colours to match the design & branding.

Printed Covers

A great example of a thermal bound book with a full colour, matt laminated printed cover.

There are a large choice of spine colours available for thermal binding. We keep some colours in stock, full range ordered upon request.

Thermal Binding Prices

The following prices are for one-off’s or very small print runs. For longer print runs - please get in touch for a competitive quotation.

These prices are in addition to the printing prices shown below.

Document Printing Prices

Number of copies

( [thermal-copies] * 2 ) + 5

Cover Options

[thermal-extras] * [thermal-copies]

([thermal-copies]>=6)*0.214

[thermal-discount] + 1

Quotation£.00

( [thermal-price] + [thermal-extras-calc] ) / [thermal-discount-2]

Full Colour Hard Back Case Binding:

This is rather special – gloss or matt laminate with full colour graphic design wrapped across the front, spine and back. It’s the ultimate in personalised hard back books!
Available in any custom shape and size up to A3 landscape.

full colour case binding at hayman creative nottingham

laminated full colour case binding at hayman creative nottingham

custom printed hard back book at hayman creative nottingham

custom printed hard back book at hayman creative nottingham 2

custom printed hard back book at hayman creative nottingham 3

Full Colour Hard Back Case Binding Prices

The following prices include gloss, matt or soft touch lamination and full colour printing of the covers

If you need your inside pages printing - please see the printing prices (towards the bottom of this web page).

Any custom shape or thickness up to and including A4	£65.00
Sizes bigger than A4 and up to A3 landscape or portrait	£85.00
Quantity Discounts	25% discount for 2 or more copies
Channel binding, (as pale blue and black books shown above), up to A3 landscape	£25.00

Full Colour Canadian Binding:

As above this is a gloss or matt laminate with full colour graphic design wrap… but it has a flexible spine that allows for a wire bound document inside meaning it can lay flat when opened.
Available in any custom shape and size up to A3 landscape.

custom canadian binding at hayman crearive nottingham

Full Colour Canadian Binding Prices

The following prices include gloss, matt or soft touch lamination and full colour printing of the covers

If you need your inside pages printing - please see the printing prices (towards the bottom of this web page).

Any custom shape or thickness up to and including A4	£65.00
Sizes bigger than A4 and up to A3 landscape or portrait	£85.00
Quantity Discounts	25% discount for 2 or more copies

Traditional Thesis Book Binding:

If your course dictates that you have to stick with the traditional style, we do that too. Covers can be produced with or without foil block lettering on the spine and front cover.

dissertation printing and binding at hayman creative nottingham

Traditional Thesis Book Binding Prices

Please use the price calculator for the binding and optional gold or silver foiling of any text you require on the front & spine.

These prices are in addition to the printing prices shown below.

Document Printing Prices

Traditional Dissertation & Thesis Binding

Number of copies (2 or more @ 25% Discount)

Quotation£.00

[cover-choices] * [book-copies]

If you require more than five books, or need a price for a larger print run - please get in touch for a custom quotation.

Wire Binding:

The perfect solution for when you want the pages to lay completely flat. All the benefits of full colour printing on the covers but with no limit on the thickness of the covers or inside pages.
Available in all shapes, sizes and thicknesses.

wiro binding with hard bound covers at hayman creative nottingham

Example 1 - hard bound covers

This example shows a wire bound book with gloss laminated hard covers.

wiro binding with different size pages at hayman creative nottingham

Example 2 - mixed size pages

Here we can see the book bound with different size inside pages.

wire bound hard back book printing at hayman creative nottingham

A prestigious hard back, silver wire bound book custom made for Heymann Primary School in West Bridgford.

wire bound hard back book inside pages printed at hayman creative nottingham

This spread demonstrates the benefit of how a wire bound book lays completely flat when opened up - even when printing on heavy/thick stock.

Wire Binding Prices

Any shape or thickness up to A4 portrait and A3 landscape

The following prices are for one-off’s or very small print runs. For longer print runs - please get in touch for a competitive quotation.

These prices are in addition to the printing prices shown below.

Document Printing Prices

Number of wire bound copies

Thickness of document to be wire bound

Size of document

[wire-copies] * 2.5 * [wire-thickness] * [wire-size]

Cover Options

[wire-extras] * [wire-copies]

([wire-copies]>=2)*-0.25

[wire-discount] + 1

Quotation£.00

( [wire-price] + [wire-extras-calc] ) * [wire-discount-2]

Saddle Stitched Binding:

Great for when you want the glossy magazine & brochure look. Available with plain or full colour printed covers, this is a soft binding style where the pages are folded and held together with staples.
Available in any shape or size, though limited to a maximum of about 30 -40 pages (depending on weight of paper).

magazine binding at hayman creative nottingham

magazine printing and binding at hayman creative nottingham

Example 1 - Saddle Stitched Magazine

Thin magazines can be saddle stitched rather than perfect bound. This example shows an A4 sized magazine, printed on 150gsm gloss art paper. It has been printed in full bleed and then trimmed back to the finished size.

Saddle Stitched Binding Prices

The following prices are for one-off’s or very small print runs. For longer print runs - please get in touch for a competitive quotation.

The following prices include the necessary imposition of the pages, necessary for saddle stitched jobs

These prices are in addition to the printing prices shown below.

Document Printing Prices

Number of saddle stitched copies

Size of document

[saddle-copies] * 0.35 * [saddle-size]

([saddle-copies]>=6)*-0.2

[saddle-discount] + 1

Quotation£.00

( [saddle-price] * [saddle-discount-2] ) + 15

Comb Binding:

Similar to wire binding but with the benefit of allowing individual pages to be removed and replaced - just in case you spot a mistake after its been bound! Covers can be printed in full colour on card and have a sheet of acetate for additional protection.
Available in all shapes, sizes and thicknesses