Publisher Book Printing Checklist
This free checklist helps publishers and authors create a repeatable manufacturing specification for new titles, reprints and multiple editions. A controlled title specification makes it easier to compare quotations and reproduce an approved book consistently.
Download the publisher checklist as CSV Printing for Publishers
Book Manufacturing Data
- Title and edition / version identifier
- ISBN if already assigned; confirm barcode placement in supplied cover artwork
- Finished trim size
- Total text pages and colour-page breakdown
- Text paper stock and GSM
- Cover board/paper and GSM
- Binding: perfect, PUR, sewn/casebound or other
- Spine width confirmed from the final paper and page count
- Cover finish: matt/gloss laminate, foil, spot finish or other
- Endpapers, ribbons, headbands or jacket requirements for hardcover editions
Artwork & Preflight
- Final interior PDF with fonts embedded
- Correct bleed where images or colour run to the edge
- Final cover file built to the confirmed spine width
- Images at suitable print resolution
- Final pagination checked after all edits
- Proof approval recorded before production
Edition & Reprint Control
Store the approved manufacturing specification with the title. When reprinting, identify what changed: quantity only, revised text, new cover, new edition, different paper or another binding. Do not assume an old quotation still represents the current specification or production conditions.
Packing, Distribution & Release Dates
State carton quantities, labels, split deliveries, launch dates, warehouse appointments and any destination-specific requirements before the final logistics price is agreed. For multiple titles or languages, use a title/version matrix.
Also see Book Binding Guide, Paper Size & Bleed Guide and the Print RFQ Template.