Vinyl Books 12×12″, Hardcover Book

Vinyl Books are approximately 12×12″.

What media can a hardcover vinyl book hold?

A Vinyl Book can hold records, cds, or any combination of mixed media. Media can be held in a variety of ways (trays, hubs, sleeves). If you want to hold other types of media in a collection, such as cassettes or download cards, foam trays are super convenient because they can be custom cut to hold different types of media.

What materials are used to make the vinyl books?

Hardcover books are made with a rigid, chipboard core and wrapped with a full color printed paper wrap, or special material like linen or leather. The process is called book binding. The inside also has a wrap applied, and this can be full color or a solid material like black matte or kraft paper. The books are laminated with either matte or gloss lamination.

Does it have inner pages?

Yes! Inner pages start at 8pp and can go up to 100pp or so, in 4pp increments. These are like coffee table books, only they hold a record or cd.

Vinyl Book spot gloss image on front, spot gloss on spine

Vinyl Books are 12inch size hardcover books made to hold records. Although a hardcover vinyl book can hold other items such as discs, posters, and many other items (i.e., a mixed media set). We custom manufacture these books for you, so you can add any features you’d like to. Books usually have printed inner pages, just like a coffee table book but we can make them without pages. Hanging or Swinging Sleeves , Glued on Sleeve Pockets can be used to hold vinyl or cds, or foam trays can be used for chunkier media. The outside of the vinyl book can be printed full color, or wrapped with a material like linen or leather.

QTY / MINIMUM ORDER

Our manufacturing is film based, offset printing which requires printing presses to be set up so it isn’t really cost effective to do small quantities. For a good per unit cost, we recommend doing at least 1000 units with commercial palletized freight.

Minimum order is 200 units.

DIMENSIONS OF VINYL BOOKS

Vinyl books are usually variations on 12×12″ theme. However hardcover books can be made in any size. CD, DVD, and Vinyl sizes are very popular.

Custom Sized Book
CD Book 5×5″
DVD Book 5×7″
Vinyl Book – 12×12″ (this page)

Custom Sized Books CD Books DVD Books

MEDIA IN VINYL BOOKS

Popular: any
Possible: cd, dvd, vinyl, usb, video screen, download card, books, posters, cassette (client made/inserted)
Disc Manufacturing USB Manufacturing LCD Video Panel

VINYL HARDCOVER BOOK – MEDIA HOLDERS

Foam Inserts/Trays
Hubs: cork, foam
Glued on Sleeve-Pocket: Vinyl Sized, CD Sized
Swinging Sleeve: (also called Hanging Sleeve) 4C, 1C, solid color, die cuts
Clear trays (5×5″ and 5×7″) and Paper Trays may be challenging to use in a non-standard size book.

Foam Tray Foam Hub Cork Hub Glued on Sleeve/Pocket Swinging Sleeve Clear 5″ Tray Clear 7″ Tray Paper Tray

VINYL BOOKS INNER PAGES

Most books have pages. The inside pages in a book are made in 4pp increments. These are referred to as the inner pages or inside booklet. The booklet is attached to the book, and the method of attaching it often depends on how many pages there are.

8pp-28pp Stapled / Saddle Stitch Option
- 4pp – 12pp can be attached to the wrap at the center spine.
- 16pp+ should have one page glued down to the panel.
32pp+ Perfect Bound / Saddle Stitch Option
- Spec’d with a 4pp cover (25o gsm) + inner pages (150 – 100 gsm).
- Covers are thicker material and can have special effects like foil or spot gloss.
- One cover is glued to the end panel.

Fly Sheets – usually either side of the booklet, black matte material is popular.
Vellum Sheets
Swinging / Hanging Sleeve to hold discs, cards, or posters can be added to the inner pages

Stapled Perfect Bound Vellum

INNER PAGE PAPER STOCKS

The inner pages in a vinyl hardcover book can be several types of paper stocks. You can also pair these with fly sheets or swinging sleeves.

Crisp white / Ideal for detailed art and photos
Recycled/ 70-80% PCW
Uncoated / Matte
Vellum / Parchment-like Tracing Paper
Solid black fly sheets to match the inner wrap

Recycled Paper Uncoated Vellum

HARDCOVER VINYL BOOK CORE

Hardcover books are made with a chipboard core that gives the book rigidity and sturdiness. If the book is going to hold multiple records in swinging sleeves, we will use rivets to anchor the inner sleeves to the chipboard spine.

WRAPS ON VINYL BOOKS

Hardcover books are wrapped with paper, fabric, or material. Most books use a full color printed paper wrap on on the outside, but we also have some special material options.

OUTSIDE WRAP

4C Wrap – Full color 120gsm wrap + matte or gloss lamination
Linen Wrap & Fabrics
- Printing is 1C black silkscreening on loose weave, or up to 4C on tighter weave fabric.
- Foil stamping
Leather (vegan)
- Foil stamping or debossing
- Cannot be printed with ink