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Apparel labels, furniture makers, wholesalers, and product brands print their line books with SilkCards.
Saddle stitched catalogs and line books, printed full color and full bleed, with a cover stock you choose separately from the interior. Eight to thirty-two pages as standard, any size you need, and the full finish library on the cover. Every catalog is built to spec, so every catalog is quoted to spec.
Quoted to spec · 500 to 5,000 · 12 working days
A catalog is not one product with one price. Page count, size, cover stock, interior stock, quantity, and finishes all move the number, and no honest price list can cover that many combinations. So we quote each one properly instead of pretending otherwise. Start with the length below and we will take it from there.
Catalogs run from 8 to 32 pages as standard, in four-page steps, because a saddle stitched book is built from folded sheets. Longer books and other binding methods are available on request.
Page counts include the cover. Quantities run 500 to 5,000, or custom.
Showing 16 pages — switch tabs to see what each length is good for.
A short-run look book or a single product line. Enough for a cover, an intro spread, and a focused set of products.
8 pages (2 sheets including the cover), 500 to 5,000 or a custom run. Tell us the length, quantity, and finishes and we come back with a real number. Most quotes come back within 1 or 2 working days.
Room for a story spread up front before the products start. A common choice for a seasonal drop.
12 pages (3 sheets including the cover), 500 to 5,000 or a custom run. Tell us the length, quantity, and finishes and we come back with a real number. Most quotes come back within 1 or 2 working days.
The workhorse catalog length. Cover, brand story, and several product categories without feeling thin.
16 pages (4 sheets including the cover), 500 to 5,000 or a custom run. Tell us the length, quantity, and finishes and we come back with a real number. Most quotes come back within 1 or 2 working days.
Space for lifestyle photography between product spreads, so the catalog reads as editorial rather than as a list.
20 pages (5 sheets including the cover), 500 to 5,000 or a custom run. Tell us the length, quantity, and finishes and we come back with a real number. Most quotes come back within 1 or 2 working days.
A full range with room for specs, sizing, and care information at the back.
24 pages (6 sheets including the cover), 500 to 5,000 or a custom run. Tell us the length, quantity, and finishes and we come back with a real number. Most quotes come back within 1 or 2 working days.
Multiple lines or collections in one book, each with its own opening spread.
28 pages (7 sheets including the cover), 500 to 5,000 or a custom run. Tell us the length, quantity, and finishes and we come back with a real number. Most quotes come back within 1 or 2 working days.
The full line book. Deep enough to act as a reference a buyer keeps on the desk all season.
32 pages (8 sheets including the cover), 500 to 5,000 or a custom run. Tell us the length, quantity, and finishes and we come back with a real number. Most quotes come back within 1 or 2 working days.
Longer books, odd counts, or a different binding method. Tell us the page count and we will build the quote around it.
Your page count, 500 to 5,000 or a custom run. Tell us the length, quantity, and finishes and we come back with a real number. Most quotes come back within 1 or 2 working days.
This is the choice most catalogs get wrong. A heavy, finished cover with a lighter interior gives you a book that feels substantial to pick up without becoming expensive to print or heavy to mail. You pick both independently. 16pt Suede is our default cover. Any stock below can be used for either the cover or the interior.
| Stock | Weight | Where it works |
|---|---|---|
| 100# text gloss | 157gsm | A bright, economical interior sheet that keeps photography saturated and the mailing weight down. |
| 100# silk | 157gsm | A smooth matte interior that is easier on the eye across long stretches of copy and spec tables. |
| 100# gloss UV | 157gsm | High shine for interiors that are carried by product photography rather than text. |
| 100# suede | 157gsm | A soft-touch interior. Unusual, and immediately noticeable when someone turns the first page. |
| 12pt silk | 250gsm | A cover with real board feel, or a heavyweight divider between sections of a longer book. |
| 12pt suede | 250gsm | Soft-touch with weight behind it. A cover that gets commented on before it is opened. |
| 16pt silk | 350gsm | Our heaviest silk cover. Smooth, matte, scratch resistant, and the best base for spot UV. |
| 16pt suede | 350gsm | The default cover. Maximum weight and a velvet soft-touch face. The most premium option we offer. |
The whole SilkCards finish library applies here — same process, same craft. Add only the finishes that fit the piece; we confirm compatibility with your stock and size before production.
Premium finishes are priced by quote — tell us the finish, size, and quantity and we'll confirm the add-on.
| Finish | Price | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Foil (flat) | Quote | Metallic accents — gold, silver, copper, and 38 foil colors in all — that catch the light. |
| Spot-UV (flat gloss) | Quote | A high-gloss layer over matte — contrast you see as the piece turns. |
| Die-cut (custom shape) | Quote | A custom outline or rounded corners so the piece is not just another rectangle. |
| Emboss / deboss | Quote | Pressed relief that adds dimension without ink. |
Finish add-ons scale with the size of the run. Tell us the finish, size, and quantity and we'll confirm the add-on.
Premium finishes are priced on request.
Quoting Without The Runaround
Catalogs are quoted rather than priced on a table because page count, size, stocks, quantity, and finishes multiply into more combinations than a price list can honestly hold.
Apparel labels, furniture makers, wholesalers, and product brands print their line books with SilkCards.
Order from the team that prints, binds, and finishes the job, not a storefront passing it to someone else.
Tell us the spec and get a price for exactly that build, so you know what the catalog costs before you order it.
Foil, spot-UV, emboss, and die cut. The same premium finishes as our business cards, on a catalog cover.
“I cannot thank this company enough! My business cards are absolutely fabulous and I have received so many compliments on them. The pictures will not do them justice. I got the suede finish, 48 pt thick cards with silver foil on one side and the edges. They are so luxurious.”
See the finishes on screen. Confirm the decision in your hand. Your free sample kit lets you feel foil, spot-UV, silk, and soft-touch suede on premium stock, and see how the colors really print, before you commit to a catalog run.
A catalog is the longest thing we print, and it is the one where layout does the most work: grid, spread rhythm, where the story pages sit against the product pages, and how the spec tables stay readable. Our custom design service covers page layout, correct bleed and gutter allowance, and any foil or spot UV set up to register on the cover. Already have print-ready spreads? Upload them and skip the design charge.
Nobody sits down with an email. A catalog gets picked up, flipped through, put down, and picked up again, sometimes for a whole season. That is a completely different kind of attention, and it rewards a completely different kind of production.
A good catalog does not get read once and binned. It sits in a buyer's office as the reference for your line, which is months of presence from one print run.
Before a single product is seen, the cover has already told someone what tier of company they are dealing with. A soft-touch 16pt cover with foil says it faster than any headline.
If you have invested in product photography, a cheap interior sheet throws it away. Stock choice is the difference between images that look rich and images that look flat.
The same craft as our business cards: 38 foil colors, spot UV, emboss, and die cut. Same process, considerably more pages.
Because you choose the two stocks independently, the smart build is usually the same: put the weight and the finish where it is felt, and keep the interior light enough to print and mail economically. A 16pt suede or silk cover gives the book its heft and its first impression. A 100# text interior keeps the page count affordable without letting the photography down.
Silk for a smooth, scratch-resistant matte that takes spot UV beautifully. Suede for soft-touch velvet. 16pt suede is our default.
Gloss for saturated product photography, silk for long stretches of copy, suede if you want the surprise of soft-touch inside too.
Not sure which combination is right? Say what the catalog is for in your quote request and we will recommend a pairing.
Most catalog printers give you a gloss cover and a page count. The cover is the one surface where a finish changes whether the book gets opened at all, and it is the cheapest place to spend.
Any foil in the range, from classic metallics to holographic and patterned. On a cover, foil is what makes the book get picked up first.
See in a sample →High-gloss detail over a matte cover, or a die-cut window that frames the first product before the book is opened.
See in a sample →Pressed relief on the cover that adds dimension without ink, felt before the book is opened.
See in a sample →A buyer, a consumer, and a specifier all want a different book. We help match the length, stocks, and finish to who is turning the pages.
The reference a buyer keeps on the desk all season, with room for SKUs, sizing, and case quantities at the back.
02Lifestyle photography given the paper it deserves, with a soft-touch cover that matches the clothes inside.
03Large-format spreads and heavier stock for products that are sold on material and finish.
04Spec tables that stay readable, on a silk interior that does not fight the eye across long technical sections.
05The book a rep hands over and leaves behind, built to survive a case and a week on the road.
06Short, heavy, wipeable books that get handled hundreds of times and still look right.
The interior is where the information lives, but the cover is where the decision is made. Moving from a standard cover to 16pt suede with foil is the single change that most alters how a catalog is received, and on a run of a thousand books it is a smaller line on the quote than most people expect.
Direct answers on quoting, page counts, binding, stocks, finishes, artwork, and production.
Because it would be misleading. A catalog's price moves on six independent inputs: page count, flat size, cover stock, interior stock, quantity, and finishes. Those multiply into thousands of combinations, and any table small enough to publish would either be wrong for most projects or so hedged it tells you nothing. Instead we quote each catalog properly.
Most quotes come back within 1 or 2 working days. To turn one around quickly we need the page count including the cover, the flat size before folding, the quantity, your cover and interior stock preferences, and any finishes you are considering. If you are not sure on the stocks, say what the catalog is for and we will recommend a pairing.
Standard runs are 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, and 32 pages, which is 2 to 8 sheets including the cover. Saddle stitched books are built from folded sheets, so page counts move in steps of four. Longer books and custom counts are available; tell us the length and we will confirm the binding method that suits it.
Saddle stitched is our standard: the sheets are folded and stapled through the spine, which lies flat, costs less, and suits books up to around 32 pages. Other binding methods are available for longer books, so if you are planning something thicker, mention the page count in your quote request and we will advise.
Yes, and we would usually recommend it. Cover and interior stocks are chosen independently, so the common build is a heavy 12pt or 16pt cover with a 100# text interior. That gives the book weight and a premium first impression while keeping the print and mailing cost sensible across the page count.
Eight stocks, available for either the cover or the interior: 100# text gloss, 100# silk, 100# gloss UV, and 100# suede, all at 157gsm; 12pt silk and 12pt suede at 250gsm; and 16pt silk and 16pt suede at 350gsm. 16pt suede is the default cover. Silk gives a smooth, scratch-resistant matte, suede gives a soft-touch velvet face, and gloss gives maximum color saturation.
Yes. Foil stamping is available in any color from our full range of 38 foils, covering classic metallics as well as holographic, patterned and specialty finishes. Spot UV can be applied to one side or both and is available on silk finish. We also offer embossing and debossing, and custom die cutting in standard or laser.
Any size. Catalogs are quoted on a custom flat size, which is the dimension before folding, so tell us either the finished page size or the flat sheet and we will work from it. If you are unsure, say what the catalog needs to fit into, a mailer, a sales case, a shelf, and we will suggest a size.
Catalogs start at 500 pieces, with standard tiers at 500, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000, and custom quantities available. Quantity is the single biggest lever on unit cost, so if you are between two tiers it is worth asking us to quote both.
Standard production time is 12 working days. That is an estimate, and premium add-ons such as foil or die cutting can extend it, so tell us your deadline when you request the quote. For files: supply print-ready artwork at 300 DPI or higher in CMYK with bleed on all sides, with each add-on on its own layer or file, and allow for the gutter so nothing important falls into the spine. We accept .AI, .EPS, .PDF, .PSD, .TIFF and .JPG, and vector files (.AI, .EPS) are always suggested for the best print quality. We print CMYK 4-color process at 200 LPI.
Yes. Our custom design service covers page layout, bleed and gutter setup, and getting any foil or spot UV positioned to register correctly on the cover. A catalog is the longest piece we print, so the amount of design work depends on the page count and how much of the layout already exists; tell us what you have and we will confirm before starting.
Page count, size, quantity, stocks, finishes. Four questions and a working day or two, and you'll know exactly what your catalog costs.