Is Publisher's Choice® a print on demand service?

If Print on Demand is defined as single copy production then this is not what Publisher's Choice® offers.

What it does offer is a unique way of maintaining much lower stock levels which can respond quickly and flexibly to your publishing demands.

If my title was printed litho last time, will it look the same printed digitally?

We use the same range of papers on our litho and digital presses ensuring consistency of quality and appearance throughout the life-cycle of a book whether it is printed litho or digitally. Additionally all the books that we print are finished through the same binding line.

Can I produce hardbacks under Publisher’s Choice®?

Yes, Biddles is quite unique in that we are able to offer digital production of slotted hardbacks with all the usual finishing choices and at unit prices that you would expect when printing higher quantities under litho production.

What are the paper choices?

We offer these paper choices:
• 80gsm Vancouver Opaque Vol. 13.2 - Woodfree offset high white paper
• 80gsm Vancouver White Bookwove Vol. 17.5 - Woodfree bookwove good quality off white paper
• 80gsm Vancouver Cream Bookwove Vol. 17.5 - Woodfree bookwove good quality off cream paper
• 115/130/150/170gsm Vancouver Matt Coated Vol. 9 - Woodfree matt coated (iGen production only)

Are there are any extra charges?

For the first printing there is a Pre Press and cover proofing charge which includes a printed cover proof (or electronic soft proof if preferred) and life-time storage of your files in our digital archive. An overnight courier delivery service to one UK mainland address is included in the unit cost price (deliveries outside this area and any additional deliveries to other addresses will cost extra). Other extras include scanning pages from an existing book, plate sections and foil blocking to the spine and/or front on a hardback.

Are there any restrictions?

We use two digital presses - our Nipson Varypress , which is not ideally suited to producing books with halftones or photographs integrated with the text (although line artwork, graphs, mathematical formulae etc. are not a problem). Books with black and white photographs integrated with the text can be printed on our Xerox iGen3.

If your book has colour photographs then an option under Publisher's Choice® is to produce the photographs as separate 4, 8 or 16 page (plate) sections which would be printed on our Xerox iGen3 2400 dpi digital colour press.

Alternatively if you are looking to produce a higher quality book with a number of black and white pictures within it then we can print the entire book for you under our Traditional Choice service..

If you are not sure which is the right production route for you then please ask us to send you printed samples which we are always happy to provide or you can send us a few sample pages from your print ready PDF.