Square Booklets
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Saddle stitched booklets up to a true 11" x 11" square, or 8.5" x 11" and 5.5" x 8.5", 8 to 60 pages on 7 stocks, from $240.55 for 25.
- From $240.55 per 25 booklets, with the per-booklet cost dropping from about $9.62 to roughly $0.24 as the run climbs to 5,000.
- 3 sizes, from a 5.5" x 8.5" booklet up to a true 11" x 11" square, in 14 page counts from 8 pages up.
- 7 stocks for the inside pages and cover, from 70# uncoated and 100# gloss text to a 14pt cover made with 30% recycled content.
- Saddle-stitched binding, printed full color on both sides or black on both sides, with a free online proof before the run.
- 4.9 out of 5 across 14 reviews, with a standard 7 business day turnaround and rush speeds down to next day.
Bind Your Story Into a Square Booklet
When one flyer cannot hold your photos, a square booklet can: folded pages stapled through the spine, wrapped in the cover you choose, up to a true 11 by 11 inch square. Print a lookbook for a collection, a program for an event, a menu or a small photo book, and the square shape stands out on a table. Buyers rate them 4.9 out of 5 across 14 reviews.
We print them in-house on 7 stocks to your exact page count, so an 8-page piece and a 60-page catalog come off the same line. Every booklet we print is on booklets and catalogs printing; the choices below build the square one.
A showroom lookbook run of 25 costs $240.55, about $9.62 a booklet; a season's catalog of 5,000 comes to roughly $0.24 each. The 18 tiers below give the total at each count.
What Are Square Booklets
A square booklet is a saddle-stitched, multi-page booklet printed full color in 3 finished sizes, from a 5.5" x 8.5" half-page up to a true 11" x 11" square. Buyers order them for lookbooks, event programs, menus, product catalogs, photo books and instruction guides. Folded and stapled through the spine, the booklet lies flat enough to read and stays low in cost as pages are added. If you want the classic rectangular version instead, the Standard Booklets cover that, and the square sits right beside it as the version that stands out on a table.
What Size and Page Count Should a Square Booklet Be
Pick the size by how much you need to show. The 11" x 11" square is the main format, with room for full-bleed photography across a spread. The 8.5" x 11" letter size and the 5.5" x 8.5" half-page cover the more traditional shapes. Then set the length: page counts start at 8 pages, a cover wrapped around 4 inside pages, and climb through 14 options in 4-page steps, so you add sheets as your content grows. You also choose whether the staples run along the long edge or the short edge. The 3 sizes, page counts, stocks and ink options appear below in the configurator's order. For a photo-first booklet, the Photography Booklets are tuned for image reproduction, and the Saddle Stitch Booklet Printing is the same binding in the standard shapes.
If your artwork is ready, download the blank booklet template. It is set at the real trim size with the bleed and safe margin drawn in, so your design stays clear of the cut and the spine. Pick the size that matches your order below, place your art and upload.
Wally binds your story into a square
Why a $240.55 stack of saddle-stitched squares gets picked up and read.
Twenty-five square booklets start at $240.55, saddle-stitched and printed full color across up to 14 page lengths. Use them as lookbooks, programs, menus, or photo books. Pick your size up to a true 11 by 11 inch square, choose your stock, and Wally prints them to spec.
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How Much Do Square Booklets Cost
Twenty-five square booklets cost $240.55, and the run and the page count set the price from there. A run of 300 works out to about $1.65 a booklet, and 5,000 fall to roughly $0.24 each. Set the slider below to your guest list or catalog mailing and read the total and the per-booklet cost together.
What Paper and Ink Can You Choose
The paper changes how a booklet reads. For the inside pages, 100# Gloss Text makes photos pop, 100# Silk/Matte Text keeps long copy easy on the eye, and 70# Uncoated Text gives a natural, writeable surface. For the cover, wrap the booklet in a sturdier 14pt or 80# gloss, a 100# silk-matte, or a 14pt Uncoated Cover made with 30% post-consumer recycled content when sustainability matters. Ink runs either 4/4, full color on both sides, or 1/1, black on both sides, whichever fits the piece and the budget. We print all 7 stocks in-house.
How Are Square Booklets Bound and Proofed
Every square booklet is saddle-stitched, which means the folded pages nest inside each other and staples hold the spine. It is the standard binding for booklets in this page range: light, flat enough to read, and easy on the budget. You decide which edge gets the staples, long or short, depending on how you want the booklet to open. Before the full run you have three proofing paths. Go straight to production when your file is ready, request a free online proof to check the layout on screen, or order a next day hardcopy proof to hold a physical sample first, which is worth it for a booklet you are printing in volume. Every order is backed by 4OVER4's Gold Standard guarantees, and the Price Match beats a lower price from a U.S. retail printer by 10% - the 110% price-match guarantee.
How Fast Can You Get Square Booklets
Square booklets print on a standard 7 business day turnaround, and when a date sneaks up you can step that up through 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2 business days, all the way down to next day. You only pay for the speed you actually pick. Across 4OVER4, 99.8% of orders arrive on time and 82% ship early, so a booklet you need for an event or a launch is a schedule you can plan around. You choose the speed in the configurator, and each faster tier shows its price before you commit.
See the Rest of Our Booklets
If a rectangular shape, a photo-tuned booklet or the classic saddle-stitched format fits better, the Standard Booklets, Photography Booklets, and Saddle Stitch Booklet Printing each show a starting price on their own page, and the full print product range covers the rest.
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At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, backed by five guarantees and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Pick the size, the page count, the stock and the binding edge, and the booklets arrive stapled and ready for the table. Set your specs, choose your turnaround, and print your square booklets today.
Square Booklet Price Tiers
Three things move the price of a square booklet: the run, the page count, and the stock on the cover and the inside pages. The setup for a saddle stitched book is spread across the run, which is why the per-booklet figure falls so far between a short run and a long one. These are the tiers on the default size and stock.
| Quantity | Per booklet | Fits |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | $240.55 for the set, about $9.62 each | A lookbook for a showroom, a program for a small event, a proof run before a larger order |
| 300 | About $1.65 each | An event program, a menu for every table, a catalog for a sales team |
| 5,000 | Roughly $0.24 each | A product catalog mailed to a list or handed out across a season |
Adding pages moves every tier up, since each 4-page step is another folded sheet through the stitcher, and the live total updates as you change the count.
Square Booklet or Standard Booklet
The square is the shape for pictures. An 11" x 11" spread gives a photograph, a product shot or a piece of artwork the same width on either page, which is why lookbooks, portfolios, photo books and menus lean square. A standard booklet, the 8.5" x 11" letter and the 5.5" x 8.5" half page, is the shape for reading, because a column of text sits more comfortably on a tall page and the format fits a standard envelope, a rack and a binder. Both are on this product, on the same 7 stocks, stitched the same way, with the same page counts from 8 pages up in 14 steps. Pick the square when the pictures carry the piece and the letter size when the words do. For a booklet built around photography on any of the three sizes, the Photography Booklets are tuned for that.
Square Booklets: Frequently Asked Questions
How square is a square booklet?
The largest size is a true 11 inch by 11 inch square. Three sizes are offered in total, from a 5.5 inch by 8.5 inch booklet up to that full square, so you decide how much room each spread gets.
What does a run of 25 square booklets cost?
Twenty five start at $240.55, about $9.62 each. The per booklet cost drops to roughly $0.24 as the run climbs to 5,000, so a catalog printed in volume costs a fraction of a short run.
How many pages can a square booklet hold?
There are 14 page counts, starting at 8 pages. Saddle stitching builds the book from folded sheets, so the count rises in steps rather than one page at a time, and the layout needs to fill the count you pick.
Which stocks are available for a square booklet?
Seven stocks cover the inside pages and the cover, from 70# uncoated and 100# gloss text up to a 14pt cover made with 30% recycled content. Gloss suits photography, uncoated suits pages people write on, and the heavier cover protects a piece that gets handled.
Is the square format right for a menu or an event program?
It works for both. The format carries a lookbook, a program, a menu, or a small photo book, and the saddle stitched spine lets it stay open on a table or a counter instead of closing itself.
Can the booklets arrive packed in counts?
Bundling is one of the ordering options, so the run can be packed in fixed counts rather than one loose stack. That helps when the same booklet is split across an event, several stores, or a team handing them out.
Can I print a square booklet from a PDF?
Yes. Export the whole booklet as a single PDF at the trim size with pages in reading order, not as printer spreads, and with the page count a multiple of 4, since a saddle stitched book is built from folded sheets. Upload it, pick the size and the stock, and take the free online proof or a next day hardcopy proof to see the imposition before the run. The blank booklet template gives you the trim, bleed and safe margins to build against.
Can a square booklet be spiral bound?
Not on this page. Square booklets here are saddle stitched, folded sheets nested and stapled through the spine along the long or the short edge, which covers every one of the 14 page counts from 8 pages up. It lies flat enough to read and keeps the price low at volume. A spiral or wire bound square book is a different product and is not offered as an option in this configurator.
