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Lulu offers two types of hardcover books: casewrap hardcovers and hardcovers with dust jackets. The casewrap and dust jackets are both full-color.

Dust Jacket Hardcover
Dust jacket hardcovers are offered in 6" x 9" with black & white interiors. The book inside the dust jacket is bound in navy blue B grade linen. The spine of the book will be stamped with the book's title and/or author name in gold foil (maximum of 42 characters including spaces).

Casewrap Hardcover
Casewrap hardcovers look like standard hardcover textbooks. They have full-color, glossy covers and do not come with a dust jacket. We offer casewrap hardcovers in 6" x 9" with black & white interior printing and in 8.25" x 10.75" with either black & white or color interior printing.

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Click here for paperback printing specifications. Click here for paperback binding specifications. (page count maximums and minimums)

• plain white head and footbands
• 80# / 115gsm stock endsheets in cream or white (depending on the color of the book's interior text stock)
  • Casewrap - 80# / 115sm gloss laminated white cover stock wrapped over a .088" binder's board
  • Dust Jacket - Navy blue linen wrapped over a .088" binder's board
    • Gold foil stamp on spine for title and/or author name (max 42 characters including spaces)
    • Jacket - 100# / 270gsm gloss laminated white cover stock

Paper for Lulu Marketplace Hardcover Books

Binding Types	Casewrap Hardcover	Dust Jacket Hardcover
6 x 9" or 15.2 x 22.9cm	Black & White - 50# / 75gsm white text stock Color - 70# / 105gsm white text stock	Black & White - 50# / 75gsm white text stock
8.25 x 10.75" or 21 x 27.3cm	Black & White - 50# / 75gsm white text stock Color - 70# / 105gsm white text stock

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Please see "How much will my printed book cost?", for a complete list of manufacturing costs.

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Yes, distribution for hardcover books is now available! For more information, see Which books are eligible for Distribution.

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Any Lulu book that is 6" x 9", black & white with at least 24 pages can be converted to a 6" x 9" hardcover. Any 8.5" x 11" Lulu book with at least 24 pages can be converted to an 8.25" x 10.75" casewrap hardcover. This process clones the paperback and creates a brand new hardcover book project with a separate content ID.

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