Product Types You Can Make On Lulu

Pocket Book
The smallest Lulu format, used for fiction as well as references and poetry collections.

Novella
Novella is a standard trade size, best used for fiction, poetry, and other short books.

Digest
A smaller trade size, digest is one of the most commonly used sizes for fiction and nonfiction works.

A5
Standard size for international trade paperbacks and hardcovers. Similar to US trade size but slightly smaller.

US Trade
The most common size for trade paperbacks and hardcovers, used primarily for fiction but well suited for a variety of book designs.

Royal
Royal is slightly larger than US trade, and works well for the same fiction and nonfiction content.

Comic Book
Traditional size used for comic book printing.

Executive
Executive size fits between US trade and US letter and is commonly used for journals and graphic novels.

Crown Quarto
Crown quarto provides a wider page than US trade, and is perfect for a book with two-column printing.

A4
A4 is the standard size used for many magazines and catalogs.

US Letter
Used for hardcover books, manuals, and other large size works, US letter is a great option for image-heavy books.

Small Square
Small square is perfect for image-heavy content, such as a travel book, children’s book, or memory book.

Square
Square format best for accommodating full-bleed images without constraints on landscape or portrait formatting.

Small Landscape
Small landscape is ideal for photo books and product guides meant to highlight images and photos.

US Letter Landscape
US letter size in landscape format, great for children's books or photo books.

A4 Landscape
Common internationally, A4 landscape is perfect for photo books or art books.
Book Design Templates
Select your book size and download a free design bundle. The bundle includes book page and cover templates for InDesign, Photoshop, and Word, as well as our Book Creation Guide.
Already Know Your Page Count?
Use our Pricing Calculator to see print costs and download a custom cover template using your exact page count.

Interior Color Options

Standard Black & White
Standard black & white printing for novels, memoirs, and other text-heavy books.

Premium Black & White
Heavy ink coverage great for books with black & white images, graphs, or other graphics.

Standard Color
If your book is predominantly text but has a few color images, standard color is the right option for you.

Premium Color
The best color printing on every page with rich colors and heavy ink coverage.
Paper Types

60# Cream – Uncoated
Traditional cream paper most frequently used for black & white novels and workbooks.

60# White – Uncoated
Versatile and economical white paper commonly found in a wide range of books.

80# White – Coated
Ultra-smooth, high opacity bright white paper used for photo books, magazines, and comic books.

100# White – Coated (Calendar Only)
The heaviest available stock, used to create durable, vibrant calendars.
Book Bindings

Paperback Perfect Bound
The industry term for traditional paperback binding, perfect bound is the most cost-efficient and popular way to bind on-demand products. Suitable for most projects.

Paperback Coil Bound
A flexible, black plastic coil allows the book to lie flat when open. Coil bound is great for music books, notebooks, agendas, and any other project meant for display.

Paperback Saddle Stitch
Interior pages are folded and inserted between the cover, then stapled along the “spine” edge. Saddle stitch binding is designed for supplementary materials, coloring books, magazines, comic books, and other smaller projects.

Hardcover Casewrap
Traditional hardcover binding with the cover image printed on the cover. Casewrap binding is most often used for textbooks and hardcover portfolios.

Hardcover Linen Wrap (Dust Jacket)
Hardcover book with linen wrap on the cover, foil stamping on the spine, and a glossy or matte finished printed dust jacket with flaps. Commonly used for first edition fiction, memoirs, and gift books.

Calendar Wire-O
The Wire-O binding is used exclusively for calendars to create a durable calendar that can easily be flipped without scratching or twisting.
Cover Finish

Glossy
Stiff cover stock with a glossy coating finish. Glossy covers withstand wear and tear well while emphasizing the cover imagery. Glossy finish is commonly used for gifts, textbooks, and art books, but is appropriate for a variety of projects.

Matte
A matte finish gives your cover a more subdued, natural look. Used most often with novels and notebooks, matte finish withstands scratches and wear better than any other cover finish.
Hardcover Linen Wrap
Linen is a cotton-poly blend, with a protective acrylic coating that is wrapped around the cover boards of your book. Text is foil stamped on the spine of your book cover.

Navy
Black, Gold or White Foil Stamp

Black
Black, Gold or White Foil Stamp

Gray
Black, Gold or White Foil Stamp

Red
Black, Gold or White Foil Stamp

Tan
Black, Gold or White Foil Stamp

Green
Black, Gold or White Foil Stamp
Ebook Formats

EPUB
Create your ebook using our Word DOCX to EPUB converter or bring your own EPUB.

Upload your PDF and sell it on the Lulu Bookstore.