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Book Design Resources for Self-Publishers

Resources for book design, formatting and more.

Your Self-Publishing Partner

48 Hour Books prints bookstore-quality books. Our printing capabilities are second to none, and our team has a diverse range of talents – from customer service to book cover design and production.

We offer everything you need to self-publish a professional quality book:

Book Cover Options to Suit Your Taste

From a standard, full-color printed cover to a textured linen cloth with hot foil stamping, we offer several cover stock options to help you make a beautiful, custom printed book. Our book design experts can help you make an informed decision when it comes to the most important aspect in getting readers to pay attention to your book - its cover!

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Book Cover Designs

Work with our graphic designers to develop a custom cover for your book. Choose one of our cover design templates and have our design team customize it with text and images you provide, or work closely with a designer to create a completely one-of-a-kind cover from scratch. Our custom book covers, when combined with our printing capabilities, make your book look like a best seller. From choosing the right imagery to deciding on fonts and color schemes that catch the eye, the experts at 48 Hour Books will be there to help design a book cover you’ll love.

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Book Templates

Need help designing your own cover or setting up your book page layout?

Use one of our free book cover templates to ensure your cover is the right dimensions to fit on your book. Our book layout templates will help you learn how to set your book up to the right size and how to set proper book margins.

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Book Paper Options

Not sure what sort of paper to use in your book? We offer a selection of high-quality book interior paper for every genre.

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Book Formatting Tools

Developing a framework for your book is an important part of self-publishing.

We give you the tools to do it right.

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Book Binding Options

Whether you're printing a hardcover special edition book, creating a family cookbook, designing your own journal, printing a custom pamphlet, or writing and publishing your first novel, we have the book binding options you need.

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