Wire Bound Book Printing

Custom Wire-O binding delivers a clean, professional look while offering exceptional functionality for workbooks, activity and coloring books, cookbooks, journals, planners, and business reports. Durable C-shaped double-wire loops securely hold each page, allowing the book to open fully flat and rotate 360 degrees for effortless page turning and comfortable reading or writing.

At BookPrintingChina, we focus on high-quality Wire-O book printing for both commercial and personal projects. Choose from softcover or hardcover formats, standard or concealed Wire-O binding, and a wide range of sizes, paper stocks, wire diameter and colors, and special finishes. We also offer practical add-ons such as tab dividers, pockets, and custom features to match your exact requirements.

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Wire-o Binding

Wire-O binding, also called double-loop or twin-loop binding, features rectangular holes punched along the spine edge. Interior pages and covers are assembled onto an open C-shaped metal wire, then securely closed to form a durable bind. Available in both softcover and hardcover formats, this binding allows pages to lay flat and rotate 360°, making it ideal for workbooks, coloring books, portfolios, calendars, journals, planners, reports, and more.

Wire-o Binding

Wire-O binding, also called double-loop or twin-loop binding, features rectangular holes punched along the spine edge. Interior pages and covers are assembled onto an open C-shaped metal wire, then securely closed to form a durable bind. Available in both softcover and hardcover formats, this binding allows pages to lay flat and rotate 360°, making it ideal for workbooks, coloring books, portfolios, calendars, journals, planners, reports, and more.

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Concealed Wire-o Binding

Concealed Wire-O binding, also known as hidden Wire-O or Canadian binding, is a variation of Wire-O binding where a hard or soft cover wraps around the spine to hide the wire. It is available in semi-concealed and fully concealed styles. This binding combines a clean, professional appearance with lay-flat functionality, making it ideal for cookbooks, journals, planners, manuals, and premium notebooks.

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Common Wire Bound Book Sizes

Wire-bound book sizes can vary significantly depending on the book’s genre, intended use, content layout, and overall design. Choosing the right size helps improve usability, readability, and presentation, whether the book is meant for learning, reference, or creative use. Below are some of the most commonly used sizes across different categories:

  • Booklets: 5.5″ × 8.5″ to 8.5″ × 11″

  • Educational materials & coloring books: 8.5″ × 11″, A4

  • Cookbooks: 8.5″ × 11″, 6″ × 9″

  • Journals & planners: A5, A6, 5.5″ × 8.5″, 7″ × 10″, 8″ × 10″, 8.5″ × 11″, A4, 9″ × 12″

  • Reports: 8.5″ × 11″

  • Square formats: 6″ × 6″, 8.5″ × 8.5″, 10″ × 10″

At BookPrintingChina, we also offer fully customized wire-bound book sizes to meet your exact design specifications, budget considerations, and branding needs, ensuring the finished product aligns perfectly with your project goals.

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Portrait
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Square
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Landscape

Double-loop Wire Options

Our double-loop wire binding offers two premium options: electroplated metal and nylon-coated metal. A variety of diameters and colors are available to meet different page counts, design preferences, durability requirements, and budgets. Below are some commonly used double-loop coil diameter and color options:

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1╱4" (6.4 mm)
wire o 5╱16
5╱16" (7.9 mm)
wire o 3╱8
3╱8" (9.5 mm)
wire o 7╱16
7╱16" (11.1 mm)
wire o 1╱2
1╱2" (12.7 mm)
wire -o 9╱16
9╱16" (14.3 mm)
wire o 5╱8(3:1)
5╱8" (15.9 mm))
wire o 5╱8(2:1)
5╱8" (15.9 mm)
wire o 3╱4
3╱4" (19.1 mm)
wire o 7╱8
7╱8" (22.2 mm)
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1" (25.4 mm)
wire o 1-1╱8
1-1╱8" (28.6 mm)
wire o light green 1-1╱4
1-1╱4" (31.8 mm)
wire o 1-3 8
1-3/8 (35.1 mm)
wire o 1-1╱2
1-1╱2" (38.1 mm)

Electroplated metal double coils are manufactured from high-quality iron wire with a hardened steel core and a smooth electroplated finish. They are offered in bright, eye-catching colors, including gold, silver, rose gold, and seven-color options. Coil diameters range from Ø 6–50.8 mm (approximately 1/4″–2″), with a recommended maximum book thickness of 3.4–42.8 mm (approximately 0.134″–1.69″).

Coated metal double coils are made from top-grade steel wire with a durable, evenly applied nylon coating that enhances flexibility while maintaining rigidity. Available colors include gold, silver, bronze, and a wide selection of metallic finishes. Coil diameters range from Ø 6–38.1 mm (approximately 1/4″–1-1/2″), with a recommended maximum book thickness of 4.8–36 mm (approximately 0.19″–1.42″).

Planning Guide (80 gsm Offset Interior Paper)

Coated metal double coils

  • Softcover: up to approximately 35 mm (≈ 1.38″), or about 700 pages

  • Hardcover: up to approximately 35 mm (≈ 1.38″), or about 580 pages

Electroplated metal double coils

  • Softcover: up to approximately 40 mm (≈ 1.57″), or about 800 pages

  • Hardcover: up to approximately 42 mm (≈ 1.65″), or about 750 pages

Actual page capacity may vary based on paper caliper and finishing options. When calculating total book thickness, be sure to include the front and back covers, tab dividers, pockets, laminated pages, and any additional inserts.

Wire Bound Book Paper Options

The cover of your book plays a crucial role in making a strong first impression, as it is often the first thing readers notice. A well-designed, eye-catching cover not only attracts attention but also communicates the quality and purpose of your book. We highly recommend investing in a professional and visually appealing cover design to enhance your book’s overall impact.

For standard softcover wire bound books, covers are printed in full color on durable 250–350 gsm coated cardstock. You can choose either a glossy or matte lamination for added protection and a polished finish, unless you opt for a plastic protective cover for extra durability.

Hardcover wire bound books feature full-color printing on 157 gsm coated cardstock and are finished with glossy or matte lamination, which is then wrapped around sturdy 2–3 mm gray board. Except for printed paper covers, we also offer premium wrapping options such as fabric, leather, Kraft paper, or specialty papers to achieve a distinctive look and feel.

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Printed Paper Cover

Printed paper covers are available for both softcover and hardcover formats, providing flexible design choices and a professional, high-quality finished appearance.

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Plastic Cover

For softcover wire bound books, if the front or back cover is printed without lamination, you may add a plastic protective cover, available printed or blank.

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Cloth Cover

Cloth materials such as linen or cotton used for hardcover wire-o book covers, providing a classic, elegant appearance and enhanced durability.

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Leather Cover

Durable synthetic leather material with smooth texture and flexibility, often used for premium hardcover wire-o book covers, planners, and notebooks.

The selection of interior paper plays a crucial role in determining your book’s overall appearance, durability, and user experience. For books featuring heavy imagery, illustrations, or photography, glossy or matte art paper is an excellent choice, as it delivers vibrant colors, sharp details, and a polished, professional look. The choice between glossy and matte finishes depends on the desired visual effect, with glossy enhancing color intensity and matte reducing glare for comfortable viewing. For text-focused books or projects designed for writing, drawing, or coloring, uncoated paper is the ideal option due to its natural texture and excellent ink absorption.

For activity books or busy books that require extra strength or wipe-clean functionality, interior pages can be produced by heavier 250gsm C2S or mounting two sheets of 350gsm C1S paper together and finished with glossy or matte lamination or UV coating, ensuring enhanced durability and long-lasting performance.

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Glossy Art Paper

Glossy art paper features a smooth, shiny finish that enhances color vibrancy, sharp images, and professional visual impact.

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Matte Art Paper

Matte art paper offers a smooth, non-glare finish that provides a refined look, excellent readability, and accurate color reproduction.

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Uncoated Paper

Uncoated paper has a natural, non-glossy surface, making it ideal for comfortable reading, smooth writing, and coloring.

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C1S Paper

C1S paper is coated on one side for vibrant printing while the uncoated side is ideal for gluing and writing.

Not sure which paper is right for your project? Get in touch with our printing experts for personalized recommendations.

Wire Bound Book Special Features

To enhance the durability, visual appeal, and functionality of your wire-bound book, we offer a broad selection of special finishing options, including:

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Glossy Lamination

Glossy lamination adds a shiny, reflective finish that enhances colors, protects the cover from scratches.

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Matte Lamination

Matte lamination provides a smooth, non-reflective finish that feels soft to the touch, reduces glare.

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Soft-touch Lamination

Soft touch lamination creates a velvety, suede-like finish that feels luxurious, reduces fingerprints.

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Spot UV

Spot UV adds glossy, raised highlights to specific design areas, creating contrast, enhancing detail.

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Varnish

Varnish provides a protective coating that enhances durability, reduces smudging, and adds subtle shine.

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Foil Stamping

Foil stamping applies metallic or pigmented foil onto the surface using heat and pressure, creating eye-catching, luxurious accents.

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Emboss

Embossing creates a raised, three-dimensional design on paper, cloth or leather, adding texture, depth.

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Deboss

Debossing creates an indented design pressed into paper, cloth or leather, adding subtle texture and depth.

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Divider Tabs

We provide custom tab and divider solutions designed specifically for spiral-bound books and organized page navigation.

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Rounded Corner

Rounded corners give books or printed materials smooth, curved edges, enhancing durability, reducing wear and tear.

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Perforated

Perforated pages feature small, evenly spaced holes or cuts, allowing easy and clean tearing or detachment.

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Pocket

Wire-bound books with custom pockets add convenient storage for documents, notes, cards, stickers, and inserts.

Questions & Answers

Our minimum order quantity for wire bound book printing usually starts at 100 copies. We offer big discount for bulk orders, the more you print, which means the lower the unit price.

Yes! We offer custom tabs and dividers for wire-o bound books. They’re especially useful for workbooks, journals, planners, cookbooks, and other multi-section projects, helping readers navigate easily and stay organized.

Our wire-o binding wires are made from durable metal, ensuring strength, flexibility, and a professional appearance. The metal wire resists bending and maintains its shape, making it ideal for workbooks, journals, and other frequently used books.

We recommend keeping the maximum book thickness within 35 mm for wire-o binding. The total page count depends on the binding, paper type and weight. If for hardcover wire-o book, using 80gsm matte art paper, a wire-o book can include up to 780 pages, while using 157gsm glossy paper, we recommend no more than 400 pages.

Thicker paper increases the overall spine width, so selecting the right paper weight ensures smooth page turning and a professional finish.

Yes, we offer several proofing options, including PDF proof, physical sample, dummy sample, digital printed sample, and offset printed sample.

After you complete the deposit and before mass production, we usually provide a free digital printed sample for your confirmation.

If your book includes Pantone colors or requires strict color accuracy, we recommend ordering an offset printed proof of a few pages. Please note that offset proofs are not free; the cost depends on factors such as the number of pages, Pantone colors, and other specifications.

For wire-o books, the ideal gutter (inner margin) is typically 12 mm. This extra space ensures that text and images are not cut off or hidden by the binding holes, keeping your layout clean and easy to read.

Yes! You can order a physical sample before placing an order to check our paper, binding, finish and printing quality.

We recommend high resolution(at least 300ppi) PDF files with embedded fonts and images, including a 3 mm bleed. If your files are created in InDesign or Illustrator, please export them as print-ready PDFs.

For small files, you can upload them directly through our online inquiry form or send them via email to sales@bookprintingchina.com. For large files, please share a download link using platforms such as WeTransfer, Dropbox, or Google Drive.

Yes, our prepress team offers free file checking to ensure your files are print-ready. We can also provide cover templates, spine width calculation, and basic layout guidance if needed.

Yes, we offer several proofing options, including PDF proof, physical sample, dummy sample, digital printed sample, and offset printed sample.

After you complete the deposit and before mass production, we usually provide a free digital printed sample for your confirmation.

The wire bound book production time usually takes 12 -18 days after the final file is approved. The exact timeline depends on the order quantity, binding style, design complexity, and our current production schedule. Shipping time will vary based on your destination and chosen shipping method.

We offer air, sea, and express shipping (DHL, FedEx, UPS). Our team will recommend the most cost-effective and reliable method based on your delivery time and budget.

Wire Bound Book File Specifications

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Bleed

For wire bound books, allow 3 mm bleed on all four sides and a 12 mm inner gutter to ensure text and images remain clear of binding holes.

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CMYK

CMYK is the correct color mode for printing. RGB files convert automatically and may shift colors. Use 100% black for text.

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Resolutions

Images in prepress files should be at least 300 dpi to ensure sharp details, clear images, and professional print quality.

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File Format

We recommend using high-quality PDF files, as Adobe InDesign exports print-ready PDFs for precise, consistent printing results.

At BookPrintingChina, we offer professional file-checking services and custom templates. If you’re unsure how to layout your artwork, feel free to contact us; we’re happy to provide detailed guidelines and support.

Order Process at BookPrintingChina

1

Request a Quote

Submit specs and receive your tailored quote within 1-2 hours.

2

Upload Design

Send your print-ready PDF via email or shared link easily.

3

Review Your File

We check your file for free to ensure perfect print readiness.

4

Approve Proof

Pay the deposit, then make a free digital printed proof for approval.

5

Production

Upon approval, we begin full production with strict quality control.

6

Shipping

After balance payment, we pack securely and ship by air or sea.

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Why Choose Us for Wire Bound Book Printing

Competitive Price

As a direct printing manufacturer, we offer more competitive pricing, with all printing and shipping handled in-house for full quality control.

100% High Quality

With over 25 years of in-house expertise and complete production control, we deliver consistent high-quality from start to finish—no outsourcing, no compromises.

Fully Custom

Versatile formats and sizes, page counts, multiple coil and paper options, quantities, plus special finishes and custom features to meet diverse project requirements.

Global Shipping

We offer global shipping solutions, including air and sea freight options, tailored to meet your delivery timeline, budget, and international logistics requirements.

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We’re Love to Hear From You

We appreciate your interest in BookPrintingChina. Our goal is to deliver a wire bound book printing experience that is smooth, cost-effective, refined, and efficient from start to finish.

For general questions, simply submit the enquiry form and our sales specialists will respond promptly. To receive a precise project quote, we encourage you to use our online Quote Form, which helps us match the best options to your specific requirements. You may also contact us directly at sales@bookprintingchina.com.

Our team is available seven days a week, with most enquiries answered within 1–2 hours. We look forward to turning your ideas into beautifully printed products with the quality and attention to detail BookPrintingChina is known for.

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