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How to Get a Case Bound Cloth Hardcover Quote with Bookvault

Bookvault's instant quote tool walks you through every decision that shapes your printed book — binding, size, paper, cover, page count, and finishing touches — then hands you a live price before you commit to anything. This walkthrough builds a Case Bound Cloth hardcover title step by step, including its own cover colour picker and foil blocking flow, and gets its quote.

 

 Step 1: Start Your Instant Quote

Head to Bookvault and click "Get Your Quote Now!" on the homepage. This launches the step-by-step title builder, which walks you through every printing option and updates your live preview and quote as you go.

Bookvault homepage with the Get Your Instant Quote Now heading and blue Get Your Quote Now button

 

Step 2: Choose How You Want to Start

Next, decide how you'd like to begin. Choose "Start from scratch" to select every option yourself one step at a time, or "Upload my interior PDF" and Bookvault will automatically read your file to fill in the size, page count, and colour pages for you to check. This guide follows the "Start from scratch" path.

How would you like to start screen with Start from scratch and Upload my interior PDF option cards

 

Step 3: Select Your Binding Type

Choose the binding style for your book: Perfect Bound (paperback), Case Bound in PPC or Cloth (hardcover), Saddle Stitch, Spiral Bound, or Wire-O Bound. Each card lists its cover style and print availability. This example selects Case Bound - Cloth — a cloth hardcover with white end-papers and jacket or foil blocking available. Notice the step bar on the left loses its Lamination step for this binding: cloth doesn't use a gloss or matte laminate the way printed covers do.

Select Your Binding step showing six binding type cards with Case Bound Cloth selected and highlighted green

 

Step 4: Choose the Size of Your Title

Select a standard trim size in millimetres or inches — Novel, Standard, Demy, US Royal, A5, A4, and more — or enter custom height and width dimensions if your title doesn't match a preset. The live graph on the right shows your selected dimensions to scale as you choose.

Select The Size Of Your Title step with the Standard 132 x 197 size selected and a scale diagram of the dimensions

 

Step 5: Select Your Text (Interior) Stock

Choose the paper your interior pages will print on: Cream (easy on the eyes, ideal for novels and long reads), Bond (standard white paper for general and text-heavy books), or Coated (smooth and vibrant, best for images, comics, or illustrated books). Each option lists its GSM weight — higher GSM means thicker, more premium pages. This example selects 70gsm Cream.

Select Your Text Stock step with 70gsm Cream selected and the book preview showing cream-coloured pages

 

Step 6: Select Your Cover Stock

Case Bound - Cloth is the one binding where Bookvault gives you a genuine colour choice for the cover itself — Wibalin Buckram in black, red, green, or navy, or Wibalin ACROLIN finishes in black, red, green, or blue. "Simply choose a style and colour that best suits your book and continue," as the tool puts it. This example picks Wibalin - Buckram Black 570.

Select Your Cover Stock step showing eight cloth colour swatches with Wibalin Buckram Black 570 selected

 

Step 7: Set Your Page Count and Print Colour

Enter the number of pages in your title, then choose whether they print in Black & White, Split, or Full Colour. If your book has very high ink coverage or solid dark backgrounds, you can enable Toner Printing — but this adds cost, so Bookvault recommends printing a proof first and enabling it later only if needed. This example prints 50 pages in Black & White with toner printing enabled.

How Many Pages step with page count set to 50, Black and White selected, and Enable Toner Printing switched on

 

Step 8: Choose Your Cased Options

This optional step only appears for Case Bound titles: finish your hardcover with a Dust Jacket or go with No Jacket for a plain cloth-style case — this example adds a jacket. Cloth titles also choose their Foil lamination here (Gloss or Matt) rather than earlier in the flow, since foiling can only be applied over a matt finish.

Cased Options step showing Jacket selected and a Select Your Lamination section with Gloss and Matt choices

 

Step 9: Add Cloth Foiling

Choosing Matt lamination unlocks Foil Blocking directly on the cloth cover: pick None, Gold Foil, or Silver Foil, then choose where it appears on the front (Top, Middle, or Bottom) and the spine (Left, Middle, or Right). Type your title into the Foil Text box and the live preview on the right updates immediately to show the foiled text in place.

Foil Blocking step with Gold Foil selected, Bottom front placement, Right spine placement, and a Foil Text input box

 

Step 10: Explore Bespoke Finishes

Case Bound Cloth titles unlock further bespoke touches beyond the cover foiling you just set: Ribbons, Head & Tail Bands, Printed Endpapers, Advanced Jacket Foiling (for the dust jacket itself), and Sprayed Edges. Click the + next to any option to add it and customise the details.

Make It Bespoke step listing Ribbons, Head and Tail Bands, Printed Endpapers, Advanced Jacket Foiling, and Sprayed Edges options

 

Step 11: Review Your Quote

Your summary page shows the cost to print at different quantity tiers and by country, plus two ways to get your book to readers: "Sell yourself" (enter your destination and copy count to see shipping) or "Sell via Bookvault" (set your retail price to see your profit margin). Every option you selected is listed above the tables — click any of them to jump back and amend it before you complete your order.

Your Quote summary page with cost-to-print table by country and quantity, plus Sell yourself and Sell via Bookvault panels

 

Step 12: Download Your Sizing Templates

Before placing your order, download the Text and Jacket sizing templates from the "Download Sizing Templates" button. These help make sure your interior and jacket files are sized correctly the first time — note that bespoke templates can take up to a minute to generate.

Sizing Templates popup with Text and Jacket download rows and a note about bespoke templates taking up to a minute

 

Step 13: Claim Your First-Order Discount

New to Bookvault? A "Get 5% Off" prompt appears offering a discount on your first UK order — just enter your email to claim the code before you check out.

Get 5 percent off popup offering a first order discount with an email input field

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Bookvault's instant quote tool free to use?

Yes. Building your title and getting an instant quote is free, with no account or payment required until you actually place an order.

Can I skip building step by step and just upload my file?

Yes. Choose "Upload my interior PDF" on the second screen and Bookvault will auto-fill your size, page count, and colour pages based on the file — you can still review and edit every field before finalizing your quote.

What's the difference between Case Bound - Cloth and Case Bound - PPC?

Case Bound - Cloth uses a genuine cloth hardcover in a range of colours, with jacket and foil blocking options, while Case Bound - PPC has a printed paper cover under an optional dust jacket. Both are hardcovers, but Cloth skips the printed-cover lamination step entirely.

Why doesn't this binding have a Lamination step?

Case Bound - Cloth uses a genuine cloth cover rather than a printed, laminated one, so the usual Gloss/Matt lamination choice doesn't apply. Instead, you choose a lamination for the foil blocking itself later, in the Cased Options step.

Why can't I add foil blocking?

Foil blocking can only be applied over a matt lamination. Choose Matt under Select Your Lamination in the Cased Options step to unlock the Foil Blocking colours and placement choices.

Is toner printing required?

No, it's optional and only recommended if your book has very high ink coverage or solid dark backgrounds. Since it adds cost, Bookvault suggests printing a proof without it first and enabling it later only if necessary.

Do I need to choose a dust jacket?

No, it's optional. The Cased Options step lets you pick No Jacket for a plain cloth-style case, or Jacket for a printed dust jacket over the cloth cover.

Can I change an option after I've moved on to a later step?

Yes. On the final quote summary page, click any of the selections listed above the tables to jump back to that step and amend it before completing your order.

How long do sizing templates take to generate?

Standard templates are typically instant, but bespoke templates — like ones for a jacket or foiling — can take up to a minute to generate.