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Triumvirate Direct Formats

Choose how your
book is bound

Three ways to bring your book into the world — a classic perfect-bound paperback and two premium hardcover finishes. Here's exactly what you get with each.

Printed on demand
Archival paper & inks
Shipped worldwide
Your
Title
Paperback
Perfect Bound
The classic softcover — clean, affordable, and ready for any shelf.

A flexible, full-color cover is printed, laminated, and glued squarely to the spine — the binding you'll recognize from most novels and trade books. Pages lie flat-ish and the square spine can be printed with your title and author, so it reads well face-out or shelved.

  • Full-color cover printed on heavy stock with a matte or glossy laminate
  • Square, printable spine (title + author shown on the shelf)
  • Lightweight & lowest cost — the best value per copy and for bulk runs
  • Best for fiction, memoir, poetry, and most general trade books
32–800 pages All trim sizes B&W or full-color interior
Your
Title
Hardcover · Offering 1
Case Wrap
A rigid hardback with your artwork printed edge-to-edge on the boards.

Your full-color cover art is printed directly onto the case and laminated, wrapping the front, spine, and back of a sturdy hardcover board. There's no separate dust jacket — the printed image is the cover, so nothing slides off or tears. A durable, vivid, premium upgrade from paperback.

  • Artwork printed across the whole case — front, spine & back wrap as one image
  • Rigid board covers with a protective gloss or matte laminate
  • No dust jacket to lose — the cover art is bonded to the book
  • Best for children's & picture books, art & photo books, vibrant covers
24–800 pages Rigid hardcover Printed image cover
Your
Title
Hardcover · Offering 2
Linen Wrap + Dust Jacket
The heirloom edition — cloth-wrapped boards, a foil-stamped spine, and a printed dust jacket.

Our most premium binding. Rigid boards are wrapped in colored linen cloth, the spine is foil-stamped with your title and author, and a separate full-color printed dust jacket wraps the outside with front, back, and inside flaps. This is the keepsake, gift, and special-edition format.

  • Cloth linen-wrapped case in your choice of color (below)
  • Foil-stamped spine — title & author pressed into the cloth in gold, white, or black
  • Printed dust jacket — full-color outer wrap with front, back & flaps
  • Best for limited & collector editions, gifts, legacy and legacy-gift works
Linen colors
Foil stamp
Gold White Black
24–800 pages Cloth + foil + jacket Most premium
How the three compare
A quick side-by-side so you can pick the right format for your book and budget.
Feature Perfect Bound Case Wrap Linen Wrap
CoverSoftcover (flexible)Hardcover (rigid)Hardcover (rigid)
Cover materialLaminated printed stockPrinted & laminated boardsColored linen cloth
Cover artworkPrinted on the coverPrinted across the whole caseOn the printed dust jacket
SpinePrinted title & authorPrinted title & authorFoil-stamped into the cloth
Dust jacketYes, full-color
Page range32–80024–80024–800
FeelEveryday, practicalDurable, premiumHeirloom, luxury
Relative cost$$$$$$
Not sure what it'll cost? Every format is priced live from our printer. Open the Print Cost Calculator to see your exact per-book cost, bulk discounts, and suggested retail for any binding — or grab the matching interior & cover templates to start designing.
Ready to publish?

Pick your binding when you submit your book through the Author Portal. Triumvirate Direct handles printing and ships directly to your readers.

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