Coloring Book Printing
Bring your custom coloring books to life with high-quality printing, flexible binding options, and ultra-fast turnaround times.
We can print, bind & deliver in as little as 1 day!
Printing custom coloring books is easier than ever with Doxzoo. Whether you’re a professional illustrator or an independent creator looking into comic book printing strategies, we offer a range of professional formats to match your vision.
Choose from saddle-stitched booklets, square booklets, or premium softcover books. We can print, bind, and deliver your order in just days, offering competitive pricing with a live online preview before you checkout. From single-copy test prints to large-volume retail runs, we’re the trusted partner for creators across the United States.
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Custom sizes
Selecting the right dimensions and paper stock for your coloring book can transform how your audience interacts with it. We offer a wide range of standard US sizes alongside custom formats to suit any unique layout:
- Standard letter (8.5" x 11"): A standard layout choice designed to fit a traditional coloring book canvas. This larger, expansive size is ideal for intricate illustrations, retail bookstore displays, and adult coloring books that require maximum space for fine details.
- Digest format (5.5" x 8.5"): A compact booklet option. It serves as a portable, flexible choice perfect for travel-sized activity books, short-run educational tools, or personalized gifts for children on the go.
- Square booklets: A stylized, modern alternative format option. This layout offers a unique geometric style that’s perfect for contemporary illustrations, mandala collections, or eye-catching merchandise at conventions.
Premium paper stocks
The texture, finish, and weight of your paper also directly dictate how pencils, ink, and crayons interact with the page. You can customize your project with specialized paper weights ranging from 90 lb. text to 200 lb. cover in premium uncoated finishes:
- Interior pages (90 lb. uncoated text): We highly recommend heavy uncoated paper options like our 90 lb. text for your book's interior pages. The natural texture provides the perfect surface for colored pencils, crayons, and markers to absorb properly without smudging. Choosing this thick text weight minimizes the risk of marker bleed-through or ghosting onto your next design.
- What to avoid (glossy & silk-coated interiors): Always avoid glossy or silk-coated papers for the inside pages. On slick surfaces, ink and wax will slide across the surface rather than bind to it, completely ruining the coloring experience.
- Exterior covers (up to 200 lb. cover): Heavyweight cover stocks up to 200 lb. act as a protective shield for your book. Choosing a premium, heavy cover means your pages will remain durable for the end user, giving the volume a premium, bookstore-quality heft that provides a firm surface to color on.
Booklets:
- Saddle-stitched spine
- A6, A5, A4 or square
- Matt, silk or gloss
- 90 gsm to 200 gsm
- Card covers & square back
Recommended spec:
- A5
- Matt bond paper
- Card cover
- Gloss lamination
Paperback books:
- Perfect bound with soft cover
- Book shop quality
- Choice of 8 book sizes
- Customisable covers
- Choice of cover finishes
Recommended spec:
- A5
- Matt bond paper
- Gloss lamination
Match your layout with the perfect binding style
Your choice of binding impacts both your project's formatting layout and how easily the pages can be colored:
- Saddle-stitched (stapled spine): A classic choice for traditional coloring book printing. Structurally identical to standard single-issue comic printing, this method is budget-friendly and enables rapid production turnarounds. Crucially, it allows the booklet to open easily and lay relatively flat, making it exceptionally comfortable for users to color all the way into the inner margins.
- Perfect bound (glued softcover): This option binds your pages into a premium softcover with a professional, square spine, which is great for thick, bookstore-quality volumes. It’s the perfect choice for full-length graphic novels or thick coloring books alike, offering a retail-ready look that stands out on shelves.
- Square booklets: A distinct booklet layout that provides a unique square format for your custom designs. This setup is a highly engaging, tactile choice for creators looking to expand their merchandise lines for online storefronts or art conventions.
Tailored solutions for creators, brands, and comic book printers
From independent creatives to marketing teams designing interactive brand assets, our custom coloring books offer a highly engaging, tactile experience. Independent illustrators often utilize our services alongside traditional comic printing to expand their merchandise lines for conventions and online storefronts. Parents and teachers find our short-run options perfect for custom educational tools or personalized gifts, while non-profits and corporate brands leverage custom coloring books for memorable promotional campaigns.
No matter your niche, choosing the right coloring book printing service means matching your project with the perfect binding style and paper stock. By sourcing your production with reliable printers, you can ensure that line art remains crisp and pages remain durable for the end user.
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Postal delivery is not recommended for urgent orders.
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Coloring book printing: FAQs
Get all the answers you need about formatting, paper weights, and production options from the expert team at Doxzoo.
For coloring books, we highly recommend heavy uncoated paper or matte text paper (such as 70 lb. or 80 lb. Text). Uncoated stocks allow colored pencils, crayons, and markers to absorb properly without smudging. Avoid glossy or silk-coated papers, as ink and wax will slip across the surface rather than bind to it.
Yes! Many artists who utilize our coloring book printing service rely on the exact same production setups for comic books. Our saddle-stitched booklets are structurally identical to standard single-issue comic printing, while our perfect bound softcover options are ideal for full-length graphic novels and thick coloring books alike.
We have no strict minimum order requirements. You can print a single copy to verify your layout, alignment, and paper choices before committing to a larger production run. We easily scale from 1 copy up to thousands, making us a flexible choice compared to traditional bulk-only comic book printer companies.
We offer rapid production and shipping tiers to destinations nationwide. While standard softcover books take slightly longer to cure and bind, our saddle-stitched booklets can be produced and shipped out rapidly. You will receive an exact delivery estimate and tracking details directly at the checkout screen.
The price depends on your product selection, page count and specification.
Click the 'Get an instant quote' button at the top of this page to get an instant price.
Top tips to reduce cost:
- Booklet is cheaper than book printing
- Choose black & white vs. colour
- Choose double sided vs. single sided
- Choose 5 day production time
We have no minimum order quantity, so you can order the exact number of copies required.
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For booklet style coloring books:
Upload your PDF as single pages (not spreads) and ensure your page count is a multiple of 4 (e.g. 8, 12, 16, 20 pages etc.)
By default, page 1 will be your front cover and the last page will be your back cover.
If you have colour to the edge, please include bleed and crop marks.
Please also refer to our Artwork Checklist.
For paperback book style coloring books:
Upload your PDF as single pages (not spreads) and ensure your page count meets the minimum allowable for paperback book printing.
We recommend including page 1 as your front cover and the last page as your back cover. You can then use our Cover Tool to move page 1/last page to the cover area.
If you have colour to the edge, please include bleed and crop marks.
Please also refer to our Artwork Checklist.
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