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Saddle-stitched booklets

Sheets are nested, folded, and stapled through the fold. It is the structure for a thinner piece: a program, a newsletter, a lookbook, or a short catalog that does not need a square spine.

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Illustration of an open saddle-stitched booklet with two staples in the fold

Where it earns its place

  • Event programs

    A folded booklet that can be held in one hand during a ceremony or a conference.

  • Newsletters

    Short multi-page notes that should feel made, not copied.

  • Lookbooks

    A thin visual piece with a center fold and a staple, rather than a glued spine.

  • Short catalogs

    A catalog that is still a booklet, before it grows into a perfect-bound book.

How the binding behaves

Saddle stitching gathers folded sheets into one booklet and drives staples through the spine fold. Each sheet contributes four pages, so the finished count works in multiples of four. A file that is not a multiple of four needs blank pages or a different binding. We confirm that when we quote, and you can still send the specification either way.

Quoted by Tri State Printer, based in Port Chester, NY. Most of the printing is produced off-site.

Preparing this file

  1. 01

    Reading order, not spreads

    Send single pages in reading order unless the file is already imposed. If it is imposed, say so in the notes.

  2. 02

    Multiples of four

    Plan the count in fours. A 10-page file is not a finished booklet until the blanks are decided.

  3. 03

    The center fold

    Type that sits in the fold is hard to read. Art that crosses the fold needs to be called out.

  4. 04

    Cover

    The outer four pages are the cover. If the cover stock should differ, say so.

General file preparation

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