STEP 2 — Covers and Binders
Make Your Cookbook Unique
Options at a glance:
FREE
- Standard full color cover
- Customizable Cover
- Customer-designed cover
- Soft cover
- UV coated front cover
- Imprint in black or house ink
- Art service
DesignerOption
- UV coated back cover
- Hardback cover
- Padded 3-Ring Binder
- Printed Liners
- Cover ads
Select Your Cover
Just how important is your cookbook cover? If you’re selling your book, you know that first impressions are crucial, so it’s important to choose an appealing—nay, irresistible—cover. In other words, you want a cover design that will sell the most cookbooks!
FREE
Standard Full-Color Covers
Our FREE standard covers are available in a wide variety of styles and themes. Your personalized cookbook title and any additional wording is printed in black or house ink for FREE.
FREE
CUSTOMIZABLE Covers
Creating your own custom cover is easy with our Customizable covers. Just choose a cover from our selection of Black & White and Full-Color designs, and customize it with one of our delicious food photos or a personal photo from your family or organization.
FREE
Customer-Designed Cover
We can also print your customer-designed cover or create a multi-color or full-color cover using your art and/or photograph.
FREE
Cover Styles
Our standard Soft Cover is FREE. The front cover will be UV coated for increased stain resistance. You may choose to have your cover printed as a Designer Option Hardback, or Padded 3-Ring Binder.
Printed Liners
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Printed liners (our designs or your own custom material) are available for the inside front and inside back of Hardback and 3-Ring Binder cover styles.
EQUIVALENTS & MEASUREMENTS
TABLE SETTINGS & NAPKIN FOLDING
FRAME
CORNERS
Inside Soft Covers
The inside front of your soft cover is optimal advertising space for local merchants.
All standard soft (front) covers, hardback (front and back) covers, and padded 3-ring binder covers are coated with high gloss coating for protection and durability.
OUR STANDARD COVERS
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A Taste of Love
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Helvetica Neue Thin
Alphabet Soup
Binder Color: Navy Blue
Default Font: Tekton Bold
American Tradition
Binder Color: Royal Blue
Default Font: Stuyvesant Solid
Botanical
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Edwardian Script
Bon Appetit
Binder Color: Brown
Default Font: Times Roman
Bowl of Cherries
Binder Color: Red
Default Font: Honey Script
Chalkboard
Binder Color: White
Default Font: Alana Bold
Classic Recipes
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Trajan Pro
Cookin’ Kids
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Century Schoolbook
Country Cookin’
Binder Color: Navy
Default Font: Americana
Damask
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Bodoni Roman
Dash of Love
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Times Roman
Dinner on the Grounds
Binder Color: Brown
Default Font: Birch
Feeding the Flock
Binder Color: Navy
Default Font: Palatino
Fresh Fare
Binder Color: Green
Default Font: Stephanie Marie
Garden Gate
Binder Color: Royal Blue
Default Font: Apple Chancery
Heart of the Home
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Alana Bold
Home Cookin’
Binder Color: Brown
Default Font: American Classic
Kitchen Classics
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Bickham Script
Kitchen’s Open
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Aachen
Original Recipes
Binder Color: Brown
Default Font: Edwardian Script
Our Best Recipes
Binder Color: White
Default Font: Skia Regular
Our Daily Bread
Binder Color: Burgundy
Default Font: Palatino
Our Town
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Avant Garde Bold
Pass the Plate
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Grafolita Script
Quilt
Binder Color: Brown
Default Font: Blackjack
Recipe Box
Binder Color: White
Default Font: Stephanie Marie
Recipes to Remember
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Times Italic
School Days
Binder Color: Red
Default Font: Bauhaus Bold
Simply Delicious
Binder Color: White
Default Font: Calisto Italic
Stained Glass
Binder Color: White
Default Font: Trajan Pro
Stars ‘n Stripes
Binder Color: Navy
Default Font: Dear Sarah
Stir, Sprinkle, Mix, Bake
Binder Color: White
Default Font: URW Undarum
Taste of Heaven
Binder Color: Green
Default Font: Fink Roman
Tried & True Recipes
Binder Color: Navy
Default Font: Century Expanded
Windowpane
Binder Color: Red
Default Font: American Typewriter
CREATE A CUSTOM COVER
It’s time to design: make a statement!
CUSTOMIZABLE COVERS
It’s easy to create your own custom cover with our customizable covers!
- Choose a FREE customizable cover design.
- Choose one of the delicious food photo options for that particular cover, or use a Âpersonal photo that is meaningful to your Âfamily or Âorganization. Both options are FREE.
- Personalize the cover with the Âwording of your choice.
- Choose whether to have your cover Âprinted on FREE Soft Cover, Designer Option Hardback Cover or Designer Option Padded3-Ring Binder.
- Choose a Matching Divider Set, which you may also personalize with the photos of your choice as a Designer Option.
The Cook’s Book
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Adobe Garamond Pro
Delightful Dishes
Binder Color: Brown
Default Font: Honey Script
Kitchen Keepsakes – Blue
Binder Color: Navy
Default Font: Garamond Italic
Kitchen Keepsakes – Green
Binder Color: White
Default Font: Garamond Italic
Mealtime Memories
Binder Color: Burgundy
Default Font: Dear Sarah
Scrapbook Vintage
Binder Color: Black
Default Font: Palatino
Simply Homemade
Binder Color: White
Default Font: Avenir
Timeless Recipes
Binder Color: Brown
Default Font: Tiffany Heavy
DESIGN YOUR OWN COVER
The options are endless and the rewards are great when you design your own cover!
If you wish to use artwork or photos that have special meaning to you or your organization — or maybe you have an artist in your group — you might want to consider designing your own custom cover to print in the ink color of your choice or custom full color.
As part of our Art Service, we will scan and place your art, add the type of your choice and create the digital art for your cover under your direction.
COORDINATE THE DESIGN ELEMENTS
of your cookbook with paper and ink colors.
We print your Soft Cover on heavyweight white cover stock. Black ink and House Inks and Custom Full Color are FREE. If you would like us to match a custom ink color, please call Customer Service for additional information.
PAPER STOCK
Actual colors may vary from this representation.
Cover and Divider
House Ink Colors
Actual colors may vary from this representation. If you don’t see what you’re looking for here, use the Color Picker in Cookbook Creator for a custom ink color.
PLASTIC COMB BINDER
Cookbook Publishers offers 8 different colors for your FREE plastic comb binder. This binding style lets your cookbook stay open to the correct page while in use and is suitable for both soft cover and hardback cover styles.
PLASTIC COIL BINDER
Plastic coil binders are similar to wire binding but are more flexible and durable. Like the standard plastic comb binder, the plastic coil enables your cookbook to stay open while in use. Choose from 8 different colors to complement your soft cover cookbook. Plastic coil is not available for orders with more than 250 pages, hardback cover styles or tabbed dividers.
IMPRINTED PLASTIC COMB
To make your soft cover or hardback cover book stand out from other cookbooks, consider imprinting the title of your cookbook on the plastic comb binder.
CHOOSE A TYPEFACE
THAT WILL WORK WITH YOUR COOKBOOK.
Choose one of these typestyles for your cookbook cover and dividers.
