Cloth Bound Hard Cover Journals with Copper Foil Stamp using a custom die up to 6″ x 8″ area on front cover
Foil Stamping is a widely used cover decoration technique used on hard cover books. This specialized printing process uses heat, pressure, metal dies and foil film. Foil stamping is produced on a number of various sized machines at Marathon. Our largest die size on a front cover is 6 x 8″.
Minimal sized stamping area on a larger over sized edition creates a compelling cover designFoil Stamp CloseupSilver Foil stamp on Front & Spine over Black imitation leather
Foil stamping standard colors are: Gold, Silver, Copper, Red, and Blue, Many specialty colors such as holographic foil can be sourced for custom projects.
Gold Foil Stamp on front & spine over Verona book clothBlue Holographic Foil over specialty with inset image and cover material from VahallanExample of the sleeking foil technique (in silver) over black imitation leather
Foil Stamp Swatch Cards
We have stamped Gold/Silver/White/Black foils on a number of various cloth colors to help with visualization and help choosing Foil Color/Cloth cominations and choices.
Arrestox B Black V199Arrrestox B L400 Sea DepthArrestox B Cloth Fern L535Arrestox B Cloth Light BlueArrestox B Mixed Berry L642Pearl Linen B Cloth Smoke Screen 10500Arrestox B Wicker L 310Pearl Linen B Pepto Pink 60200
Examples of Debossing and Inset Tip on Images for Book Covers
The version on the left uses Matte Black Foil + Debossing. The version on the left features a debossed, tip on image + Black and White FoilRed Verona Cloth Close-up view of the deboss plate + the Matte Black foil
Book Design on this project for the Ute tribe supervised by Encarnita Rivera, photography by Anthony Two Moons for The Center for Rural Outreach
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With over 30 years of Book Publishing experience, Marathon Press has helped thousands of clients self-publish anywhere from 20 to 50,000 copies of their book titles. Marathon has worked with several of the top names and organizations in the photography and photobook industry.
Some of the style variations we offer are: *Soft cover Wire-O, *Hard cover Wire-O and *Concealed Wire-O (both hard cover and soft cover) * Twin Loop with Calendar Hanger
Marathon’s Layflat Albums are produced with German Pro Photo paper which has a matte finish and a neutral white point with a slight shimmer. Water resistant so you can easily clean off a spill. Acid free and chlorine free.
Let us help guide you to the most appropriate paper options for your book project. We have 9 standard text options and 6 standard soft cover weight options for paperback books.