Frequently Asked Questions - POD books


Picopress can access the The Espresso Book Machine® service through the Lightning Source Company service. The Espresso prints the book while a customer waits, with machines dotted around the world, Venezuella, Australia to mention a few.
Yes, you can print full colour books. In addition you can have randomly placed colour, like a double page spread and a single page at the start of your book, and that way only pay for the colour you use. The second option is to have colour sections of 4, 8, 16 page sections of colour. This is a cost effective way of adding colour.
The standard page sizes are: Up to 210x135 (B-format) 211x136–220x148 (A5 & Demy) 221x149–235x160 (Royal) 236x161–297x210 (B5, Quarto and A4) Other sizes available on request.
The minimum page count is four and the maximum 848 pages.

For most POD books you can print the minimum order quantity of one. For custom book types you may need to print in quantities of 10 or 100 copies.