Hardcover is the highest-quality binding for a thesis, and it is what most Canadian theses we print are bound in. The premium hardcover has a textured matte cover with a leather-look finish and comes in four colours. The same binding suits an honours thesis, a master’s thesis and a doctoral thesis, for the copy you submit as much as for the one you keep.
Premium hardcover is our highest-quality binding for a thesis, with a textured matte cover and a leather-like surface. Options include custom embossing in gold or silver, a ribbon bookmark and metal corner protectors in a matching finish.
This is the copy that outlasts the degree. Hard boards keep the pages flat on a shelf, the matte surface takes years of handling without showing wear, and unlike the file, it needs nothing to open.
Note: Alongside the premium hardcover, we offer a standard hardcover, with the same features and configuration options but a slightly glossy finish instead of a matte one. The standard hardcover comes in A4 and A5 only, so for Letter the premium hardcover is the one to choose.
Features Of Your Hardcover
There are three things to choose. Two catch the eye at the defence, one on every shelf your copies reach.
The foil changes the whole cover, not just the lettering. Gold is the classic choice, silver the more modern one, and each works on all four colours. All eight combinations are available.
Emboss the type of thesis at no extra cost
Up to two logos (university, college, and institute)
Standard layout, our Word templates, or your own PDF
Every colour has a leather-like surface rather than a smooth gloss. The texture does the practical work: it does not hold fingerprints on a copy that gets passed around a committee.
The spine is the only side anyone sees once the book is on a shelf, and it is the part that still has to work in ten years. Before you choose a direction, look at how the spines on your own shelf run.
Paperback is a softcover binding for a thesis, and the only binding where the whole cover is yours, spine included. You can design it around the subject of your work, match it to your university’s colours, keep it to a single colour or use one of our designs. The printed cover is then laminated with a thin film, which protects it from scuffing and keeps the colours from fading.
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Your own designSingle colours24–425 pagesCustomizable design templatesPrinted spine and back
Paperback gives you the most freedom in how your thesis looks. The cover is printed on paper and then laminated. It can carry your own design, your university’s colours or one of our templates.
Your own designSingle colours24–425 pagesCustomizable design templatesPrinted spine and back
Paperback gives you the most freedom in how your thesis looks. The cover is printed on paper and then laminated. It can carry your own design, your university’s colours or one of our templates.
Your own designSingle colours24–425 pagesCustomizable design templatesPrinted spine and back
Paperback gives you the most freedom in how your thesis looks. The cover is printed on paper and then laminated. It can carry your own design, your university’s colours or one of our templates.
Each copy of your thesis can have a different cover, and who it’s for usually decides what goes on it.
Your own copy
The one that can look like a book about your subject rather than a submission. Put an image from your own work on the cover, your title where you want it and your abstract on the back.
Your own artworkFront, spine, back
Your supervisor
Still one of the nicest ways to say thank you after the defence. A printed cover matches your university’s colours exactly, not approximately, and the wording can be in English or in French.
University coloursEnglish or French
Your committee
For a doctoral thesis, this often consists of three to four people. One design across the set, and a printed spine carrying the full title, so each copy is still easy to spot on their shelf years later.
Premium hardcover and paperback are what most theses are bound in, but not every copy has to be a keepsake. The standard hardcover, thermal binding, and spiral binding cost less and arrive just as fast, so they suit a working copy, a draught to mark up or a spare to hand around.
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Smooth glossy cover10–370 pagesCustom embossingRibbon bookmarkCorner protectorsA4 and A5 only
Standard hardcover has the same features and options as the premium hardcover, with a smooth glossy finish instead of a textured matte one. You can add custom embossing on the cover and spine, a ribbon bookmark and corner protectors. It comes in A4 and A5 only, not Letter.
Transparent front foilColoured spine and backGood for multiple copies7 colours2–450 pages
Thermal binding is a common choice for working copies and drafts. The pages are glued into a coloured spine and back cover, behind a transparent front foil that shows your title page. Nothing is punched out, so the layout stays intact. One volume holds up to 450 pages.
Metal or plastic spiralTransparent front foilColoured back cover1–300 pages7 colours
Spiral binding is the least expensive way to bind a thesis and the quickest to produce. Choose a metal or plastic spiral, both with a coloured back cover and a clear plastic front that shows your title page. It opens flat, which helps if you still work from the copy.
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Order by 11 o'clock and your thesis goes into production the same day; otherwise production starts the next business day. How long the delivery itself takes depends on where you are. The delivery time calculator gives you an estimate for your address before you order.
Yes, anywhere in Canada with a postal code. How long it takes depends on where you are, and our delivery time calculator gives you an estimate for your address before you order.
Express shipping and express production are both included at no extra cost. Order by 11 o'clock and your thesis goes into production the same day; otherwise it starts the next business day.
Yes, you can! Letter is the standard size for a Canadian thesis and is available for the premium hardcover, the paperback, thermal binding, and spiral binding. The standard hardcover is the one exception, as it comes in A4 and A5 only. If your program asks for Letter, choose the premium hardcover rather than the standard one.
The binding sets the starting price and the page count as well as extras does the rest.
Premium hardcover binding: from CA$39.90
Standard hardcover binding: from CA$33.90
Paperback: from CA$31.90
Thermal binding: from CA$23.90
Spiral binding: from CA$13.90
Colour printing is included, so pages with figures, charts, maps, or images cost the same as pages of text. The cost calculator gives you an estimate before you order, and our shop shows the exact price as you customize your binding.
For a copy you will keep or hand to a supervisor, the premium hardcover is what most Canadian theses are bound in. The paperback costs about the same and is the only binding where you design the whole cover, so it suits a copy built around your subject or your university’s colours. For working copies and drafts, thermal binding and spiral binding cost less. One thing to check first: the standard hardcover, unfortunately, comes in A4 and A5 only, so if you need Letter, choose the premium hardcover.
On Letter (8.5 × 11 in) you can choose 20 lb or 27 lb, and we recommend 27 lb for a thesis. It feels substantial and text does not show through from the back of the page, which matters if you are printing double-sided. The heavier 32 lb is currently available on A4 and A5 only. All of our paper is carbon-neutral, whichever weight you choose.
Both. Double-sided uses less paper and keeps a long thesis manageable. This lets you bind up to 800 pages instead of 400. Check your program’s thesis guide first since some departments still ask for single-sided. If you want part of the document one way and part the other, email print@bachelorprint.com before you order and we will set it up.
No. Everything prints as it appears in your PDF, and colour pages cost the same as black and white ones. There is nothing to select and nothing extra to pay, so your charts, figures, and images come out in colour automatically.
Yes, the cover, spine, and embossing can be set in French, English or both, and accented characters are supported. If you are at a francophone or bilingual university, set the wording to match what your program expects.
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