<p>Finally I find some information. In this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20L1I9zrLFM" rel="nofollow noreferrer">YouTube video</a>, the  paper they're printing cover on is <strong>28lb bond</strong> and then they're single-side <strong>laminating each cover with 1.2mil gloss lamination</strong>. &quot;Thicker sheets are harder to fold and manipulate so a thinner sheet and lamination are ideal for these type of covers.&quot;</p>
<p>The main hard cover they are using is a pre-prepared hard cover that is itself one-side sticky and need not to any adhesive material.</p>

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<p>I want to bind (or have bound) my own eBooks and I don't know how to print the designed covers (with a cover size of B4 paper). I want to replicate the kind of cover used by Amazon for paperback books like <a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0201315963" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a>.  I am trying to identify the cover material and printing process they use.
For example, what type and specification of the paper, how it is printed, and any post-printing production steps, like coating or lamination.</p>

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How to print the cover of an eBook for binding?
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# How to print the cover of an eBook for binding?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-07)

I want to bind (or have bound) my own eBooks and I don't know how to print the designed covers (with a cover size of B4 paper). I want to replicate the kind of cover used by Amazon for paperback books like [this](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0201315963). I am trying to identify the cover material and printing process they use.
For example, what type and specification of the paper, how it is printed, and any post-printing production steps, like coating or lamination.

**Tags:** book-binding, printing

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### Answer by username_0 on 2021-02-24. Score: 1

Finally I find some information. In this [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20L1I9zrLFM), the paper they're printing cover on is **28lb bond** and then they're single-side **laminating each cover with 1.2mil gloss lamination**. "Thicker sheets are harder to fold and manipulate so a thinner sheet and lamination are ideal for these type of covers."

The main hard cover they are using is a pre-prepared hard cover that is itself one-side sticky and need not to any adhesive material.


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