Booklets & brochures
Marketing booklets, company brochures, guides, reports, and other multi-page materials.
Saddle Stitching
Saddle stitch printing for booklets, programs & catalogs.
Saddle stitching folds printed sheets in half and secures them through the center fold with wire stitches. It is commonly used for booklets, programs, brochures, catalogs, newsletters, manuals, and other multi-page pieces.
Send us the finished size, page count, quantity, paper, artwork, and deadline or whatever you already have. We’ll help determine whether saddle stitching, perfect binding, coil, or wire binding is the best fit for the job.
Saddle stitch printing is produced at our Plano facility for businesses in Dallas, the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and customers nationwide.
Printed in Plano
Page Counts in 4s
Printing + Binding + Mailing
Local + Nationwide Shipping
Quick Answer
What is saddle stitching?
Saddle stitching is a booklet binding method where printed sheets are collated, folded in half, and secured through the center fold with wire stitches.
Because each folded sheet creates four finished pages, saddle stitched booklet page counts generally need to be divisible by four. It is commonly used for thinner booklets, programs, brochures, short catalogs, newsletters, manuals, and magazines.
When It Fits
Saddle stitching works well for thinner multi-page pieces.
It creates a clean, durable booklet without a square spine and can be a practical choice for marketing, training, event, membership, and informational materials.
Event programs
Programs, agendas, schedules, directories, ceremony books, and attendee materials.
Short catalogs
Product catalogs, sales books, price guides, seasonal collections, and promotional publications.
Manuals & training
Training materials, instruction booklets, workbooks, handbooks, and reference guides.
Compare Binding Methods
Saddle stitching vs. perfect binding.
Both methods create finished multi-page pieces, but they are built differently. Saddle stitching is generally better for thinner booklets, while perfect binding creates a square spine for thicker books.
| Consideration | Saddle Stitching | Perfect Binding |
|---|---|---|
| Binding method | Wire stitches through the center fold. | Pages are glued into a square spine. |
| Best for | Thinner booklets and lower page counts. | Thicker books and larger page counts. |
| Spine | No square printable spine. | Square spine can often be printed. |
| Opening | Opens relatively flat through the center. | Opens more like a traditional paperback book. |
| Common uses | Programs, brochures, newsletters, manuals, and short catalogs. | Reports, manuals, books, catalogs, and thicker publications. |
| Best choice | Depends on page count, paper, size, quantity, and final use. | Depends on page count, paper, size, quantity, and final use. |
Booklet Specs
Page count, paper, size, and thickness all matter.
Saddle stitched booklets are built from folded sheets, so the page count, open size, finished size, paper weight, and total thickness all affect whether the piece is a good fit for this binding method.
Page counts generally need to be divisible by four.
Many projects can run up to about 80 pages.
Many projects can run up to about .15 inch thick.
Many finished sizes can range from about 4.7 × 3.5 inches to 14 × 12 inches.
Landscape formats may be possible when the open size and stitch direction fit the equipment.
Thicker or heavier books may need perfect binding, coil, or wire binding instead.
Common Projects
What can be saddle stitched?
Voom prints and saddle stitches business, marketing, training, event, membership, and informational materials.
Programs
Event programs, agendas, schedules, directories, ceremony booklets, and conference materials.
Catalogs
Short product catalogs, sales books, price guides, seasonal collections, and promotional catalogs.
Manuals
Training manuals, instruction booklets, employee guides, handbooks, and reference materials.
Newsletters & publications
Company newsletters, member publications, reports, short magazines, and recurring publications.
How It Works
From flat sheets to finished booklets.
Send the size, page count, quantity, artwork, paper, deadline, and any mailing or fulfillment requirements you already know.
Tell us about the booklet.
Send the finished size, page count, quantity, paper, artwork, deadline, and intended use.
We check the specs.
We review page count, open size, paper, cover, thickness, and whether saddle stitching fits the job.
We print, fold & stitch.
Pages are printed, collated, folded, and secured through the center fold.
We trim, check & deliver.
Finished booklets are trimmed, checked, packed, and prepared for pickup, delivery, mailing, fulfillment, or shipping.
Connected Services
The binding method is only one part of the finished booklet.
Printing, binding, paper, mailing, fulfillment, and distribution can all be planned together.
FAQs
Saddle stitching questions.
What is saddle stitching?
Saddle stitching is a booklet binding method where printed sheets are collated, folded in half, and secured through the center fold with wire stitches.
Is saddle stitching the same as stapling?
It looks similar, but commercial saddle stitching feeds wire from a spool and forms the stitches during production through the booklet's center fold.
What page count does a saddle stitched booklet need?
Page counts generally need to be divisible by four because each folded sheet creates four finished pages.
How many pages can Voom saddle stitch?
Many projects can run up to about 80 pages and about .15 inch thick, depending on the paper, finished size, cover, format, and final specifications.
What sizes can Voom saddle stitch?
Many finished booklets can range from about 4.7 × 3.5 inches to 14 × 12 inches. The open size, stitch direction, paper, and thickness also matter.
Can Voom produce landscape saddle stitched booklets?
Yes. Some landscape formats work when the open size, paper, thickness, and stitch direction fit the production equipment.
When should I choose perfect binding instead?
Perfect binding may be a better fit when the book is too thick for saddle stitching, needs a square spine, or needs a more traditional book-like appearance.
Can Voom mail or fulfill finished booklets?
Yes. Finished booklets can be prepared for pickup, local delivery, mailing, fulfillment, or nationwide shipping.
What should I send for a saddle stitching quote?
Send the finished size, page count, quantity, artwork, paper, cover specifications, deadline, and any mailing or fulfillment requirements you already know.
Does Voom offer saddle stitch printing for Dallas businesses?
Yes. Voom produces saddle stitched booklets at its Plano production facility for businesses in Dallas and throughout Dallas-Fort Worth, with pickup, delivery, mailing, fulfillment, and nationwide shipping available.
Booklets · Programs · Catalogs · Manuals
Send us the booklet specs you have.
Send the size, page count, quantity, artwork, paper, deadline, and any mailing or fulfillment requirements. If you're not sure whether saddle stitching, perfect binding, coil, or wire binding makes more sense, we'll help work through the options.