{"id":104,"date":"2026-10-23T13:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2026-10-23T13:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:01:27","slug":"book-sizes-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/book-sizes-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Book sizes and bindings guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sizes are the trim size of the finished book, width x height. The designer draws the bleed and the safe zone for the size you choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Format<\/th><th>Size<\/th><th>Where you find it<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Mini square<\/td><td>4 x 4 in (102 x 102 mm)<\/td><td>Mini Photo Book Trio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pocket square<\/td><td>6 x 6 in (152 x 152 mm)<\/td><td>Softcover Mini<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Square<\/td><td>8 x 8 in (203 x 203 mm)<\/td><td>Layflat, hardcover, softcover, guest book<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Large square<\/td><td>10 x 10 in (254 x 254 mm)<\/td><td>Linen Cover Photo Book<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Extra large square<\/td><td>12 x 12 in (305 x 305 mm)<\/td><td>Layflat 12 x 12, Family Year Book<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Landscape<\/td><td>11 x 8.5 in (279 x 216 mm)<\/td><td>Layflat, hardcover, softcover, travel, wedding<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Portrait<\/td><td>8.5 x 11 in (216 x 279 mm)<\/td><td>Hardcover portrait, Photo Magazine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Journal<\/td><td>5 x 7 in (127 x 178 mm)<\/td><td>Hardcover Photo Journal<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Binding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Layflat<\/strong>: pages open to 180 degrees, thick photographic paper, 24 to 80 pages. Best for panoramas and wide spreads.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Hardcover<\/strong>: a rigid cover wrapped in your photo or in cloth, 20 to 80 pages. Best for books to keep.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Softcover<\/strong>: a flexible cover, 20 to 64 pages. Best for minis, magazines and gifts in numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choosing the page count<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A rule of thumb is two to four photos per spread. A weekend trip fits in 24 to 30 pages, a holiday in 40 to 60, a year in 60 to 80. You can leave pages for captions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/shop\/\">Browse all books<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sizes are the trim size of the finished book, width x height. The designer draws the bleed and the safe zone for the size you choose. Format Size Where you find it Mini square 4 x 4 in (102 x 102 mm) Mini Photo Book Trio Pocket square 6 x 6 in (152 x 152 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}