How to Print Your Book at a Copy Shop
Copy shops print on letter-size paper, often the same day. Bring the home & screen PDF, ask for color on heavy paper, and have the pages trimmed to 8.5 × 8.5 in.
- File to use
- Home & screen PDF
- You get
- Stapled or spiral-bound book
- Good for
- A same-day book for a birthday tomorrow
Step by step
- 1
Download the home & screen PDF from your book page.
- 2
Upload it to the shop’s online print service, or bring it on a USB stick or by email.
- 3
Ask for color printing at actual size (100%), one page per sheet, on heavy paper: about 32 lb / 120 gsm for the pages and cardstock for the cover.
- 4
Ask the counter to trim each sheet to 8.5 × 8.5 in. Many shops have a paper cutter, so check when you order.
- 5
Have it stapled, spiral-bound or comb-bound, or bind it yourself.
Good to know
- The print-shop PDF has bleed and its pages are 8.75 in wide, which doesn’t fit letter paper. Use the home & screen PDF at a copy shop.
- Staples offers same-day printing on many orders placed by midday; FedEx Office often has orders ready the same day. Check your local store.
- We couldn’t confirm that any of these shops offers a square booklet size, so plan on letter paper trimmed to square.
Checked November 2026.