Pop Up Board Books | Custom Features Only Available with an Offset Printer
Pop-ups, flaps and die-cuts engineered for repeated use.
Interactive board books depend on accurate cutting, folding, gluing and durable page construction - capabilities suited to custom offset production.
Why interactive board books need production planning
Key takeaways
- Pop-ups and movable parts require specialized equipment, precision cutting and experienced production.
- Thicker board pages provide the strength needed for repeated handling by young readers.
- A bound physical proof is supplied for review before the full production run.
- MCRL's minimum order quantity for offset-printed board books is 300 copies.
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The pop-up wolf in this example changes a page turn into an interaction. Producing that effect requires specialized equipment and experienced board-book production.
Offset printing supports the thicker pages and precision cutting used for pop-ups, flaps, foldouts and movable parts. MCRL supplies a bound physical proof for review before mass production.
These features are outside the standard capabilities of digital print-on-demand services. MCRL produces them through offset manufacturing with a minimum order quantity of 300 copies.
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