Acme Bookbinding Interactive Thesis Ordering

Rush Service

If you need ultra quick service (3 hours to 2 days) please print and fill in the top of page 1 of this 2 page print form.
Bring it and your originals(hardcopy or print-ready file) to Acme's office at 100 Cambridge St. Charlestown. Phone: 617-242-1100.
Office Hours hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday.

Standard Service

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'Begin Order' will allow you to play with different pricing options before placing an order but all data must be entered. Use 'Get Price Now' above if not ready to order.

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       Special requests/Questions/information relating to orders
Choose Service:
Standard
2 week (10 working days) 1-3 bks / Add’l bks)- $30.00 / 25.00 each
1 week (5 working days) $45.00 / 40.00 each
RUSH -- Office visit required, see top of page , for directions and the rush order form link.
2 day (In by 9:00 a.m., ready by 4:00 p.m. Next Day) $75.00 / 70.00
1 day (In by 9:00 a.m., ready by 4:00 p.m. Same Day) $125.00 / 90.00
# Copies To Bind (discounts for 4 or more)
1 to 3 copies... @ =
# Greater then 3 @ =
Oversew... @ $6.00 ea. = Best Quality and required by some schools.
Covers have Accent Marks... @ $5.00 ea. =
Only Spine Stamping is Required for a Thesis. Front cover titles are optional.
No Front Cover Title...
Front Cover Short Titles... @ $10.00 ea. =   Less than 75 characters
Front Cover Long Titles ... @ $15.00 ea. =   More than 75 characters
If Acme Prints ( more choices in detailed quote)........... Per job costs:
Print Charge B & W Pages per copy... @ $0.10 =
Print Charge Color Pages per copy... @ $1.50 =
Printed Foldouts per copy... @ $5.00 =
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Estimated Rough Total... Tax and Freight charges require detailed order     
Service options
                                           1-3 Books / additional Books
2 Week Service... 10 full working days           $30.00 / 25.00 each
1 Week Service ... 5 full working days           $45.00 / 40.00 each
Enter any questions, special requests below...
  • Print charge $0.10 per page
  • Color print charge $1.50 pages
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Binding options
Gold Lettering...  Gold Lettering is the standard for thesis printing, check if other choices are acceptable at your school
White Lettering...
Black Lettering...

Binding Choices...
Oversew....           Oversew is most common choice, additional $6.00
Adhesive Bind...  

Cover Colors
Only the colors listed in drop down list to the right are available for thesis work.Crimson is Harvard's Standard.
View color swatches
Check Section/Advance To Copy Quantities/Options

Number/Types Copies Options
Acme Will Print...
I will supply printed pages...

Theses will not be checked for collation. Please check for proper pagination

# copies to bind:             (a)
# copies UNBOUND:   (b) If we are printing we can give you just unbound sheets
Return original unbound         If we are scanning your original thesis we can bind it or not as you wish.
Total Copies:                   You MUST type this as a check on your totals.
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Print options
                         #copies: (c) Printed By Customer (include original hardcopy if Acme is copying from that.)
                         #copies: (d) Printed By Acme.
Sum of (a) + (b) from # copies   bound/unbound above must equal
sum of (c) + (d) from # preprinted/Acme printed.

Paper:

White Rolland (Acid Free):
PermaLife Archival (+ .20 per page):
Check to receive instructions for digital submisions with your Emailed quote:
Printing...
Single sided printing. Single sided is the standard for thesis printing
Double sided printing
Enter Thesis page count:
Number Color Pages:$1.50/page
Foldouts: $5.00/page, 11 by 17 sheets, phone for folding instructions.
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Title Layout
  • Spine is Required and done automatically Front Cover Stamping is optional
  • Author, Title, Year are required by all schools.
  • Max 180 stamped characters, you will be warned if you go over.
  • Use only standard keyboard charachters, no unicode or character maps, Stamping uses a limited number of physical dies.
    Phone or come in to discuss special needs, characters.
*Title:                      
*Last Name:            
*Year:                     
Degree:                   
  • Optional Front Cover Lettering
    adds $10.00 to base price, additional $5.00 if front title over 75 chars
    I would like front Cover Stamping.
*Title:                       
*Full Name:              
*Month + Year:        
Degree:                   

Click to calculate character counts.

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Contact Info
* required field
*Name:
*Street:
*City:
*State:
*Zip:
*Email:
*Phone:
Phone mobile:
  Fax:

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Dropoff and Delivery Options
Customer Delivery of materials:

If supplying digital file:

We take only complete Pdfs, Please embed all fonts as this is the only way to guarantee print styles across different computers match. See Adobe documentation or contact Acme if unsure as to what this means. and we will print on approval of our quote.

I will drop off at Acme's office (hardcopy or disk)    
I will mail in (hardcopy or disk)
I will use your Ftp site (files only, Acme's emailed final quote will instruct you on how to send the file.)    
I will email attach the file in my response to Acme's final quote. (Not recomended if file larger than 1 Megabyte
Acme mailing address:

Acme Bookbinding
P.O. Box 290699
100 Cambridge St.
Charlestown Ma 02129-0212

We are located in Sullivan Square across the street and just over the bridge (towards Cambridge) from the MBTA station. Across from the Dunkin' Donuts shop. View map.
Office Hours hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday.

Customer pickup of completed order
  I will pickup at Acme
        Cash or money order required at time of pickup. Checks must clear before pickup. Allow 10 days for this.
  Ship to my home (Contact) address    Number Bound       Number Unbound

  Ship to my alternate address entered below
  Split order. Shipping some to my home address and some to alternate(s).



Copies To Alt Address 1: Number Bound       Number Unbound
*Name:
*Street:
*City:
*State:
*Zip:
Copies To Alt Address 2: Number Bound       Number Unbound
*Name:
*Street:
*City:
*State:
*Zip:
Shipping choices:
$30 UPS
$30 FedEx       If you have a Fed Ex account number enter it here:   Adds $10 to freight cost
$45 Hand Delivered To Harvard (One or more alternate addresses must be a Harvard School. Include 'Harvard' in Name field.
Payment choices:
  I will give Cash/money order at pickup or prior to shipping.
  I will provide a check at least 10 days prior to pickup/shipping



Itemized Price Breakdown
       Special requests/information relating to orders
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You can try different choices up above and click REPRICE if you wish to experiment before placing order by clicking PLACE ORDER
Bind Charge Books 1-3... @ =
Bind Charge Books add'l... @ =
Oversew... @ $6.00 = Books with Accent Marks... @ $5.00 =
Front Cover Short Title... @ $10.00 =
Front Cover Long Title ... @ $15.00 =   Long is more than 75 characters
Print Charge (If Acme Prints) Pages... @ $0.10 base charge ( + any Gray,Color,permalife surcharges) =
Printed Foldouts... @ $5.00 =
Sub - Total...
Tax (Mass. sales tax 6.25% (residents only) ...
freight (UPS, FedEx, Acme Truck)...   Includes multiple shipment and special 'Harvard' or FedEx handling charges if applicable
Estimated Total... Includes Tax and Freight if any

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