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What Our Clients Say
4.33 store rating (130 reviews) | 4.80 product rating
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Zoe Duncan
5. February, 2025.
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I could have cried with how happy I was with the end result - this company took great care with printing and binding my PhD thesis, and I am so impressed with the quality. Thank you so much, I will absolutely recommend your business to my fellow phd cohort!
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Kester Rozario
12. January, 2025.
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Fantastic shop. Kind, helpful and reliable staff. A beautiful end product.
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Kerrie Taylor
27. September, 2024.
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Could not recommend enough. They restored my mothers well used, falling apart bible, back to pristine condition. We were well informed through emails and phone calls on the updates of how it was going. Truly professional and respect what they do. Absolutely amazing people. Can't speak highly enough of the work and care they have put in and would certainly recommend and I would not go anywhere else.
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Joan Polansky
19. June, 2024.
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I placed an order and had some issues with getting the correct address. I asked for a refund which they promptly provided.
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Christian Pegrum
23. April, 2024.
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The quality of print and the friendly staff made DB Bookbinders my go to choice for Business Cards and other print needs. We'll be using them again in the future.
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J C
30. March, 2024.
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DB Bookbinders re-bound and restored a precious family heirloom with great care and professionalism. Very pleased with the outcome, thank you.
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Mark Smith
16. March, 2024.
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DB Bookbinders did a beautiful job binding my thesis. Their online order form was very easy to use, and they kept me updated with the process. The leather and materials that they used were of very high quality.
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S Yoosuf
6. March, 2024.
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Fabulous service, delivered on time. Will be giving all our orders to you.
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Glenis Peterson
8. January, 2024.
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Excellent customer service, helpful, constructive comments. My Lifestory book looks great.

Thesis printing and binding our speciality

As experts in hard-case bookbinding,  we are well equipped to bind your thesis or design folio to the satisfaction of your examiners and lecturers, and in a way that enhances your work.

We excel at the following services.

We have been making custom books under this name since 1980. We have the bookbinding skills and resources to turn your vision into a reality by creating a custom and personalised book, diary, or anything you can imagine!

If you have a book, Bible, religious text or family history which is of significance to you or your family, it is important that it is conserved for use now and for future generations. Let us restore your book to what it once was.

We are able to create a beautiful, hand-made photo album to hold and protect your precious memories. Your unique album will be carefully assembled to the same exacting standards used for world class photograpy professionals.

As experts in hard-case bookbinding,  we are well equipped to bind your thesis or design folio to the satisfaction of your examiners and lecturers, and in a way that enhances your work.

Shipping information

At our DB Bookbinders, we provide our customers from all corners of the globe with access to our high-grade thesis printing, thesis binding, custom book printing and bookbinding services, with international shipping available to the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, and the Philippines.

Ordering is made easy through our simple online booking form.

What our customers say!

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David Wylie

Just need the spines on 2 book’s attached again. Maybe a page rip sorted out too please.

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David Wylie

Just need the spines on 2 book’s attached again. Maybe a page rip sorted out too please.

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David Wylie

Just need the spines on 2 book’s attached again. Maybe a page rip sorted out too please.

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Ryan W.

Amazing finished product. Great service along the way and very professional. Highly recommended!!

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Riley Scott

The thesis looks amazing! The quality is great. It’s really so exciting to see it all together in a bound book. I will definitely recommend DB Bookbinders to friends and colleagues!

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Nathaniel Bawden

I am extremely happy with my printed thesis. The paper quality is excellent and both the buckram and bonded leather covers are fantastic. Thank you for being so obliging about the mix up with the covers. I would highly recommend your services to others.

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Nathaniel Bawden

I am extremely happy with my printed thesis. The paper quality is excellent and both the buckram and bonded leather covers are fantastic. Thank you for being so obliging about the mix up with the covers. I would highly recommend your services to others.

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Nathaniel Bawden

I am extremely happy with my printed thesis. The paper quality is excellent and both the buckram and bonded leather covers are fantastic. Thank you for being so obliging about the mix up with the covers. I would highly recommend your services to others.

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Nathaniel Bawden

I am extremely happy with my printed thesis. The paper quality is excellent and both the buckram and bonded leather covers are fantastic. Thank you for being so obliging about the mix up with the covers. I would highly recommend your services to others.

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Nathaniel Bawden

I am extremely happy with my printed thesis. The paper quality is excellent and both the buckram and bonded leather covers are fantastic. Thank you for being so obliging about the mix up with the covers. I would highly recommend your services to others.

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  1. DH

    Not sure if I’m doing this correctly!

  2. EN

    After a quote

  3. D

    Excellent work and great service. Highly recommended!

  4. DK

    I have a paperback regular King James Version Bible with a broken spine cover extremely loose pages loose and some water damage.

  5. DW

    Just need the spines on 2 book’s attached again. Maybe a page rip sorted out too please.

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  6. DF

    Beautifully finished!

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For over 30 years, and many generations,DB Bookbinders (formerly Doncaster Bookbinders) has been a key player in the bookbinding industry.

Established in the 1980s by Bruno Olbertz, Doncaster Bookbinders was a small but efficient hand bindery, quickly developing a strong reputation for quality craftsmanship.