Metallic Bookmarks
See Metallic Bookmarks in action
A reflective foil accent on the front of each bookmark, with optional High Gloss UV or spot UV beside it and an optional 1/8 inch hole for a tassel.
- From $247.15, with the per-bookmark price dropping as the run climbs, from about 49 cents each at 500 down to roughly 15 cents each at 10,000.
- Metallic foil accent on the front of every bookmark, a real reflective layer, not a shiny-looking printed color.
- 2" x 6" on sturdy 16pt Gloss Cover, one classic bookmark size, printed full color on the front with a blank or full-color back.
- 3 coatings, plain, High Gloss UV, or Spot UV on the front, plus an optional single 1/8" hole for a tassel or ring.
- 5 out of 5 across 2 reviews, printed on a 7 business day standard turnaround and backed by the Gold Standard guarantees.
Give a Bookmark That Catches the Light
A metallic bookmark is a 2 by 6 inch card with a foil layer on the front that catches the light each time the book opens. Hand them out at a book signing, reward a reading program or tuck one into a gift set, and your name sits inside the book for as long as the reader takes to finish it. Sets start at $247.15 with a genuine metallic foil accent on the front.
They print on 16pt gloss cover, full color around the foil, with a blank or printed back. Want to see how they sit next to the rest of the range? Browse every style on bookmark printing, or stay here and build yours from the choices below.
The smallest run is 500 for $247.15, enough for one launch night or one store's counter. A publisher or a school district orders in the thousands, where each bookmark costs a fraction of the 500 rate. Tap any of the 5 tiers below for the set total and the saving at each step.
What Are Metallic Bookmarks
Metallic bookmarks are 2 by 6 inch bookmarks printed full color on 16pt gloss cover stock, each carrying a real metallic foil accent on the front. Authors, bookstores and brands order them where a flat card would get lost: author giveaways, bookstore and library reading rewards, launch and event keepsakes, and premium brand gifts. Because the foil shines and the stock lasts, the bookmark gets kept inside a book instead of pocketed and forgotten. If you want the everyday version without the foil, the Standard Bookmarks cover that, and the metallic sits beside them as the foiled version.
Metallic vs metal bookmarks, what you actually get
Search results for metal bookmarks mix two different products, so here is the honest line. This is a printed bookmark: a 2" x 6" card on 16pt Gloss Cover carrying a real metallic foil layer, a reflective surface rather than a shiny-looking printed color. It is not etched, laser cut or engraved solid metal, it has no machined edge, and it will crease if you fold it.
What it does instead is everything a solid metal bookmark cannot do at a giveaway budget: full color printing around the foil, a back that can carry a blurb, an ISBN or a QR code, artwork that changes from one title to the next, and a per piece cost that falls from about 49 cents at 500 to roughly 15 cents at 10,000. If the piece has to survive a decade in a drawer, buy engraved metal. If it has to catch the light on a table of 500 books next month, print these.
What Size Are Metallic Bookmarks
Metallic bookmarks print at one classic size, 2 by 6 inches, tall and narrow so the bookmark sits inside a book and still leaves room for a title, a logo, and the foil accent. Want to finish the top? Add a single 1/8 inch hole and thread a tassel, a ribbon, or a ring through it, which makes the bookmark a small gift. Prefer a clean look? Leave it undrilled for a solid, uninterrupted edge. The size, stock, ink, coating, and drilling are grouped below the way the live configurator presents them, so you know what you can change before you change it.
How Much Do Metallic Bookmarks Cost
Metallic bookmarks start at $247.15, and the per-bookmark price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 10,000, so the run size sets the cost of each piece. A set of 500 is $247.15, near 49 cents each, and a 10,000 run lands at $1,455.35, roughly 15 cents a bookmark. Drag the slider below to set your count and see the set total and the per-bookmark cost.
Wally makes a bookmark that shines
Why a foil-accented bookmark gets kept in the book, not the bin.
A metallic bookmark starts at $247.15 and wears a real foil accent that catches the light every time the book opens. Print it full color on 16pt gloss cover, add a High Gloss UV or Spot UV coat, and drill a hole for a tassel. Wally gets your shelf-worthy bookmarks printed in 7 business days.
Bulk metallic bookmark pricing
Metallic bookmarks are priced by the set, and the set is where the foil stops being a luxury. A run starts at $247.15, which works out to about 49 cents a bookmark at 500. Put the same artwork through at 10,000 and the unit cost drops to roughly 15 cents, so a signing table giveaway ends up costing less per piece than the plain bookmark most stores sell at the register.
| Quantity | Cost per bookmark | What it suits |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | About 49 cents, set total from $247.15 | One title, a launch night, a single store |
| 1,000 | Under the 500 rate, set total priced live | A season of author events |
| 2,500 | Under the 1,000 rate, set total priced live | A school or library reading program |
| 5,000 | Under the 2,500 rate, set total priced live | A chain rollout or a district wide handout |
| 10,000 | Roughly 15 cents, the floor of the range | Conference tote inserts, national giveaways |
Set the quantity in the configurator to see the exact set total before you upload anything. Coating and the optional 1/8" hole are chosen at the same step, and every tier prints on the same 7 business day standard turnaround, so ordering more does not cost you time.
What Foil, Coating, and Ink Options Are There
The metallic foil accent on the front is a real reflective layer rather than a shiny-looking printed color. From there you decide how much shine to add: leave it uncoated for a matte-clean surface next to the foil, add a High Gloss UV coat across the whole bookmark, or place Spot UV on the front to lift one area above the rest. For the printing itself, choose full color on the front with a blank back, or full color on both sides when you want a quote, a barcode, or reading-list space on the reverse. If you like the shine but want the look of solid metal, the Metal Bookmarks take the idea further.
Choosing the Foil Accent on a Bookmark
The configurator lists one foil option for this bookmark, a metallic foil accent on the front, so your choice is where the foil goes and what sits around it rather than which foil to buy. Three decisions do most of the work:
- What gets the foil. Put it on one element a reader should see first: the book title, an author name, a school crest, a wedding date or a border along the 6 inch edge.
- What sits beside it. Leave the card uncoated so the foil stands out against a flat surface, add High Gloss UV when the whole piece should shine, or use Spot UV on a second element so two areas catch the light.
- What goes on the back. The foil stays on the front, so choose 4/4 when the back carries a blurb, a reading list or a QR code, or 4/0 to leave it blank.
The page lists no bronze, gold or silver foil shade to pick, so a bronze foil request is one to raise with our team on 718-932-2700 before you order. Choose the free online proof to see exactly where the foil falls before the run prints.
Rounded Corners and Other Finishing Options
The configurator lists no rounded corner option for metallic bookmarks, so each bookmark keeps the square corners of the 2" x 6" trim. The finishing you do choose comes in two steps. The first is the coating: No Coating, High Gloss UV over the whole card, or Spot UV on the front side only. The second is the hole: No Hole, or a single 1/8" hole for a tassel, a ribbon or a ring. A wedding favor with a ribbon takes the hole and High Gloss UV so it stays clean in a handbag. A bookstore giveaway can skip both and let the foil carry the look. Every finishing choice prints on the same 16pt Gloss Cover and the same 7 business day standard turnaround, so the finish changes the look and not the schedule.
Your Metallic Bookmark Selection at a Glance
Every choice you make on the order, in the order the configurator asks for it:
| Choice | Options |
|---|---|
| Size | 2" x 6", one size |
| Stock | 16pt Gloss Cover |
| Ink | 4/0 full color front with a blank back, or 4/4 full color both sides |
| Foil | Metallic foil accent on the front |
| Coating | No Coating, High Gloss UV or Spot UV on the front |
| Hole | No hole or a single 1/8" hole |
| Quantity | 500, 1,000, 2,500, 5,000 or 10,000 |
| Proof | Straight to production or a free online proof |
| Production | 7 business days standard |
Upload one file for the front and one for the back if you print 4/4, built at 2" x 6" with the foil area marked where you want it.
Gifts and favors people order metallic bookmarks for
Weddings use them as a favor guests keep reading with, the date foiled on the front and a line about how the couple met on the back. Book clubs order one per member per season with the year's reading list on the reverse. Schools and graduating classes hand them out with the foil in the school color. Launch events pair one with every signed copy, which turns a book table into something people take home twice.
All of those run on the same 2" x 6" card, so the only things that change are artwork, coating and quantity. High Gloss UV keeps a wedding favor clean at the bottom of a handbag, Spot UV puts the shine on a crest or a monogram alone, and plain keeps the cost down when the foil is already doing the work. Add the single 1/8" hole if a tassel or a ribbon is part of the gift.
Wholesale and white label runs for bookstores and publishers
Publishers and stores rarely order once. They order a run per title, then again for the next one, which is why the artwork side of this matters more than the price side. Each run is its own upload, so a new title simply means a new file, front and back, with nothing carried over from the last one.
Ordering as a reseller works exactly like a single order: pick the 2" x 6" card, choose the coating, say whether the 1/8" hole is drilled, upload that title's artwork and place the run. Reorder a strong seller at a higher tier to walk the unit cost toward roughly 15 cents at 10,000, and hold the 7 business day standard turnaround against your pub date when you plan the schedule. The back can be left blank if a store wants to overprint its own shelf copy, or printed full color if you want the whole piece finished in one pass.
How Do Metallic Bookmarks Compare to the Rest of the Range
Weighing a plain everyday bookmark, a solid metal one, or a soft premium finish like the Suede Bookmarks, instead? The chart below lines up metallic bookmarks against their closest siblings with the starting price of each.
How Fast Can You Get Metallic Bookmarks
Metallic bookmarks print on a 7 business day standard turnaround. Before anything goes to press, you choose how to sign off: send the file straight to production when your artwork is ready, or request a free online proof to confirm the layout, the color, and exactly where the foil accent falls. Because foil placement matters on a bookmark, the free proof is the safe way to catch it early. 4OVER4 has printed online since 1999, and 99.8% of orders arrive on time, so the date is not a gamble.
See the Rest of Our Bookmarks
The plain, suede and other premium bookmarks sit together on bookmark printing, and the full print product range lists everything else, each with its starting price.
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At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Pick the coating, the ink and the hole, and the foil catches the light every time the book opens. Set your quantity, sign off with a free online proof, and print your metallic bookmarks today.
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