Guides-on-Demand

Field Guides

We help authors and nature institutions to publish field guides. We specialize in publishing handy, pocket-sized (4.25 x 5.5 inch) field guides using digital technologies.

Features

The standard 28-page guides can profile 50+ species (depending on whether most pages profile 2 or 3 species each).

  • Economical production. The pocket guides are optimized for digital presses and allow for cost-effective short-run jobs. While exact pricing varies, a 28-page full-colour guides can be produced for $0.75 U.S. each (5,000 print run).
  • Handy, pocket-size guides can be easily taken into the field. Compact size also facilitates point-of-purchase sales.

Some examples

FAR Pocket Guides
Pocket-sized field guides written and illustrated by Fiona A. Reid, published by Hopscotch using our Guides-on-Demand system.
Guide to the Mammals of the Iwokrama Forest
Published in print and Web formats for the Iwokrama International Centre, Guyana, South America. For a free sample, please call (416 696 7230) or email us (admin@hopscotch.ca).