Premium Book Packaging for Publishing Companies

When it comes to packaging books, magazines, and other printed materials, using polyolefin shrink film offers several advantages. This high-quality book packaging solution provides a premium finish to your products and protection during shipping and handling. Polyolefin shrink film is known for its high-quality durability, clarity, and ability to enhance the visual appeal of packaged items. Whether you are a publishing company, a magazine distributor, or a printing business, utilizing polyolefin shrink film elevates the presentation of your printed products while safeguarding them throughout the distribution process.

Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover– But Everyone Does

Your book cover creates the consumers’ first impression of your book and brand. Consumer behavior studies show consumers perceive items packaged in plastic book wrap as better quality than those without a protective plastic film. Enhance your book’s shelf appeal and customers’ perception of your brand with transparent, glossy polyolefin shrink film.

What’s Wrong with Traditional Book Boxes?

Publishing houses, printers, and printed material manufacturers have traditionally used corrugated cartons for shipping and warehousing books and other printed items. There are several issues with these types of packaging:

  • Poor material performance can result in torn, crumpled, or water-damaged products
  • Bulky cartons take up unnecessary amounts of warehousing space
  • Heavy corrugated packaging contributes to high shipping costs
  • Once unpacked for retail sale, books are unprotected from in-store damage (torn pages, smudged ink)

Why Choose Flxtite Polyolefin Films for Book Packaging?

Folene Packaging’s Flxtite® films are well known for their numerous packaging advantages. Here are some of the benefits of choosing to package with Flxtite® films:

Retail Benefits

  • Glossy 360-degree product display enhances shelf appeal
  • High clarity allows customers to select the desired product easily
  • Enhances consumer perception of product and brand as premium
  • Protects books from dust, dirt, and damage
  • Tamper-evident for warranty and customer safety


Cost, Shipping & Warehousing Benefits

  • Cost-effective form of packaging (per pallet versus cartons)
  • Reduces package weight & shipping costs
  • Protects product integrity during transportation
  • Allows for easy and cost-effective bundling of bulk and multipacks, such as book sets, series, and trilogies
  • Maximizes pallet and warehousing space


Environmental Benefits

  • Rightsized to eliminate wasteful packaging
  • Environmentally friendly recyclable materials

Case Study: Greeting Card Manufacturer switches from Clysar® HP-G to Flxtite® AP-X For Superior Optics

A New England greeting card manufacturer switched from Clysar HP-G to Flxtite® AP-X cross-linked polyolefin shrink film after a test run exceeded expectations. The greeting cards they were wrapping were very colorful, and the Flxtite® AP-X film provided much better optics, enhancing the colorful cards’ appearance much more than the Clysar HP-G. In addition, the Flxtite® AP-X film had much stronger sealing properties and ran seamlessly on the production line without any equipment adjustments.

Custom Book Packaging Options

At Folene Packaging, we are 100% committed to your packaging success. With custom printing in up to six colors, it’s easy to customize your book packaging film with your brand name, logo, or other marketing assets. We offer all our rolls in both center-wound and single-wound sheeting to deliver the best product for your production line. Have specific requirements for packaging your products? Tell us what you need, and we’ll gladly help accommodate your request.

Supporting Sustainable Packaging in the Publishing Industry

As pressure on brands increases to practice sustainability and environmental consciousness, consumers are watching the paper publishing industry to see how it will shrink its carbon footprint.

Folene Packaging is a proud member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. We believe in durable packaging products that are gentle on our environment. We offer a full range of recyclable, compostable, and biodegradable packaging films that never compromise book packaging performance.

Eco-friendly Book Packaging Solutions

Eco-friendly packaging is vital for reducing the environmental impact of paper print products, allowing publishing companies to take a crucial step toward sustainability. It may also have a significant effect on your bottom line.  An astonishing 57% of consumers are willing to change their purchasing habits for more environmentally friendly brands. Folene Packaging’s Ecolene® film is fully biodegradable without compromising on packaging performance. Ecolene® utilizes advanced technology to decompose naturally and return safely to the environment without special disposal conditions. Switching to compostable packaging films like Ecolene® allows brands to reduce their contribution to plastic waste and demonstrate corporate social responsibility.

FAQs: Shrink Film Packaging for Books, Magazines, and Printed Materials

Consumer behavior studies show that items packaged in shrink film are perceived to be better quality than those without protective film. Shrink film enhances the visual appeal of the products, creating a positive first impression and influencing consumer perception of the brand.

What are the drawbacks of packaging books in conventional cardboard boxes compared to shrink-film packaging?

Shrink film packaging offers environmentally friendly benefits, such as rightsizing to eliminate wasteful packaging, using recyclable materials, reducing the carbon footprint by minimizing packaging weight, and maximizing pallet and warehousing space. Additionally, options for recyclable, compostable, and biodegradable shrink films align with sustainable packaging practices.

Shrink film packaging is cost-effective and reduces package weight and shipping costs. It also protects product integrity during transportation and allows easy and cost-effective bundling of bulk and multipacks, maximizing pallet and warehousing space.

Shrink film enhances the visual appeal of greeting cards by providing better optics, stronger sealing properties, and seamless operation on the production line. It also protects the colorful cards from dust, dirt, and damage, enhancing their appearance and shelf appeal.

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