Products: sizes, covers, paper

  • Are your albums lay-flat?

    Every album we make is lay-flat: spreads open flat with no gutter loss and no image lost in the fold.

  • Does KISS offer vegan album options?

    All of our linen covers are vegan. We do not offer faux leather. Our guarantee is for life, so every material has to be proven to last. Vegan leather alternatives are new enough that we cannot yet stand behind them for that long.

  • Do you split your pages down the middle fold?

    No. We have perfected the center micro-fold, so your work is displayed without being cut down the middle.

  • How many spreads does an album include, and can I add more?

    Each album starts at 10 spreads and you add more as you need them; added spreads are priced per spread in your pricing guide. Keep key content away from the very edge of a spread. The designer shows the safe area, and we check files before printing.

  • What cover materials and colours do you offer?

    Four ranges, 53 colours: 17 genuine leathers (five of them distressed), 8 suedes, 14 fine linens and 14 standard linens. You can see every one of them on a real cover, with debossing and engraving applied, in the cover studio. Because colour on a screen is never the colour in the hand, the swatch...

  • What is distressed leather?

    Our distressed leather is unprocessed: it is not dyed or treated. Color and character depend on the year the hides were raised, the regional weather, insect bites and scratches. Every hide is different, so distressed covers carry natural color variation and markings. That is the material, not a f...

  • What is the difference between thick and thin pages?

    Only the page itself. Thick pages are 1.2 mm: a sturdy build with a substrate between each page, and noticeably more heft in the hand. Thin pages are 0.5 mm: two pages set back to back, no substrate, a much slimmer book at the same spread count. Both are lay-flat, and the swatch box inc...

  • What is the Everyday Book, and how is it different from Heirloom?

    The Everyday Book is our more accessible line: one paper and one page thickness, a focused set of covers, and understated personalisation such as Cameo and engraving. Heirloom is the premium line — the full range of leathers, suedes and linens, both page thicknesses, and every customisation we of...