Mini Book Keychain Template

M (35×50 mm, about 1.4×2 in) is the easy pick for a bag or key charm. S (25×35 mm) is the tiny fingernail size, and L (50×70 mm) leaves room to write inside. The front and back covers are exactly that size, and the pages are 1.5 mm narrower and 2 mm shorter so they sit inside the cover like a real hardback.

One sheet of standard copy paper (20 to 24 lb, 75 to 90 gsm) is about 0.1 mm thick. The spine is page count × 0.1 mm plus 1 mm for the cover to wrap around, rounded up to the next 0.5 mm: 6 pages gives 2 mm, 20 pages 3 mm, 40 pages 5 mm and 60 pages 7 mm. If you print the pages on heavier paper, add a few pages so the spine comes out wider.

In the print dialog choose "Actual size" or 100% scale, not "Fit to page". Measure the 2 inch ruler at the bottom of the sheet; if it measures 2 inches, everything is true size. On a phone, save the PDF to Files and print from there or move it to a computer.

Stack the pages in order (the patterned endpapers go first and last), brush a thin line of PVA glue along the spine edge and hold them with a binder clip while it dries. Fold the cover at the two tick marks so the spine stands up, glue the front endpaper inside the front cover, the back endpaper inside the back cover and the spines together, so the title page is the first thing you see when it opens. Once dry, poke a hole with an awl at the + mark on the front cover (top corner by the spine) straight through to the back cover and add a small jump ring for the key ring.

Cover the printed wrap with clear packing tape or a laminating sheet before you cut it out, so it stands up to rain and handling. For a hardback feel, glue thin card (cereal box weight) behind the front and back panels, and add four to six pages so the spine is wide enough for the extra thickness. A dab of glue around the hole, left to dry, keeps the jump ring from tearing the paper.

Yes. Pick L and plenty of pages and you get a title page, a page with your favorite quote and lined pages to write a summary or review by hand. The second-to-last page has a "Finished on" line, and the first and last sheets are patterned endpapers that get glued to the cover. Pages are printed on one side only, so the backs are blank.

With 12 printed pages each, one sheet holds three S books or one M book (two with 8 pages), and an L book takes two sheets. Switch pages to "Covers only" under "More options" and one sheet holds 18 S covers, 8 M covers or 3 L covers; cut the pages from any plain paper using the sizes in the table. Add more books and the PDF simply gets more sheets.

It is free and needs no account. Titles and quotes are drawn into the template inside your browser and never sent to a server. The covers use your title lettering and our own patterns only; they do not copy any publisher cover or logo.