Common small notebook sizes include 3.5 x 5.5 in, 5 x 7 in, 5 x 8.25 in, 5.5 x 6.5 in, 5.75 x 7.75 in, 6.25 x 7.75 in and up to about 7.5 x 10.5 in.
Small notebooks generally use lined or other preprinted paper formats, with rulings that include college, narrow, wide, and various specialty or other rulings.
Common paper weights for small notebooks include about 70 g/m², 100 g/m², and 120 g/m².
Common features include elastic closures, ribbon page markers/bookmarks, interior or expandable back pockets, perforated pages for neat tearing, rounded corners, and three-hole punching for binder storage.
Several small notebooks offer perforated pages or perforated-sheet designs to allow neat, easy tearing.