Odd Shaped Books
We are seeing more odd shaped books. Often odd shaped books are not much expensive than regular straight edged books. In the bindery process, most
November 19, 2019
We are seeing more odd shaped books. Often odd shaped books are not much expensive than regular straight edged books. In the bindery process, most
Chocolate Bottom Box These chocolate boxes as far as box folding style is concerned are called “Hymes” or “Loc bottom.” I have reviewed “Hymes” bottom
Swatch books are still being made in spite of explosive growth on the internet. We produce them by the tens of thousands. The swatch sheets
I’m highlighting this piece for 3 reasons… This piece is corrugated. We’re seeing more corrugated material in our die-cut, fold glue department. We are seeing
The product for this session is called a “Hymes”, or “Loc Bottom” or “Auto Bottom”, boxes. None of these names are copyrighted, the product is
This product is called a card slider. You will notice that after opening the 4-page piece, that you can easily pull out a card. The
How big is big? Is this wire-o piece the biggest that we have produced…. no. What is the biggest we can produce? Assuming a sheet
This is a promotional piece that we have made several hundred of. Our name appears nowhere in this book! It is meant to be a
As you can see from these pictures a “stand”, can range from a roto creased 12 point stock to “wrapped, 120 point board”! The range
As I mentioned in this video, this process or product is called a “bindery hanger”. A saddle-stitched booklet or a multiple panel folder that needs
As the video and pictures show (I hope well), all hardback books have “endpapers”. Blank or printed, 99.99% of hard covered book endpapers are PAPER!
These angle cut pads are exactly like all other cold glue pads, except the “face” has been angle cut. This process is highly unusual. Most
Die-cut, 3D products, such as I have pictured and videoed, are I believe effective sales tools. They required regular printing, on regular paper…regular ink…nothing out
The “jagged” face of these books is called “pinked” edges. We can put these edges on perfect bound books, hardcover books, pads, saddle stitched book……any
Double spine bound books! I confess I’ve never seen a book bound in this style before. This “double spine binding style”, could be bound by any
Set-up boxes is an industry term for what most people would refer to as a chocolate style box. A set-up style box has two pieces…a
A book with a STEEL COVER??? Yes. A major publishing company thought that a formed (bent) steel cover was a good idea. Apparently, the book
Books have taped spines for one of two reasons. One reason taped spines are used is to further strengthen the binding of the book. Taped