Double Spine Bound Books

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

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Steel Cover

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

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Side/Flat Sewing

Side or flat sewing one pieces covers is not very common.  We do this process.  In most situations the sewing makes the covers more durable. 

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Die-cut Covers

I did a presentation of die cut covers on hard back/case bound books.  I am repeating the product presentation because the addition of this video

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Unique Book Covers

Book covers should not be boring!  The following examples are anything but boring.  Guess what the book with all the wood on the front cover…you

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Sequins

I saw my first “sequins” book only two years ago.  The first book I saw produced only two colour changes, months later a book had

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Leather Books

We bind books in leather.  As I mentioned in the video…leather is VERY expensive!!!  Leather comes in scores of different colours, textures and patterns.  Often

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Multi Cavity Box

I think this piece is fascinating.  When I first saw this, I thought it was a giant book, but as you can see it is

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Set-up Boxes

Set-up Boxes are an industry term to describe what people would describe as a chocolate box.  In the world of print (other than corrugated boxes),

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Swiss/Euro Binding

This product is called Swiss/Euro binding.  As shown, the book bound in this style can be bound with tape, exposed glue, flat wire stitching, side

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Box Liners

As shown in this video there are three different styles of box liners.  I can’t say which is the most common but the following is

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Canadian Binding

Years ago I heard the expression “Canadian Binding”, but I took no notice.  I’ve had since come across requests to bind books with the “Canadian

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Giant Casebound books

I did an Eblast some months ago about “Giant Casebound books.”  I don’t repeat topics unless use of a video displays a product more effectively

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Z-card

This week’s product is called a Z-card.  I did this over two years ago before I was doing videos.  The only way to reasonable show

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Twirl Folder

What is a twirl folder?  A twirl folder is a die-creased, folded piece that “twirls” open when the opposite corners are pulled.  As are all

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