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What are Exposed Smythe Sewn Books? This style of binding has no cover on the spine. One the spine, all you see is folded sections,
What are Exposed Smythe Sewn Books? This style of binding has no cover on the spine. One the spine, all you see is folded sections,
What are Edge Cut Books? Simply, they are the open edges of a bound book (can be perfect-bound, saddle stitched or case bound styles) that
What do Ribbons have to do with books? In our shop, we see a lot of Ribbons; they’re used as bookmarks. As you can see
What is Remoistenable Glue? Traditionally, it is the glue that you lick (or remoisten) on an envelope flap. The vast majority of Remoistenable Glue applications
What are Exposed Board Covers on casebound books? They are covers on a casebound/hard back book that are not wrapped with cloth, leather or lithowrap
What are Hubs (Hubbed Spine) in the context of book binding context? Hubs are raised, horizontal bands/ribs/ridges on the outside spine (binding edge) of a
What is Book Staining? It’s simply the application of stain or paint to the trimmed edges of bound books. We apply the paint using sponges,
What are endpapers? An endpaper, traditionally, is the white paper inside the front and back covers of all hardback books. I said “traditionally” because today,
Tubes What have Tubes got to do with a bindery like ours? Well, as you will see in the following images, we are the guys
What is a Chicago Screw? (I readily admit that I’m not the person who comes up with these names). A Chicago Screw is a hollow
Metal Corners What do metal corners have to do with binding? Well, see the following pictures. We attach metal corners to ring binders, hard back
Google Combination Lock Box What’s special about this box? Let me tell you. One of the UNUSUAL things that I’ll point out is the combination
Doming is a printed pressure sensitive label with domed shaped clear plastic on top. If the label was round the size of a quarter the
It’s a perfect bound book that is very, very wide! Width from spine (binding edge) to the face (where the pages open) can measure from
Why do designers and printers use flocking?What is it?Flocking is a decorative process that gives images a raised, velvet-like look and feel. Occasionally, you see