Exposed Smythe

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,

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Edge Cut Books

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

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Ribbon Bookmarks

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

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Remoistenable Glue

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

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Exposed Board Covers

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

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Hubbed Spine

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

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Book Staining

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,

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Endpapers

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,

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Chicago Screws

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

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Metal Corners on books

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

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Box

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

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Doming

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

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Flocking

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

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