Archive for category: Special Binding

Soft Book Case Making

This week, I’m featuring soft covered case bound books, which have the durability of hardcover cases but the flexibility of a paper book cover. This particular book has a smyth sewn book block that has rounded corners and foil edge gilding.

Both soft and hard book covers have the four edges of the cover material turned in and then glued to the front and back book endpapers. Hardcovers simply have pieces of 100pt board mounted between the cover materials and the endpapers.

We have newly installed casing-in and case making machines, which produce quality case wrapped book covers at amazing speeds.

We offer many other services that enhance case wrapped books, including:

• Ribbon bookmarks (hundreds of combinations of widths, colours and trimming styles)
• Foil stamping
• Foil edge gilding
• Round book cornering
• Slipcases and book boxes

You might have a supplier for case wrapped book covers, but please give us a call!

We broke a record lately by producing this huge side sewn book! Look at the range of sizes we can produce.

This week’s topic is all about what we can do with Book Sewing. It’s amazing how with the range of modern binding methods that good old-fashioned Side Sewing and Saddle Sewing (also referred to as Singer Sewing and Center Sewing) are becoming increasingly popular! There used to be drawbacks to this style of binding, but we’ve developed techniques to make beautiful, strong books. Did you know that Side Sewn Books are more durable than perfect bound books?

There are many options for Side Sewn and Saddle Sewn Books:

• Thick and thin books
• Ragged or smooth back cover stitches
• Fine thread or thicker, heavier thread
• Long, loose threads that extend beyond the book or trimmed short
• Specialty folds inside
• Huge selection of thread colours, most available on short notice
• Both coated and uncoated stocks can be used

Here are a few extra options for Side Sewn Books:

• Run 1, 2 or 3 lines of stitching
• Straight or zigzag stitches
• Can be used to create folders and envelopes (shown below)

Whether your client has a thin booklet, an extra-large Side Sewing project or wants some custom Saddle Sewing or Side Sewing options, give us a call!

Rollabind, which is also known as Discbinding, is a mechanical binding process like Wire-O and Plasticoil but with a major advantage. The Rollabind binding method was designed to enable end users to add and remove sheets by hand without damaging them.

Books bound with Rollabind lay flat when open and can be opened 360 degrees! Sheets are aligned perfectly and the gap between opened sheets is remarkably narrow.

Rollabind discs come in sizes from 1/2” up to 1 1/2” and in 22 colours. Books with 1/2” discs can hold 50 sheets of 32lb stock or 70 sheets of standard copy paper. Books with 1 1/2” discs can hold 140 sheets of 32lb stock or 220 sheets of standard copy paper.