Binding is another production consideration for this brief, the binding selection is crucial to a book, it affects the books aesthetic but most importantly how it functions. For this research I have looked at possible binding techniques for my book.
Coptic stitch binding
A coptic stich is the one of most traditional types of stitch, a book that is bound by coptic stitch is done by sewing through each signature and fold, then attached to the preceding signature. A benefit of the stitch is it can lie flat when opened unlike other stitches like a saddle stitch.
Saddle stitch binding
Saddle stitching ( a fancy way of saying stapling ) is very popular in the printing industry, folded sheets are gathered together one inside the other and then stapled through the fold line with wire staples. The staples pass through the folded crease from the outside and are clinched between the center pages. Two staples are commonly used but larger books may require more staples along the spine. It has a number of benefits including, it is the least expensive binding method, the turn around time is generally quite fast, it can be used for very short production run for example 150 books. Common problems are if the book has too many pages it can be hard to fold it properly and because it is folded sheets, the page count must be in multiples of four.
Perfect bind
Paperback or soft cover books are mostly bound using perfect binding. It can be far from perfect if a strong glue isn't used to bind the paper, they consist of various sections with a cover made from heavier paper, glued together at the spine with glue, also it is fairly inexpensive and fast to produce large quantities of books with fairly minimal risk. Perfect bound magazines have a flat spine which a title can be printed but the process is slower and more expensive than saddle stitching.
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