Bookbinding : : a Comprehensive Guide to Folding, Sewing & Binding

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Call Number: 686.3 Mo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt under the title Vom Blatt zum Blättern, 2016.
Basics. Folding and binding techniques ; Constructing a softcover book ; Constructing a hardcover book ; Overview of different covers ; Different kinds of fore-edge-- How to develop a print project. The concept: Developing and realizing a publication ; Format ; Paper ; Printed sheets ; The printing process and binding styles ; Industrial and hand bookbinding ; How does the production process work? ; Books on demand ; Estimates ; What happens in a bindery? -- The book as an object d'art. Bookbinding, reinterpreted: Twelve interesting examples by contemporary designers-- Overview: Binding techniques. Folding. Parallel folds ; Cross folds ; Combination folds -- Wire. Saddle stitching ; Side stitching -- Glue. Perfect binding ; Fold gluing ; Lay-flat binding -- Thread. Thread sewing ; Pamphlet sewing ; Side sewing ; Thread sealing -- Binding systems. Spiral and comb binding ; Binding rings ; Screws, rivets, eyelets ; Spine bars and springback binders ; Rubber-band binding -- The soft cover: Softcover books. Single-sheet softcover with 360-degree rotation ; Side-bound softcover ; Softcover bound along the spine fold ; Softcovers: Common styles ; Standard softcover ; Softcover with flaps ; Blank softcover with jacket and flaps ; Blank softcover with drawn-on jacket and flaps ; Tape-bound softcover ; Swiss binding ; Kösel EB 500 ; Softcover with a detached spine ; Flush board binding with spine backing --
The hard cover: Hardcover books. Single-piece cases. Cases made of synthetic material ; Multi-piece case bindings. 3- and 4-piece cases: Full binding ; 5- and 6-piece cases: Half binding ; Padded cases -- Additional information: Design and specifications. Interior paper ; Endpapers ; Case materials ; Covering materials ; Soft covers ; Dust jackets ; Bellybands ; Head and tail bands ; Folding plates, fold-outs, centre folds, fold-ins ; Finishing techniques ; Ribbons (bookmarks) ; Rounded spines ; Rounded corners -- Appendices. Glossary ; Afterword.
"This book explores the possibilities of folding, stitching and binding from the perspective of (and incorporating questions from) designers and production managers, facilitating collaboration with binderies and an understanding of the process as a whole. Offers lots of important tips from bookbinders [and] pointers about pitfalls. Explains types of fold and various binding techniques using: wire, glue, thread, binding systems and fasteners. Illustrates the difference between softcovers, hardcovers and explores other important topics, including: planning a publication; the production process; format and paper; design specifications."--from p. [2-3].

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