In our ongoing discussion of various book-binding methods, we’ve touched upon perfect binding, saddle stitch binding, and spiral/coil and comb binding. Today we’ll talk about ProClick Binding. What is ProClick…

We’ve talked about softcover books and perfect binding, today we’re going to talk about an adhesive used in the perfect binding method on softcover books and known as PUR Binding.…

Continuing with the topic of book binding, today we’ll discuss and explain a couple of methods that utilize coils of either plastic or metal to bind pages together. As a…

In our previous post about perfect binding we referenced saddle stitch binding. Today we’ll dive into the topic of saddle stitch binding: what it is, and when it’s an appropriate…

As we talk about books and book printing, by necessity we have touched upon book covers (hard and soft) and referenced the binding methods used to create the book. Today,…

In our last post about hardcover books, we mentioned dust jackets. But what is a dust jacket? Today we’ll answer that question and a few others concerning dust jackets. What…

Following a previous post about softcover books, today we’ll talk about hardcover books. For several centuries after Gutenberg developed movable type and the first modern printing press in the mid-15th…

In the printing industry, softcover refers to any kind or style of book with a flexible paper cover. This definition includes paperback books, magazines, booklets, etc., as well as the…