Double-fan Adhesive
Text is bound by fanning the spine one way and applying adhesive then fanning the text the opposite direction and applying adhesive. Typically the spine is milled and notched prior to the fanning and applying adhesive to maximize contact of the paper to the adhesive and increase the strength of the binding.
Side Sew
This type of binding is very durable and normally used on thinner books or children’s books with a bulk(text thickness) of less than 3/8”. Cloth reinforced end sheets are added to the front and the back of the text and than the text is sewn along the spine in one continuous pass, through the cloth reinforcing and text block. The sewing is approximately .5” into the text so this should be considered when laying out pages and margins.
Sewing Through The Fold
Sometimes also called Smyth sew, folded signatures are provided and are attached to one another to create a text block by sewing through the fold.
Oversewing
Typically used when binding periodicals and monographs. Generally used on thicker text blocks with at least 5/8 inch inner margin after trimming. Thin sections of leaves(pages) are sewn to one another, in succession.
Pre Binding
The process of creating or converting hard cover books from soft cover or paperback books by removing covers, milling spines, adding new end sheets, creating new covers and casing the hard cover book. A low cost alternative for creating quality hard cover books from soft cover books, eliminating the higher additional costs of printing and binding additional hard cover books and maintaining high soft cover inventory levels.
