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Casebound
Cloth, Leather, imitation, 3 piece covers, etc...with wide range of headband and ribbon materials, as well as foil and embossing on spine and front cover

PLC (Printed Laminated Cover) Casebound
A casebound book using printed sheet as cover wrap, rather than cloth or other cover material. PLC cover image is often a duplicate of jacket image, or this style also stands on its own without the need for a jacket.

Quarterbound
A variation of casebinding...PLC (printed laminated cover), or other cover material, with cloth wraparound spine

Dutch Binding
Similar to casebinding (PLC cover, endsheets, etc...), but with a flexible soft cover (600gsm for example). Usually finished with roundback spine

Perfect Bound
Signatures are bound into cover using high strength flexible adhesive

Smyth Sewn
Provides added strength and durability over standard Perfect Binding by sewing signatures together as well as gluing

Board Book Binding
We use only the finest quality imported Kappa Board, either white or grey, virtually eliminating any possibility of warping. Very durable, popular format for children's books

Center Sewn
Utilize film imposed for saddle stitching without having to re-strip or output new film. Signatures are "saddled" as in saddle stitching, than thread sewn

Wire-O or Twin Ring Binding
Good choice for Journals, Calendars, Diaries, Cookbooks, or any other books that benefit from folding back completely

Concealed Wire-O: Squareback or Roundback
The wire loops are concealed, or semi-concealed, by the cover. This can be a rounded spine to conform with the wire shape, or squareback

External Lay-Flat Wire-O:
Another creative use of Wire-O binding. This style has the wire partially inside and outside of the cover and allows the book to be opened up flat

Wire-O with Squareback spine:
Another variation using Wire-O binding. This style has the cover wrapping the spine inside the wire for a more finished look. But spine copy may be obstructed

Saddle Wire or Saddle Stitching
Very inexpensive. Great for catalogs and brochures

Die Cutting
Rounded corners, elaborate shapes, "kiss cutting", knockout holes, etc...

Notecard Boxes/Packaging
Notecard and Postcard boxes, game boxes, book sleeves, and packaging for all products and uses

Tip-Ins
Automated and manual tip-ins of individual pages, full signatures, non printed objects, pouches and envelopes, etc...

Gatefolds
Simple 3 panel to elaborate multi-panel, both tip-ins and bind-ins

Collating
Automated and manual collating of assorted sizes and formats for binding and packaging

Handwork
From hand application of glitter and foils, to complete assembly of "pop-up" books, we do it all