Bookbinding: A Comprehensive Guide to Folding, Sewing & Binding

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
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 and sheet sizes
		ISO Formats
		American book formats
	Paper
		Composition and manufacture
		The tactile qualities of paper
			Surface texture
			Roughness and smoothness
		The visual characteristics of paper
			Colour, brightness and whiteness
			Opacity
			Lightfastness
		The technical characteristics of paper
			Paper weight
			Bulk
		Considerations resulting from manufacture
			Machine direction
		How to identify the machine direction
			Bend test
			Tear test
			Fingernail test
			Fold test
			Moisture test
	Printed sheets
		Manufacturing printed sheets: general principles
			Imposition
		The layout of a printed sheet
			Crop marks and bleed area
			Bleed
			Registration marks
			Fold marks
			Collating marks
			Signature marks/page information
			Colour bars
		Useful information: The printed sheet
			Creep
			Doubling the image in the gutter
			Registration
		Useful information: Book blocks
			Book-block thickness
			Dummies
			The title on the spine
	The printing process and binding styles
	Industrial and hand bookbinding
	How does the production process work?
	Books on demand
	Estimates
		Request for a print estimate
		Paper order
		Request for a binding estimate4
	What happens in a bindery
The book as an objet d’art
	Bookbinding, reinterpreted: Twelve interesting examples
Overview: Binding techniques
	Folding
		Parallel folds
			Single fold
			Variant: Asymmetrical fold
			Multi-sheet fold
			Roll fold
			Double parallel fold Parallel centre fold, quarter fold)
			Triple parallel fold
			Gate fold (window fold)
			Open gate fold
			Accordion fold (zigzag fold, Z-fold)
			Stepped fold
		Cross folds
			Classic cross fold
			Three-fold cross fold
			Four-fold cross fold
		Combination folds
			Poster booklet fold
			Thickness, extent
			Materials
			Timescale
			Costs, print runs
	Wire
		Saddle stitching
		Side stitching
	Glue
		Perfect binding
			Perfect binding
			Double-fan adhesive binding
			Padding
		Fold gluing
		Lay-flat binding
	Thread
		Thread sewing
		Pamphlet sewing
			Thread-and-knot sewing
			Singer sewing (lock-stitch sewing)
		Side sewing
			Side singer sewing
			Japanese stab binding (Chinese binding)
		Thread sealing
	Binding systems
		Spiral and comb binding
			Spiral binding
			Ring-wire binding
			Plastic 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
		Single-sheet softcover with 360-degree rotation
		Single-sheet softcover with 360-degree rotation: Variants
	Side-bound softcover
		Side-bound softcover
	Softcover bound along the spine fold
		Softcover bound along the spine fold
		Dos-à-dos binding (Z-binding)
	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
		Softcover with a detached spine
		Softcover with a detached spine: Variants
	Flush board binding with spine backing
		Flush board binding with spine backing
The hard cover: Hardcover books
	Single-piece cases
		Cases made of synthetic material
		Single-piece cases
	Multi-piece case bindings
		3- and 4-piece cases: Full binding
		5- and 6-piece cases: Half binding
		Padded cases
Additional information: Design 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: More than 285 technical terms from the book, with brief explanations
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Sources and credits