subject: All Information about Bookbinding for Beginners [print this page] All Information about Bookbinding for Beginners
Bookbinding is very important especially for publishing purpose. There are some different methods of bookbinding which are available for you, such as wire, plastics, staples, glue, tape, and stitches. Bookbinding has significantly evolved throughout the time.
Types
The types of binding methods are varied. Some of the popular methods are spiral-bound books, hardcover books, paperback books, and comb-bound books. Hardcover books commonly have hard external covers which are covered with cloth, paper, or leather. Meanwhile, the methods of tape-bound books involve gluing pages to the spine of the book using a thermoplastic adhesive. In addition, some other binding types include wire-O binding, wire stitching, velobinding, and plastic comb binding.
Paper
Paper is another important part of binding. Certain type of paper will work best with certain binding method. Therefore, you have to be able to choose the right combination for the proper result. There are some considerations you have to take for bookbinding, such as the paper grain. You have to know the direction of the fibers. To get the optimal result, it should be parallel to the binding. Another important thing you should consider is the weight of the paper. You have to select the right gram weight for certain binding method.
Printing
Books are mostly printed using single color printing or 4-color process. This process involves printing with cyan, yellow and black, and magenta. Printers commonly combine these four colors for creating the full spectrum of colors either in text or images. You can also choose for different printing process such as inkjet. This process involves spraying liquid ink on to the paper directly.
Process
You can carry out bookbinding process either by hand or by using special machinery and tools. For the machinery, you can take fastback machines as the example. They are able to accomplish perfect binding, tape binding and hardcover bookbinding. You can also do bookbinding through some manual methods such as gluing, sewing, and comb-binding. These manual methods will be ideal to be used for small books. If you need to bind larger book, you need to use machinery or special tools.
