This is a promotional piece that we have made several hundred of.  Our name appears nowhere in this book!  It is meant to be a sales tool for you.  Picture #1 is the overall view of the front cover. Picture #2 shows some intricate foil stamping that we can do in any colour.  In addition there is a deep deboss…

As I mentioned in this video, this process or product is called a “bindery hanger”.  A saddle-stitched booklet or a multiple panel folder that needs to be bound into a perfect-bound book needs to have a “stub” of blank “card stock” tipped to one edge, leaving a half-inch portion extending. The perfect binding machine grinds and glues the “stub” as…

These angle cut pads are exactly like all other cold glue pads, except the “face” has been angle cut.  This process is highly unusual.  Most people I have shown the process to have never seen an angle cut pad before!  Because these pads are SO unusual is a very good reason your client might want some!  If you want angle…

The “jagged” face of these books is called “pinked” edges. We can put these edges on perfect bound books, hardcover books, pads, saddle stitched book……any kind of binding style.  It is highly unusual, therefore distinctive.  If you are needing something different ask us for “pinked face books.”

Set-up boxes is an industry term for what most people would refer to as a chocolate style box.  A set-up style box has two pieces…a top and a bottom.  We make set-up boxes.  As pictured, the process of manufacturing set-up boxes requires die-cutting, brown (most common colour), grey, white or black coloured “chip board” with 4 slits that act as…

Books have taped spines for one of two reasons.  One reason taped spines are used is to further strengthen the binding of the book.  Taped books will function longer and will also look better longer.  The second and maybe the most frequent reason is aesthetics/appearance.  The tape makes the book look more distinctive, unusual and stronger.  The tape comes in…

As pictured “pop-ups” can be made in an infinite range of contours, shapes, sizes, stock weights and styles.  Pop-ups ALWAYS draw attention, generate interest, intrigue and emotional involvement.  Pop-ups are supported in a book context or a 4-page folder.  They always (to my knowledge) require die-cutting, gluing and some degree of hand assembly. Are pop-ups expensive?  Yes! Are they effective? Extremely…

I guess that you’ve got the idea that I “really” like this bindery stuff!  The subject for this eblast is “pen holders”!   I am fascinated by the number of “pen holders” I have collected or manufactured over the years.  I sorted through the pile and came up with 8, very unusual pen holders. Picture #1 could be made of cloth,…

Soft covered case bound books almost sound like a contradiction of terms.  Soft covered case bound books are exactly the same as hard back case bound books except for the fact that hard covered case bound books have a paper based “board” inside the cover and the soft cover style has no board.  Both styles have the cover material “wrapped around”…

Fan binding as you can see in the video, the single sheets are fanned two ways and run over the surface of a glue roller.  The glue “creeps” up both sides of the paper, about 1/8 inch on each side of the sheets.  This process is MUCH more durable than regular perfect bound books.  The “fan-glued” pages can then have…