Bookbinding - Modern commercial binding

Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of separate sheets of paper or other material. Bookbinding - Historical. The craft of bookbinding may have originated around the 1st century A.D. Romans of the time created a form of simple book called a codex by folding sheets of vellum or parchment in half and sewing them through the fold. Codices were a significant improvement over papyrus or vellum scrolls, in that they were easier to handle, allowed writing on both sides of the le ...

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There are various commercial techniques in use today. Commercially-produced books today tend to be of one of four categories: A hardcover or hardbound book has rigid covers and is stitched in the spine. Looking from the top of the spine, the book can be seen to consist of a number of signatures bound together. When the book is opened in the middle of a signature, the binding threads are visible. The signatures in modern hardcover books are typically octavo (a single sheet folded three times), though t ...

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When talking about bookbinding as a craft, hardbound books are most common. Any sewn book can be pulled apart and rebound into a hardbound book by adding a case. Cases are often cardboard and sometimes wooden squares adhered to paper or leather and formed around the text block. There are different methods of sewing, such as stab sewing. A traditional method which uses sashes allows the book to open flat and not break the spine. Books can be bound in many different materials. Some of the more common materials for covers are leather and ...

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Bookbinding, Bookbinding - Historical, Bookbinding - Modern commercial binding, Bookbinding - Modern hand binding, Bookbinding - Terms and techniques, Bookbinding - Spine conventions

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The craft of bookbinding may have originated around the 1st century A.D. Romans of the time created a form of simple book called a codex by folding sheets of vellum or parchment in half and sewing them through the fold. Codices were a significant improvement over papyrus or vellum scrolls, in that they were easier to handle, allowed writing on both sides of the leaves, and could be searched through more quickly. Later books were bound between hard covers, with pages made from paper, or parchment, but were still created by stitching fo ...

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Bookbinding, Bookbinding - Historical, Bookbinding - Modern commercial binding, Bookbinding - Modern hand binding, Bookbinding - Terms and techniques, Bookbinding - Spine conventions

Read more here: » Bookbinding: Encyclopedia II - Bookbinding - Historical