Learning a few book binding methods is one practical skill that you will find useful especially if you are fond of buying eBooks or if you are a bookworm who wants to give your old books a new look. This skill is also useful if you want to repair old books that have pages almost hanging from its spine.
At one time or another, you may have encountered some old books that you want to restore or some journal that you want to bind together, and you end up wishing you know how to bind them back with the same strength as the original. Of course, one very good use of learning any book binding methods is when you get hold of a good eBook that you want to print it out and have a hard copy of your own.
Ring Binding
Ring binding is an easy way to bind your reports or documents that need updating every now and then. This type of bonding allows you to insert pages at any time. You just have to feed the pages on a ring-binding machine where it will punch holes on the pages and a plastic ring is inserted spirally into the holes, binding all the pages. Aside from the plastic rings, you can also find metal rings used for ring binding.
You can commonly see the metal ones in notebooks or recipe books and desktop calendars where you can flip one side easily. Although the plastic rings are elastic and durable, metal rings allow a stronger hold especially if you are binding thick papers and cardboards like in a flip chart or calendar.
Saddle Stapling or Stitching
Saddle Stitching is also another popular type of bonding where stapling or stitching is done to bind the papers or documents together. This is usually done by folding the pages in half and stapling the center line or the fold. This type of binding is one of the easiest book binding methods you can use especially for a not-so -thick magazines, pamphlets or thin manuals or guides.
This binding method is also easy and convenient if you have a long stapler with you so you can reach to the center part of the magazine and staple it with ease. One tip that you can do also is to fold one leaf so that your stapler can reach the fold at the center most of the magazine or manual.
In other versions of this bookbinding method, you can also stitch the fold at the center to make it more durable, thus sometimes called saddle stitching.
Hardcover Binding
If you want your book to last longer and in good condition, hardcover binding may be just what you need. Most books are in hardcover binding especially those older ones. If you are also repairing an old book, you will for sure, restore it by sticking to the way it was bound before, which is usually in hard bound.
Of course, if you want to print thick eBooks, the hardcover binding may be just what you are looking for a durable book.
I would absolutely love to be able to bind my publication in this way. I feel as though it looks unique, professional and authentic.
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