The book is made of sheets bound together with saddle stitch. Hardback books are sewn together in sections, a few pages at a time. The sections are then glued together onto a piece of fabric or card the length of the spine and slightly longer in width so the join of the hardback with the pages does not look messy.
For the book to have a professional finish, the binding of the book requires many separate parts. My issue is that the cover of the book would need to be covered in cloth. Seeing as I may need to print onto the cover this may not be ideal - I would not be able to give the book a title or design the front cover at all. I may be able to design something to avoid this problem but I will also look at paperback binding.
Paperback binding
Paperback stitch options for this publication include saddle stitching and perfect binding. Any other stitch options for this book would look messy as the stitches would be showing on the outside of the book, for example, coptic stitching.
Initially I was going to bind my book using saddle stitching but after researching into saddle vs. perfect binding, saddle seemed to be the less professional option.
Saddle stitching is usually used to lower costs. The pages are easily bound together using thread or staples, and lies relatively flat. However, the limitations of this bind lie in the way the stitch affects the pages. As the sheets of paper are laid inside each other, the very inner page will protrude from the edge of the booklet. The stock I want to use for this publication will be of a heavier gsm so the additional thickness of the paper will make this problem even more pronounced.
Paperback stitch options for this publication include saddle stitching and perfect binding. Any other stitch options for this book would look messy as the stitches would be showing on the outside of the book, for example, coptic stitching.
Initially I was going to bind my book using saddle stitching but after researching into saddle vs. perfect binding, saddle seemed to be the less professional option.
Saddle stitching is usually used to lower costs. The pages are easily bound together using thread or staples, and lies relatively flat. However, the limitations of this bind lie in the way the stitch affects the pages. As the sheets of paper are laid inside each other, the very inner page will protrude from the edge of the booklet. The stock I want to use for this publication will be of a heavier gsm so the additional thickness of the paper will make this problem even more pronounced.
The alternative to saddle stitching will be perfect binding, where the pages are glued together rather than sewn or stapled, and then glued into a separate cover. This technique is generally used for publications with more pages (general rule of thumb “under 48 always stitch” and “over 96 perfect bind”) however since I want my publication to be printed on thicker stock, this may eliminate this problem.
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| perfect bind vs saddle stitch |
The other advantages of using a perfect bind is that the overall appearance is far cleaner, and the way the cover is wrapped around the pages gives the option of having a spine to print on. Also, the way the pages are glued allows me to use different stocks at different points in the book, if I was to use my earlier idea of using textured paper on some pages.
To adhere the pages and cover I will need to use a hot glue gun. I will make some prototypes to experiment with the bind.
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