Get creative with your covers and add inner pockets, business card slots or cut-out designs.
There are many options available for covers, either leave the spine exposed or enclose it with a cover. Printed pages are trimmed, hole-punched, then either a spiral coil is threaded or a wire fastener is attached and crimped closed.īoth binding types come in various colours and diameters ranging from approximately 15mm to 50mm. These methods allow a book to open completely flat and pages to rotate 360 degrees to the back. Wire and plastic coil binding are the two most common forms of punched binding. Get creative with fancy die-cut shapes, add a wrap-around cover, or even add magnets to create your very own fridge pad. Embellishments such as foiling, a deboss or emboss really add that wow factor. Multiple paper types can be collated and bound together – for example, bind a mix of different coloured papers. Typically a thicker board is added at the back to provide strength and the ability to write on the pad when held. Pads are made by painting a lower strength glue onto the edge of stacked pages. Pad binding or “padding” is a binding method that allows individual pages to be torn out – most commonly used for notepads. Similar to saddle stitching, thicker singer sewn books will not easily sit flat when closed. The end threads can either be trimmed flush or left loose as a design choice. It can have quite the visual impact, particularly when bright coloured or contrasting thread colours are chosen. Singer sewn binding is often chosen for its aesthetic appeal. Side singer sewn or side sewn binding is an alternative method where pages are sewn through the cover from front to back, perfect for thicker books and notepads.
This method uses an industrial sewing machine to stitch pages together down the length of the spine. Singer sewn binding is a durable method that is used to make hard-wearing documents like passports. Side stapled books can be made more durable with backing & cover boards, or a wrap-around cover. Wire is available in many colours including gold, black and copper. The maximum page count will depend on stocks, but books up to approximately 15mm thick can be side stapled. Side staple binding allows you to mix and bind together pages on different stocks. Individual pages are stacked, then stapled together with wire through the front cover from front to back before trimming. Side staple is a binding method most commonly used for documents with perforated tear-off pages such as quote books & delivery notes. Note that “burst marks” will always be visible where the wire pushes through the spine. Larger page counts will not lie completely flat when closed – choose an alternate method if this is important. 64 pages will lie relatively flat when open and closed. Page counts need to be in multiples of four and booklets of up to approx. We recommend using a thicker stock for your cover, and you can get creative by inserting pages with foldouts or shorter sections. Wire comes in multiple colours including gold, black and copper. A loop variation allows the document to be placed into a ring binder without needing punched holes. Printed pages are stapled with wire through the spine and folded. Saddle stitch binding is cost-effective and suitable for documents with smaller page counts. We kick off with saddle stitch, the simplest form of binding. We’ve also included a few helpful tips for designers that encourage you to be bold with your next printed piece. So, to help you choose the best method for your next book, we’ve put together this handy guide to many types of bookbinding methods from the everyday to the bespoke. Choosing the right binding method can vastly improve the impact your project has. The tactile experience of a well-bound book can add just as much value as the printed content inside. Stapled, punched, glued, wrapped & sewn – we can indeed do it all. Here at Bambra, we love books and we’re pretty good at making them! Our Melbourne factory houses a bespoke bindery that has a rich history of expertise equipment and tools dating back more than a century.