:Cardboard article looks like a hardbound book at first sight, but it is really a paperback with hard covers. It is not as durable as a real hardbound; often the binding will disintegrate after a little use. |
:A cardboard article looks like a hardbound book at first sight, but it is really a paperback with hard covers. It is not as durable as a real hardbound; often the binding will disintegrate after a little use. |
:A sewn book is constructed in the same way as a hardbound book, except that it lacks the hard covers. The binding is as durable for a hardbound book. |
:A sewn book is constructed in the same way as a hardbound book, except that it lacks the hard covers. The binding is as durable as a hardbound book. |
Books can be bound in lots of different materials. Some of the more common materials for covers are leather and cloth?. A common was to bind a book is as a halfbound book, which means that the spine and the corners of the cover are covered with leather or cloth, while the rest is covered with paper (normally marbled or otherwise decorated). |
Books can be bound in lots of different materials. Some of the more common materials for covers are leather and cloth?. A common way to bind a book is as a halfbound book, which means that the spine and the corners of the cover are covered with leather or cloth, while the rest is covered with paper (normally marbled or otherwise decorated). |
Books bought today tend to be of one of these four categories:
When talking about book binding as a craft, it is almost exclusively hardbound books that are done. When rebinding a sewn book, one usually turns it into a hardbound book by adding hard covers.
Books can be bound in lots of different materials. Some of the more common materials for covers are leather and cloth?. A common way to bind a book is as a halfbound book, which means that the spine and the corners of the cover are covered with leather or cloth, while the rest is covered with paper (normally marbled or otherwise decorated).