47.BOOK BINDING BUSINESS

Are you ready to be published? Whether it's a first novel, a family history, a children's book or a photography collection, BrainStream has the experience and the passion to make it happen. At BrainStream, we view book binding as a meeting of art and science. The latest technology brings us new book binding materials and equipment that goes hand in hand with our careful crafting and experience. At BrainStream, we see your book binding project as an opportunity to do justice to the work and vision you put into itAs a digital printing and publishing specialist, BrainStream has the versatility and expertise to create your dream book - even if you only need a few. No book binding job is too big or too small at BrainStream, and we specialize in small runs and first editions. Wondering about the best method for your book binding? We can help! Some of our options include.

Great for training manuals, sports programs, novels and any thick paperback or hardback. Perfect book binding is accomplished with digitally printed pages clamped in a vise-like structure. These pages are drawn across a blade that carves notches in the bound edge. This “roughed up spine is passed over a hot melt glue dispenser. Glue adheres to the edges and works its way into the notches. After the glue is applied to the spine, the whole assembly is forced into what will become the wrap around cover. Completing the book binding, the cover is folded around the “book block”, glued and folded up the front and back of the book. This form of book binding is preferred as the standard for paperbacks as well as the beginning of a cloth covered high-end hard bound book.

Coil binding is a colorful and versatile type of book binding chosen for its ability to fold completely overBook Binding Services on itself or lay flat for easy working. The new materials today are plastic and vary in size from ¼ inch to several inches. This type of book binding is replacing the older metal coil or "wire-o" that has been popular in the past. It can be made to have a very stiff cover and back with a glossy UV cured plastic coating or a traditional Acetate clear front cover and blue or black vinyl back that has been in use for decades. BrainStream has automated equipment for the punching of paper and the insertion of the coils to make your book binding experience quick and trouble free. Order your book binding project online or have us do the book printing and binding as a turnkey project.

Saddle stitching is a great book binding option for menus, pamphlets, or short books and magazines. Quick and inexpensive, it is as simple as 2 staples, a fold and a trim. However, it takes an experienced book binding company like BrainStream to pay attention to details in your digital printing file like creep. Creep is the tendency of the middle pages in a saddle stitched book to have their edges protrude from the folded book more and more and more as they approach the center of the bound book. When these pages are trimmed to have a uniform edge, sometimes the middle pages have information trimmed off. BrainStream manages this with special book binding anti-creep software that gently nudges the print away from the cutting edge as it approaches the middle of the book.