Book binding assembles and holds a book’s pages together. Pages stack and attach to the cover. Covers wrap and customize around pages.
Case binding glues signatures of pages into a textblock. The textblock attaches to a cardboard case covered in paper, cloth, vinyl or leather. Bookbinders fasten books and add covers.
The Spine and Industrial Bookends
The spine holds pages together and faces outwards on shelves with the title. Materials like book cover film, spine tape and more bind books. Binding takes 1-2 weeks with varying options. Costs range from 20 cents to $1.50 per book.
Industrial bookends use pipes, bulbs, and machine parts. Nature provides bookend options too. The footband hides spine glue. Space inside page margins is the gutter. A binder cover holds loose pages.
What holds a story or poem together is the theme. It is the topic, key ideas, and what holds it together. The plot and symbolism focus on one thing in the story. The setting is where it takes place. Therefore, the theme holds a story together.