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Perfect Binding

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

Definition: Method of bookbinding where a flexible adhesive attaches a paper cover to the spine of the assembled signatures is called perfect binding . Paperback novels are one example of perfect binding. Variations of perfect binding are where the cover is glued only to the side of the spine and allow the book to lay-flat.
Also Known As: perfect bound, lay-flat, Eurobind, paperback binding

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