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For unique, fine bindings. Great for either blank books or printed books.
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Inquiry and Order instructions found below.
Japanese Stab
Binding the most versatile
and economic way to self-publish.
A very, very wide array of design options are available.
This binding style can accommodate both paperback and hardback
covers. (See Photo Gallery.)
Text can be printed on one side or on both sides of the
page.
A substantial margin is necessary down the left side for the binding.
Title can be printed or (in some cases) pasted onto the
cover, or it can be printed on the first page of text and made
visible through a "window" cut in the cover.
Book Covers: For paperback designs, choose from a wide
array of acid-free cardstocks (300 weight paper): red, blue, yellow,
black, green, brown, recycled tones, etc.
For hardback designs, you also get to choose from a variety of
cover papers and/or cover canvases.
Page markers optional.
The book block (the pages of the book) is made up of loose sheets of paper. Generally these are not folded in half,
but can be. Each sheet of paper equals two pages of the book, counting the front and back.
All materials are acid free.
Japanese
Stab Binding Process (An abbreviated overview)
CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW WE DO IT.
Once the binding design is decided upon and prepared for,
the book block and the cover are perforated for sewing.
We hand sew each volume using one continual piece of thread.
The stitches seen on the cover are the only stitches used. |
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Formatting
and Printing the Content
--If you prefer to send us the content already printed,
or already prepared, it is important to leave at least an
inch down the left hand side. Please consult us first about
layout specs.
--If you prefer to send us the content via email, we can print it for
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Choose from the following Sewing Patterns: |
1.a. Standard
Pattern
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1.b. Variation
on the Standard
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2. Tortoise
Shell Pattern
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3.a. Hemp
Leaf Pattern
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3.b. Variation
of Hemp Leaf
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JAPANESE STAB BINDING, Cover
Variations:
Windows cut into the cover offer infinite variations for
design and for title display:
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Inverted Covers: The binding stitches are seen when the book is open, but not when
it is closed:
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SPECIALTY BROCHURES AND PAMPHLETS
The Japanese Stab Binding
can be used to adorn publicity material, invitations, etc.
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HARDBACK VARIATION:
We can create hard-back covers
for Japanese Stab Bound books as well:
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CONTACT US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT,
and we will quickly provide you with a price quote based on the
answers to the questions below.
To do so, please copy and paste the following text into
an e-mail message to us:
CUSTOM BINDING INQUIRY--JAPANESE
STAB BINDING
Number of Copies:
Hardback or paperback covers?
Preferred Binding pattern:
Type of Content (Poetry? Novel? Other? Blank?):
Can content be sent to us as an email attachment? (If not, how
do you prefer to send it?)
Content includes color, or is it all black and white?
If content includes color, about how many full color pages are
there?
Physical Size of Book (Height & Width):
Number of Printed Pages:
Other misc. details about my book project:
I am interested in a Clam Shell Box or Slip Case (y/n):
Must have my Custom Bound Book(s) by: (date)
PHOTO GALLERY Japanese Stab Binding Designs produced by Transient Books:
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