Ebook & epub: the book type with no binding at all
An ebook is one reflowable epub file that adapts to any phone, tablet or e-reader — searchable, accessible and with no inventory to print…
ReadNotes from the press floor — paper, ink, binding and short-run book printing.
Hardcover, Smythe sewn: the binding built to lie flat and last
A Smythe-sewn hardcover is built from folded signatures sewn together with thread and cased into hard boards — lay-flat, archival and heirloom-grade, with no…
Read
Softcover, perfect bound: the trade-paperback spine explained
Perfect binding glues a scored cover to a stack of single leaves to make the familiar softcover trade paperback — clean, classic and bookstore-ready,…
Read
Saddle stitching: the two-staple binding that punches above its weight
Saddle-stitched booklets are folded, nested and stapled through the spine — light, fast and the most economical way to print magazines, programs, zines and…
Read
Plastic coil vs double-loop wire: the bindings that lie flat
Coil and wire bound books open a full 360 degrees and lie perfectly flat — the working choice for workbooks, journals, coloring books and…
Read
Welcome to Custom Book Studio
A short-run book printing and design studio in Toronto — an introduction to who we are, and what this blog will cover.
Read