Without the dust cover there s no branding making it a boring ugly non descript book.
Case laminate hardcover.
A trade hardcover book is a bookblock the interior pages taken together glued or sewn and glued into a case constructed of laminated cardboard and covered with cloth or paper.
All books by their nature have a cover.
We categorize book covers into hardcover and softcover but they are better referred to as casebound and paperbound.
5 x 8 203 x 127 mm case lam cloth dust jacket 5 5 x 8 5 216 x 140mm case lam cloth dust jacket.
At this time only gloss or matte lamination is available for the jacketed case laminate hardcover option.
I m thinking of sending them a 600 page book 8 5 x 11 that has been traditionally printed.
Assembly teams glue and fold a printed sheet your cover spine and back design around three pieces of board.
Whichever laminate you choose is the laminate that will be used for the book cover and the jacket.
Case laminate is cheaper and your book will stand out.
Hi gary and all yes i am interested in how case laminate holds up as well as how lightning source s perfect binding holds up.
The blue and grey digital cloth hardcover options will have the textured lamination over the cover with or without a jacket.
The case is durable and the art won t get crumpled lost.
At this time only gloss or matte lamination is available for the jacketed case laminate hardcover option.
Hardcover books are available in case laminate cloth or jacketed.
For additional information feel free to reference our faqs.
They may find that the casewrap vs dust jacket decision is usually decided in favor of the casewrap because it is more economical.
In books with 60 pages or more endsheets are also used to firmly secure the book block to the case.
The blue and grey digital cloth hardcover options will have the textured lamination over the cover with or without a jacket.
Self publishers wishing to publish hardcover books can benefit by knowing how these books are produced.
Pod hardcovers are navy with the title printed on the spine in small font and nothing else.
The case the hard cover of the book is made next.