book binder
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A book binder is a person or machine that binds books—assembling printed pages and attaching covers.
The craft ranges from industrial binding of mass-market paperbacks to artisanal restoration of antique volumes.
She took the damaged first edition to a book binder for repair.
Also spelled as one word: bookbinder.
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- glueingAffixing with adhesive
- turn inSubmit or sleep
- end papersPages attaching cover to block
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
restoration · spine · awl · medieval manuscripts · illuminated texts · craftsmanship · needles · cloth · marbling · pressing · signature gathering · codex · kettle stitch · thread · quire · typography · leather · leather tooling
- book professionalsbookseller, librarian, reference librarian, cataloger, publisher
- publishing jobseditor, publisher, writer, author, editor-in-chief
- readersreader, bookworm, bibliophile, voracious reader, early reader