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Re: [Digital BW] Selfpublishing Book Compiled info?

2002-12-16 by Peter Marquis-Kyle

Jim Panzer wrote:
> Just an FYI, after deciding to make a calendar for the holidays, and
> researching binding machines (which I have found are pretty
> expensive) I am going to go to Kinkos and have them Wire Bind it
> together.  They said they can do up to an inch and a half and it
> seems to only cost a couple bucks. It seems like wire binding is a
> nice choice for photo books because the book will always lie flat.
> Yes it will have that "Journal" look about it but I kind of like
> that.  Of course plastic binding is another option but I think the
> metal looks a bit sturdier.  I don't know if there is a tremendous
> amount of interest in this type of book making but if anyone would
> like to start a group on the subject I would definitely join.  I
> looked for groups but all I could find was really fancy Japanese
> type binding clubs, and to these people, wire binding is
> blasphemy...

I would happily join such a discussion, but I'm not volunteering to
start a group.

I have a desktop wire binding machine I use for binding reports (my day
job is architecture). It works well for binding books of photo prints
of the kind Jim is talking about.

Peter Marquis-Kyle

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