Gutter Margin Perfect Bound Section Sewn

Smyth sewn also known as section sewn book bindings are the highest quality book binding available on the market today it is the hallmark of library quality archival safe books because the pages are physically sewn into the book using binders thread and further reinforced with fabric backing and adhesive to create the most usable and.

Gutter margin perfect bound section sewn.

This process will cause a curve of the pages coming from the spine when the book is open. The width of the spine depends on how many pages your book has it s simple but the more pages. For a typical novel or narrative nonfiction book of about 200 pages i would start off with an outside margin of 75 and a gutter margin of 875. Allow for 0 0625 1 6 mm variance on either side of the fold lines for your cover barcodes.

You will need to add a spine on this cover file. Let s take a 6 x 9 book as an example. A cover file and a text page file. Section sewn books open easily and lie a bit flatter than side sewn books.

Accordingly all page content within 0 25 inch of the gutter will be hidden in the binding in the final book. For perfect bound books we need two files. A gutter is the section of the page that leads into the binding of perfect bound books and hard cover books. So what is a gutter margin.

Learn how to prepare print ready artwork for a perfect bound book. No offset of spread images across the gutter is required for any binding type except moffett side sewn binding. Side sewn thread is sewn through all of a book s pages about 1 8 inch from the binding edge of the pages. We suggest allowing at least a 1 2 margin on the binding edge of each page of your book and at least a 1 4 margin at the top bottom and outside edges of each page.

We only print spine text on books with more than 100 pages. These two products have binding types that are clamped and held together with glue. Section sewn also called smythe sewing thread is sewn through the folded centers of each section of pages. Okay so we know the gutter or inside margin on bound books has to be larger than the outer margin but how much.

Pages sewn together before assembly. The portrait section is set up with a 3 inside margin 1 outside margin 2 top margin and 0 5 bottom margin. Moffett side sewn binding requires pages to be sewn 0 25 inch from the gutter when bound. This style of binding is also known as stab sewn binding and it is characteristics that the outer pages sit flatter than those at the centre of the book where the gutter is deeper.

Note that the. Every book varies slightly when bound. Other forms of binding. A hires pdf file for the cover and inner cover.

Text on larger spines must be sized to fit the spine with at least 0 0625 1 6 mm of space between the text and the edge of the spine. When this happens the pages have to face cut and you can lose as much as 25 inches off the outside margin.