Binding Types: Smyth-Sewn
Smyth-sewn binding a traditional kind of binding used still today. Pages are grouped into folded sections called signatures and stitched together with thread. It is preferred by collectors and authors because it produces a book meant to last generations. Open a smyth-sewn book and you''ll find the book lays flat unlike modern mass produced books. Thanks to this thread structure it allows the pressure to distribute evenly through the book, allowing it to handle decades of daily use without the pages coming loose. Read more...
Book Definitions: Word of the Week | Reading Copy
Also called a Working Copy or sometimes a Binding Copy Read more...
Book Definitions : Word of the Week | Ghost Book
Ghost Book "A volume for which there is some seemly credible reference for its existence but was never produced -or possibly, that was produced but no copy survives." Berger, Sidney E., The Dictionary of the Book. Rowman & Littlefield, 2023 a book to be published by W. Thomas Taylor of Austin, Texas, but no  copy seems to have been printed. Read more...
Octavo, Quarto, Folio.... Understanding Book Sizes and Their Names!
Although we still use the same language and terminology, modern day books are no longer constrained by the same restrictions of the antiquarian book binder. In the past a Quarto once described a book that had larger sheets folded twice each creating four distinct quarters. Now we generally use these terms to describe the general size of a book.     64mo Sexagesimo-quarto 2 x 3 inches 48mo Quadragesimo-quarto 2.5 x 4 inches 32mo Tricesimo-Secondo 3.5 x 5.5 inches 18mo Octodecimo 4 x 6.5 inches 16mo Sextodecimo 5 x 7.375... Read more...
Book Definitions : Word of the Week | Dog-Eared
Word of the Week. This week: Dog-Eared  Read more...