GRA 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spinal Board, Straight Edge, Wrinkle
3 Feb 2016
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A cover is anything to protect the actual book block: soft covers are cheap and only protect the book for a while. Hard cover books are more expensive and protect the book longer. The hard cover (front and back) are stronger so it does not bend and there is more weight to keep the pages close. The book case was made slightly larger than the book block because it makes it easier to open with the extra lip and if the book is dropped the corner and edges of the cover will protect the content. You can apply thumb cuts: covering materials range anywhere from nice leather to vinyl, covering fabric, paper, or use fabric. However if using a porous material, usually the covering material is laminated on one side with paper lining so the glue does not soak through the fabric.
