Our bindery is geared up for medium-to-short run, quick-turnaround work and offers an extensive range of equipment for paperback and hardback binding with perfect (cutback), slotted (slot perforated) or sewn options.

We are happy to offer technical advice to help you find the most appropriate binding solution, meet your budget and specific market requirements.

Biddles offer the following binding styles:

Perfect (unsewn or cutback) binding: an adhesive binding style where the backs of gathered sections are cut off and the leaves are glued at the binding edge. If the book is to be case bound (hardback) a lining is also added to the binding edge. This is the most economical form of binding.

Slot perforated binding (sometimes known as slotted): another form of adhesive binding in which a series of slots (or notches) are cut into the spine at folding stage to allow the adhesive to penetrate. The book is bound as complete sections (rather than leaves) and is therefore stronger than perfect (unsewn) binding and offers a comparable but significantly cheaper product than sewn binding. This is our standard method of binding.

Sewn binding: after gathering the sections, a sewing machine inserts threads through the spine of each section and then uses further threads to join each section to the other, to form the book block. This is the strongest but most expensive form of binding.