FINISHING

A classic for zines and booklets, this style of binding is simple and low cost. The paper is folded and stapled down the middle. We have a variety of colour and standard staples in stock. Saddle stitch works best on booklets that range from 8–40 pages. Our stapler can handle a maximum of 10-20 sheets thick depending on the paper. Remember that the page amount must be divisible by four!

Common page counts: 8, 16, 24, 32
Common uses: zines, art books, booklets

Spiral binding is great solution if you want the pages in your project to lie flat. It’s a durable binding that uses a plastic coil spiralled through a series of punched holes.

Typically we use 12” 4:1 coils with our machine, that can be trimmed to your project size. Coils come in multiple sizes to accommodate a wide range of page counts, recommended for projects that are 8+ pages.

We sometimes have limited colours in stock (black, white, clear), but most of the time coils are ordered on an as-needed basis. There are many cool colour options (fluorescents, pastels, glow in the dark!) that bring this binding style beyond the office aesthetic. We have colour samples available at the studio.

Common uses: calendars, zines, notebooks, booklets, larger book projects.

With this technique pages are glued along the spine⁠—think typical paperback novel.  We have a working perfect bind machine in the studio, and can accommodate most orders depending on their edition size/specifications, please enquire for more info.

Perfect binding works best for books with higher page counts so that the spine is not too thin (which can cause rounding / errors in the glue / the appearance of creases etc). Books with less than 25 sheets (approx 50-60 pages*) are not recommended as they are too thin for glue binding (try looking at saddle-stitch instead!). The maximum height of spine that can fit in the machine is approximately 1/2″ (approximately 100+ sheets*). The max spin length for our machine is 10″.  *note: page numbers are approximate because paper choice can also play a factor in the final thickness of a spine.

Common uses: limited edition zines, art books, paperbacks, comic books.

There are so many awesome creative ways to bind books – let’s experiment and brainstorm creative solutions/ideas together! Depending on the scale of the project and our current workload, Moniker Press is able to offer various custom binding solutions based on your project.
Check out the PRINT LOG for more inspiration!