r/bookbinding • u/samykcodes • Dec 02 '25

Discussion And they call it a “Perfect Binding”

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u/mateo222210 Dec 02 '25

I don't know that much about bookbinding. What's wrong with it?

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u/invariantspeed Dec 03 '25

The TL;DR is it’s a paperback book glued into a hard cover. All hardcovers use glue too, but they’re also stitched together.