Perfect bound
is the most common technique for binding soft cover books. It is a technique that is commonly used in magazines,books, journals, and catalogs of all sizes. The perfect bound technique uses glues to hold the pages to the spine. Importantly,the spine is part of the front cover.
Saddle stitching
, folded sheets of paper are nested one within another and attached by staples through the fold. These stacksare placed over a holding apparatus, with each side hanging over like legs on a saddle.
