

The sewing is applied once the pages are folded into signatures and collated together. Smyth Sewn books actually are sewn together on an industrial sewing machine to help hold the pages together. Embossing can be quite expensive, as the embossing dies can cost anywhere from $300 to $2000 depending on how intricate the embossing is. It is mostly used on dust jackets to give the book cover a high end finish feel and look. DiggyPOD does not currently offer foil stamping.Įmbossing is when you use a steel die to put an impression into paper to give a raised letters or design. Because this process uses a steel die that hot stamps the foil onto the front cover, it can be quite expensive, costing anywhere between $500 and $1,500.

Foil stamping is most typically found on cloth or leather-bound books or books with dust jackets. DiggyPOD does not currently offer Dust Jackets.įoil stamping (which is also known as hot stamping) is the process by which the book title and author name are stamped onto the book in gold or silver foil. The Dust Jacket has folded flaps that hold it to the front & back covers. DiggyPOD offers case wrapped hardbound book binding, we do not offer cloth or leather wrapping.ĭust Jackets are detachable outer cover, made of paper & printed on for a custom look. 088" thick book board and are wrapped in cloth, leather, or a printed sheet (typically called case wrapping). The outside cover of the book is glued to.

Hardcover bound books are first perfect bound with a blank end sheet, and then trimmed to the final trim size.
