![]() The less your textbook gets damaged, the better chances you have for an attractive buyback.Ĭommonly, with hardcover editions, you enjoy a much better paper quality-it is so satisfying to leaf through a solid book! On the other hand, the hardcover book can weigh a few kilos, so they are not ideal when your college backpack is already heavy. The hardcover also protects the paper from any kind of damage and wear caused by moist and unwanted page-folding. Why? The best thing is that a hardcover edition can lay flat on the table, and the bind won’t get damaged. It is considered the best type you can find on the market as it is durable and convenient to use. Quires of paper are sewn together in a text block and glued to the endpaper, which is then bound under a hardcover. Hardcover perfect binding is inherited directly from those century-old manuscripts. Sometimes, manuscripts were chained to bookshelves so that the precious books won’t be stolen-no barcodes in medieval libraries! Exquisite books were decorated with precious stones, jewels, silver, enamels, embroidery, and ivory figures, which made them into real works of art! If you want to admire some deluxe treasure bindings, browse through this collection of the British Library.Īlert for history geeks! The Arnamagnæan Institute in Copenhagen has set an Advent Calendar showing the inner parts of manuscripts. It was then embellished with a lock and metal pieces (called bosses) to protect the leather from wearing down. The cover was usually made of wooden boards upholstered with leather. ![]() ![]() Manuscripts (handwritten on parchment and later on paper) are the closest prototypes of modern books, especially when it comes to binding! The medieval manuscript was made out of quires sewn together under a hardcover. Historically, there were other forms of knowledge transmission, and some of these are still in use! Papyrus scrolls, birch bark manuscripts, graffiti, parchment manuscripts made out of animal skin, and clay tablets-a written text can come in as many forms! But there is a reason why most cultures use paper-printed books: they are faster to make than parchment manuscripts, cheaper to distribute than clay tablets, and easier to read than papyrus scrolls. However, texts did not always appear in this form. When we think of a book, we most certainly imagine “a set of sheets bound together between a front and back cover” (according to Merriam-Webster). 4.3 Share this: Textbook Binding vs Paperback-the Origins
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