Sewn vs. Glued Book Binding - How to Spot the Difference

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Today we check out the differences between a sewn binding versus a glued one, and how to spot what is what!
In this video I cover smyth-sewn bindings, glued perfect bindings, concertina bindings and hybrid bindings.
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The first book being used is the "Adult Version" of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (perfect binding).
The second book is: Amerika by Franz Kafka, published by the Folio Society (smyth-sewn binding).
The third book is: The Martian by Andy Weir (Hybrid(?) binding).
The fourth book is: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell ("fake smyth-sewn binding").
And the last book is the limited edition of "The Colour Out of Space" by H.P. Lovecraft published by Shelter Bookworks (concertina).
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@folksurvival 7 лет назад

"Sewn" is pronounced like "Sown" ;-)

@PontusPresents 7 лет назад

+unlockthepower Oh... Have I said it wrong all this time?!? Haha, thank you for the correction! Will remember that for future vids. :)

@jbrisby 5 лет назад

"Conkertina" :D

@PontusPresents 5 лет назад

@jbrisby :-(

@dougsteets9984 3 года назад

@@jbrisby oh, so funny.....how many languages can you speak?

@marachime 2 года назад

it's like 'zone' but with a ssss like soul

@nanjappa42 5 лет назад

This is a very useful video. I have been checking the binding for years. I avoid the glued binding like a snake. Penguins are glued and the pages come off soon, if you read often. Now even some Penguin hardbacks have glued binding.This is plain cheating. Gluing defeats the very purpose of buying hardbacks. If I find a good trade paperback with sewn sections, I bind it myself.

@nanjappa42 5 лет назад

@Livskyo We still get some paperbacks with sewn-in sections. Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions come in this format. The new editions of Oxford Shakespeare ( individual plays) come in this format, and they also have very good paper. No Fear Shakespeare editions [ Spark Publishing ] are like this. I can give other instances. One has to shop for them in physical bookshops and not online as such details are not given by online sellers like Amazon. We in India are a bit lucky since most of our native publishers resort to sewn-in sections for paperbacks, except some who want to ape the West even in their absurdities. Indian reprints of foreign editions are also usually sewn-in. Strangely, even some Indian editions of Penguins are sewn-in eg "The Roots of Vedanta" 2012. "English Literature in Context ' [ed.Paul Poplawski] by Cambridge University Press reprinted in India 2012 is also sewn-in, and this is a splendid book. So we may say sewn-in paperbacks are not common, but not entirely absent. The problem is, most publishers do not read and are not really book lovers. Rather they love money more than the beauty or worth of their books. No true book lover will touch a glued in paperback or mass market stinker if there is a viable or affordable alternative.

@ProgrammerSheep 6 лет назад

As a bookbinder myself, I like to sew and glue the textblock. It makes sure that it gets that extra security.

@PontusPresents 7 лет назад

Time-table: Glued perfect binding: 00:28 - 01:41 Smyth-sewn binding: 01:41 - 02:29 Hybrid binding: 02:29 - 02:58 ”Fake smyth-sewn binding”: 02:58 - 03:39 Concertina binding: 03:39 - 04:02 Last thoughts: 04:02 - 05:30

@BookCravings 7 лет назад

Nice video! I've been trying to learn the art of book binding to produce my own books. It's fascinating!

@PontusPresents 7 лет назад

That's awesome!

@dwinnewh 7 лет назад

Thank you for all the info. I enjoy all of your videos.

@PontusPresents 7 лет назад

Glad I could share some info to you. :)

@drawntofashionillustration9596 4 года назад

It's pronounced ConSertina, not ConKertina. The second C is soft, like S.

@seanleas6780 7 лет назад

I really enjoyed this one. I really loathe glued bindings - it's a slight annoyance when I read.

@PontusPresents 7 лет назад

Yeah, glued bindings tend to be very stiff and hard to open. Glad you enjoyed it. :)

@8polyglot 4 года назад

A great frustration is when a book advertised as smyth-sewn arrives glued/perfect bound.

@PontusPresents 7 лет назад

I have wanted to do this video for a while now but decided rather spontaneously to record it today. I hope it was helpful (most of you guys probably know this stuff but this video is mainly for beginner collectors). Thank you so much for watching and have a good day! :) Edit: Probably messed up the pronunciation of 'concertina', haha!

@AnnCatsanndra 4 года назад

This helped a ton and was very quick to watch. Thank you!

@PontusPresents 4 года назад

Glad I could help!

@Welther47 4 года назад

I dislike glued books, but there is a problem with sewn books and it's that while the signatures are sewn together the cover is only held in place by the end page. I much prefer the medieval style for durability. Here the thread goes through all the signatures and through the front and back cover.

@PontusPresents 4 года назад

Don’t we all prefer the medieval style! Alas, the modern world value quantity over quality (and automation over craftsmanship), but in all honesty, I don’t believe I could afford the amount of books I own if the binding was of that quality . . . ;-)

@chencj3744 4 года назад

Hi, please help me, does anyone know which factory can produce high quality bible in the USA? not over sea Thank you so much!

@chisaomusician7752 4 года назад

Great video. People need to pay attention to their bindings.

@custerranch Год назад

Thank you so much for these explanations! I'm learning to rebind Bibles, and it's so frustrating to work with one that is glued. And also disappointing to find out about the hybrids and fakes. That makes shopping for a rebindable Bible more difficult. Also, your English is very very good, so please don't take the corrective comments too badly.

@jessekoskinen 7 лет назад

This was a very informative video. Thank you for making it. Greetings from Finland.

@PontusPresents 7 лет назад

I'm glad you found it informative! Thanks for watching and greetings from Sweden! :)

@edwardhudson815 2 года назад

thanks, this video helped me for finding out about the quality of comics, bout to buy invincible compendium 1

@Flat_Earth_Addy Год назад

"Perfect" binding is not perfect at all. It is worst!

@sevenandthelittlestmew 5 лет назад

I am planning on using a double fan binding to repair a book of my mother’s. There is no way to create a signature, I have to bind single leaf, so this is the option available to me. I do not criticize any type of binding, all have their place.

@-johnny-deep- Год назад

So, is a "hybrid binding" one in which each signature is sewn together (and so you can see the stitches if you open it to the center of a signature), but the signatures are not all sewn together, but are merely glued to the spine?

@PontusPresents Год назад

Exactly!

@-johnny-deep- Год назад

@@PontusPresents I'm torn about buying books like that. What is your experience with the durability of such hybrid bindings? Plus, it can be pretty difficult to tell whether the signatures are all sewn together or not without damaging the book.

@PontusPresents Год назад

Durability is still pretty good since the book usually opens up much better than a glued binding. But yes, it can be very hard to tell what kind of binding it is! But I would always take a sewn binding over a hybrid, obviously 😁

@-johnny-deep- Год назад

@@PontusPresents Yup, and a hybrid binding wins over one that has no sewing at all and is just glued.

@Seriph1 4 года назад

Perhaps this is The Cthulhu Tome that is done using Concertina binding? :)

@ElKryptonian 5 лет назад

I want to have a book printed. I do know I want it to be a hardcover book. I'll probably want to go for the strongest sewn binding. although I'm still stuck on what kind of paper to use. in order to achieve the look and feel of for instance an old poetry book

@tomsterism 2 года назад

Nicely done, sir! Thank you. Snellville, GA U.S.A.

@DianeAngelieBaldesco 6 лет назад

Hi! New subscriber here! I'm wondering what kind of videos do you usually cover? I reckon it's more likely about books but what kind specifically?

@PontusPresents 6 лет назад

Hey and thanks for subscribing! :-) This channel is first and foremost a book collecting/bibliophile channel with the prime intention to help book collectors or book buyers to see the books quality before making a decision to buy it! I therefor rarely talk about the book itself but instead cover the physical aspect of the book (paper, binding, illustrations, etc.). I hope that brings some clarity!

@aadityasinghrathour5605 4 года назад

@@PontusPresents just the channel i was looking for.

@Itsnotanymore-ku7dz 3 года назад

I wanna learn how to turn my paperback glued binding into a sewn hardcover book

@recurve3234 2 года назад

I noticed you still read comments, so I thought I would share my thanks as well! I'm on the hunt for my sister's LOTR Christmas gift. I have been cast into the wonderful world of book bindings and materials.

@PontusPresents 2 года назад

:-) Good luck!

@michaelnardini4934 4 года назад

Thank you

@deepsouthinception 4 года назад

Outstanding video! Thank you!

@MillyToast 2 года назад

Sewn should be pronounced like 'own' or 'bone' or 'shown'. Concertina should be be like 'concern' or 'consider' i.e. the second 'c' is like an 's'.

@chisaomusician7752 4 года назад

Another type of fake sewn binding is glued with threads connecting all the pages but no signatures. I just found out that's they type of binding a printer offering "sewn" binding print. I don't know what it's called but it doesn't look strong at all.

@ifihadfriends437 3 года назад

Bizarrely enough I have a few older paperbacks that have signatures and appear to be sewn in some way before having been glued, I guess this is a case of half-sewn bindings?

@GodfreyMann 5 лет назад

Other than the concertina style binding, what other bindings can be used to make a lay flat book? I don’t like the tabs that appear on the pages. Do you know of any online courses that teach how to make layflat books?

@EnriqueEduardoGuillenPaz 4 года назад

Hi, do you know if the Canterbury leather bund classics (and the barnes & noble) are swen binding? Based on your video I would thing it is glued.

@Abhishek-fe3zs 3 года назад

Just found out my Modern library's The heart is a lonely hunter is glued :/

@Fierylunar 7 лет назад

Thanks for the video! I learned a lot, being a book collector but not someone who actually takes the time to learn the differences in binding. I understand what you mean now in your vids when you talk about binding. I was always assuming the FS bindings were superiour to your average hardback, but never sure why exactly. Do you take the time to check the binding on every book you buy? Or is that only a thing for more expensive books?

@Fierylunar 7 лет назад

(BTW, somehow this video did not show up on my subscriptions feed. It was only by seeing your video in 'recommended for you' that I noticed it. Un- and resubscribed and hopefully it won't happen again)

@PontusPresents 7 лет назад

I do check the binding on pretty much all the books I get as of late, unless I already know the type of binding beforehand (for example Folio Society books). But I don't have to worry too much about binding since I mainly get my books from Everyman's Library, Folio Society and HarperCollins which 95-99% of the time has a smyth-sewn binding. I'm very glad that you learned something from this video! :) And about the video not showing up in your feed... That has been a problem for RU-vid for many years. I did have some uploading problems so maybe that's why it happened. You could otherwise click on the bell for notifications on the bottom-left of the video player, between the subscribe button and the subscription counter. :)

@bramleygladebooks9440 3 года назад

Very useful indeed!

@khomo12 4 месяца назад

👍👍👍

@terencemorrissey4413 3 года назад

Excellent video, thank you.

@PontusPresents 3 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@KoneSkirata 4 года назад

yup, still useful 3 years later, to book noobs like me 😜 Thanks for the video, helped a ton to understand the difference and what to look out for!

@tonyeriksson8803 7 лет назад

How's the binding in The Hobbit? (HarperCollins de luxe ed edition, 2004)

@anakinskywalker1211 4 года назад

Hey, i don’t know if you’ll reply to this but i had to ask for help. I just got the Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith comic book hardcover. It’s a medium thick book maybe like 2.5 cm thick and i think it is smyth sewn binding with glue between the pages. My problem is that some pages lay almost completely flat and lets me see the thread between the pages while some others are glued together and don’t lay as flat. If i spread between those pages and try to make it a little flatter (not aggresively) then the glue breaks and takes paper of the page with it. Some of the pages even did this automatically when i opened the book. I suspect that i should have let the glue dry before i opened it so that the pages didn’t lay as flat. Thanks!

@PontusPresents 4 года назад

I think it sounds more like hybrid binding (glued and sewn), than a smyth-sewn binding. If so, then there's not really much to do other than being a bit careful when opening it!

@ShamirMuhammad 3 года назад

Found this useful. Thank you!

@beclear2473 9 месяцев назад

Thank you - great information!

@p.h.freitas6727 4 года назад

Man, you're cute. Still singel?

@basse9914 5 лет назад

Is hybrid binding inferior to smyth-sewn binding, considering the glue will eventually break down completely (in decades) and crack and whatnot?

@PontusPresents 5 лет назад

A hybrid binding is inferior, yes!

@basse9914 5 лет назад

Oh damn! Thanks. And hybrids still have the threads you can see between signatures, right?

@PontusPresents 5 лет назад

A hybrid bindning only has threads collecting each signature, they are not linked together. However, pretty much every single book, be it glued or sewn, uses glue in some way or another. A book can be smyth-sewn and will still have some kind of adhesive.

@basse9914 5 лет назад

@@PontusPresents ahh ok I see now, that explains books I see that have all the traits of a sewn book but has glue. Thanks :)

@luciano2166 7 лет назад

Thanks for explanation.

@PontusPresents 7 лет назад

No problem! Thank you for watching. :)

@tincanboat 4 года назад

thank you for the clear explantation

@elithefinebookslover1467 5 лет назад

That is very interesting, thank you

@otaviovideo 7 лет назад

show!

@jayveeaurea9091 5 лет назад

Not to be a snob but I like soft bound books and glued books.

@issecret1 3 года назад

That's the opposite of being a snob

@sadderthanyou7793 5 лет назад

More and more trade hardbacks use crappy glued binding. I find Scribner to be absolutely horrible about this. They go for that fake sewn binding look to fool people. In reality, they use horrible glue and their bindings unglue very fast compared to many other publishers. For example, I have some Collins trade hardbacks from the early 1980s and the glue is still going strong, whereas my Scribner trade hardbacks from 2010s are already unglued.