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From: Fanguad fanguad@****.rit.edu
Subject: My book is coming apart!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:57:37 -0400
> > Three things: first, they were suggesting going to Kinko's to have this done,
and
> > Kindo's knows how to do this kind of stuff. Second, I've always found that
spiral
> > binding (like a notebook) has a tendency to get bent and then it doesn't work as
> > well. Thirdly, the type of binding suggested also allows you to bend the book
> > backwards.
>
> I wouldn't recommend the plastic ring-type thing I described. Yes, you can
> bend the book backward, but the edge of the page that's inside the rings
> tends to get bent, gumming up the whole thing. The only reason I've got a
> pile of printed-out books like this is because I haven't found a place
> here that does spiral bindings, so the only alternative I have is the
> glued strip type of binding, which works even less well because pages
> drop out after a while.

> Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html

For Americans, Mailbox's Etc does both types of binding. Also,
local copy places and newspapers can also do it, in addition to
places like Kinkos and other office supply stores.

-- Fanguad

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