Individuals who set up, operate and maintain the machines that combine printed sheets into books, magazines, catalogs, folders, directories and other finished products. Binding involves cutting, folding, gathering, gluing, stapling, stitching, trimming, sewing, wrapping and other finishing operations. Bookbinders and bindery workers assemble books and magazines from large, flat, printed sheets of paper. Skilled workers operate machines that first fold printed sheets into signatures, which are groups of pages arranged sequentially. Bookbinders then sew, stitch or glue the assembled signatures together, shape the book bodies with presses and trimming machines, and reinforce them with glued fabric strips. Covers are created separately and glued, pasted or stitched onto the book bodies. The books then undergo a variety of finishing operations, often including wrapping in paper jackets.
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