NEW Manhattan Book Cloth Offers Unique Look for Book and Packaging Industries

For 2010, LBS is unveiling a beautiful new cover material that is sure to turn heads. The sophisticated new line is called Manhattan and offers a selection of 11 shimmering colors that are as pleasing to the touch as they are to the eye. This book cloth is made from 100% rayon with tissue backing and has a light acrylic coating that makes the surface easy to wipe clean and preserves the cloth's unique luster.

This one-of-a-kind book cloth is already sparking some excited feedback from photo book publishers. It's unique look and cleanable finish also makes it a great option for menus, yearbooks, luxury packaging and special edition books.

Best of all - it's in our inventory and orders ship within 24 hours!

Manhattan joins a growing family of fine LBS cover materials servicing book binderies, publishers, looseleaf manufacturers and packaging manufactures in the US and abroad.

This is definitely a material you need to see for yourself. Let me know if you'd like a free swatch book.

Kristine Aubrey

LBS Marketing

kristinea@lbsbind.com

http://www.lbsbind.com/

Combined Endsheets Demo at On-Demand Conference

Last week marked the 2010 On Demand Conference and Expo and the 3rd year LBS has partnered with equipment manufacturers at On Demand and similar events to demo the Combined Endsheet and Universal Endsheet running on pefect binders. This year we partnered with Standard Horizon and Bourg.

The Combined Endsheet was definently the star of our product demonstrations. It's a proven favorite for Photo Books, Yearbooks, and other on-demand books that are manufactured to consistant thicknesses. The reason for its popularity is that it allows the book manufacturer to attach folded endsheets AND reinforcing cloth to the bookblock during the binding process. The Combined Endsheet is simply loaded into the perfect binder's cover feeder in place of a paper cover. The final result is a reinforced bookblock ready for casing in.



Incase you didn't see the demos at the show, here are videos of the Combined Endsheet running on Horizon and Bourg Perfect binders. More videos available at http://tinyurl.com/LBSvideos.

Please let me know if you'd like more information or samples for testing. Enjoy!
~Kristine
kristinea@lbsbind.com

Greening Up Your Reading...

I just read an interesting article in the New York Times, How Green Is My iPad?, By DANIEL GOLEMAN and GREGORY NORRIS. In the article, Daniel and Gregory compare the greenness of a traditional hardcover book to Apple's new iPad. The conclusion? The bound book wins the short game. You need to read 40-100 books on your e-reader to break even.

They analyzed a typical book. What if you built a book deliberately trying to minimize its impact on the environment? There are many earth friendly bindery options available that can directly reduce your eco impact AND help your book stand the test of time.

Binders Board:
Did you know that binders board is made completely of recycled material? In fact, much of it is PCW (post consumer waste)coming directly from your curbside bin. That book you just bought could contain last month's Wall Street Journal or an old Wheaties box. It doesn't get much greener than that!

Book Cloth:
Covering a book in book cloth adds to its usable life. Plus, many LBS cloth cover materials are woven from renewable cotton and lightly starched or coated with a water-based inert coating. If you really want to go green, consider Cot-Linen book cloth. It's a 100% cotton / linen blend woven into a cloth that's never dyed, bleached or coated. Talk about reducing your impact.

Endsheets:
As with book cloth, a quality endsheet adds to the usable life of your book. LBS manufactures endsheets using only high quality endleaf paper. FSC certified endleaf and papers with recycled content are also available.

Reinforcing Material & Case Liners
Choosing reinforcing materials for their performance characteristics ensures the stability of your bindings. That doesn't mean that you have to ignore your environmental concerns. LBS offers many spine liners woven from renewable cotton or manufactured from 100% recycled material. All LBS caseliners are 100% recycled and recyclable.

Ultimately, binding a quality book that will last a lifetime saves energy and material resources and is the best thing you can do for the environment.