Binding
Chapel Hill Press has relationships with a number of binders who do high-quality work and specialize in various types of bindings.

We recommend a binding method for your book based on three factors: cost, the number of pages in the book, and its intended audience and functionality. There are many different ways that a book can be bound, but the most common are:

• Perfect bound (a.k.a. "soft cover" or "paperback"), which is the most frequently used and one of the most cost-effective methods.

• Case bound (a.k.a. "hard cover" or "hardback"), which is more expensive, but results in a very high quality book and one that is more durable, making it better suited for use in libraries. This may or may not, depending on your preference, include a dust jacket (book cover).

• Plastic comb/wire spiral/wire-o, which are basically variations on a single theme: holes or slots (depending on the variant) are punched near the binding edge of each page and a plastic or coated-wire device is threaded through them to bind the pages together. This is the least expensive method, but may meet your needs very well, depending upon the nature of your project or budget. It is ideal for a book that needs to stay open unaided when it is laid on a flat surface (e.g., a cookbook).