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This technique works best with many small samesized pages. Ross bindery also offers dry release card application, doublesided tape application, tape binding, insert tipping, outsert tipping, magna strip application, wireo, spiral binding, and gbc bindi. We have been helping selfpublishers, corporations, and nonprofits for over 15 years with their printing and binding needs. Paper tape is one of the most inexpensive forms of book binding tape. But with eva glue, your binding may get brittle and crack in extreme cold temperatures, or it may melt in extreme heat.
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