Also known as 'Hardcover binding'. Pages are sewn together in sections which are then glued to the end papers, then glued to the covers spine. With this kind of binding when finished the pages will lie flat once opened.

Pros: 

• Professional look. 
• Highly durable.
• Can have a high retail value.

Cons:  

• Net cost of binding is higher than other methods. 
• Weight, causing shipping costs to be higher. 

Good for short term use books and books with small numbers of pages. Pages are stacked and loaded then threaded together using metal staples. 

Pros: 

• Highly economical. 
• Once finished pages will lay flat when opened. 
• Has a high turnaround and can be easily manufactured in house. 

Cons: 

• Nesting of papers can cause creeping. 
• Lacks durability. 

Also know as 'Soft cover binding'. Binding similar to case binding but with a lower quality cover, which is trimmed after binding to match the length of the pages. Made of heavy weight card stock paper, coated or laminated to protect it. The cover and pages are glues together with very strong glue, which causes the book to not lie flat when open. 

Pros:

• A more economical alternative, in terms of production and shipping costs. 
• Maintains a high quality helping keep a higher retail cost. 

Cons: 

• Wont lay flat when open. 
• Less durable. 

The two covers ore separate instead of being one whole sheet that wraps around the pages, will open completely flat when opened. Pages are blinded together with one long piece of tread. 

Pros: 

• Lies flat when opened.
• Can be done by hand.

Cons:

• If not properly tightened it will be uneven when finished. 
• If tightened too much book may not close properly when finished. 

Made with a continuous hinge of double loops of wire, but pages cannot be modified once binding is complete as wire will bend out of shape. Pages have the capacity to turn a full 360 degree around the binding.

Pros: 

• Pages turn easy. 
• Once winded pages will lie flat and turn 360, front to back. 

Cons: 

• Wire will bend out of shape under pressure. 
• Higher cost of manufacturing. 
• Wire binding cannot be used again if de bound. 

Used for the binding of single sheets of paper and can be done with either a hard or soft cover, but requites a large margin due to the space taken up by the binding pattern. 

Pros:

• Decorative. 
• Can be done by hand. 

Cons: 

• Doesn't allow book to lie flat when finished. 
• You have to plan a large margin in to your page design otherwise you may loose content once finished.