Finishing — Caught in a Bind?

According to Box, selective binding investments are cost-prohibitive for many printers. "Printers rarely produce monthly magazines without a selective binder," he says.

Box recalls a time when owning a saddlestitcher was out of reach for many companies, but is now a viable investment. He doesn't see that happening with the selective perfect binder. "I can't see the price of perfect binding going down because of the requirements to produce that type of book," he says.