casebound

“Images of the Gods” is a casebound edition of 640 pages with more than 1,800 color illustrations.

Review: Images of the Gods-Khmer Mythology in Cambodia, Laos & Thailand by Vittorio Roveda | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2009

The SIU Press doesn't do trade paperbacks for a minimum of 16 months after first casebound editionwhich, come to think of it, is about now.

A bundle of joy..... Miss Snark 2005

For a 480-page casebound book, printed on 50lb natural house stock (440 pages per inch), in a print run of 20,000, per-copy costs (August 2003) hover around $1.97, leading to an estimated list price of $20 or so.

Scrivener's Error 2003

For that same 480-page casebound book, editorial costs (which, these days, is largely a joke), overhead, typical advertising/marketing/publicity for a commercial book of this print run, etc., can vary a great deal depending just upon manipulation of the cost-sales worksheet used to price the book (some publishers call it a "profit-loss worksheet," but that is a misleading name).

Scrivener's Error 2003

The cover is identical to the cover of the casebound hardback edition, including the claim of a 23% rate of return.

Scrivener's Error 2003

So why do the current list prices on casebound fiction as described run closer to $27?

Scrivener's Error 2003

Instruction begins with pulling, repairing, and the construction of flat-backed casebound notebooks and half- and full-cloth hollow-back bindings.

You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

Instruction begins with pulling, repairing, and the construction of flat-backed casebound notebooks and half- and full-cloth hollow-back bindings.

You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

Since the 1970s much printing of New Zealand titles has taken place overseas, particularly in Southeast Asia, for reasons of economics (especially in colour printing), quality assurance and the capacity to produce large casebound books or perform complex printing jobs.

Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885

Mallinson Rendel publish casebound books, whereas most other New Zealand books for children are now paperback.

Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885