Kinko's
Offers Spiral Binding for Reference Manuals
By
Lance-Robert, VP Finance
Have you ever wished that reference manual for the software package you use so often at work or home would lay flat, but it doesn’t because the publisher used perfect binding instead of spiral binding? Now there is hope!
For $4 per book, Kinko’s will shave the perfect binding off any book and replace it with spiral binding. Now, for example, your copy of the FrameMaker 7 User Guide will lay flat on your desk the way nature intended and remain open to the page you want. If your book has a CD pocket in the back, it will also be spiral bound.
There are some restrictions, so it’s best to ask about them before you hand over any books for modification. If the branch does not have spirals large enough to accommodate books more than one inch thick, they might need to break the book into two or more volumes. They are also willing to combine books that are less than one inch thick into a single volume if you ask them to do so. Black seems to be their standard color for spiral binding, but others are available upon request.
Depending on how busy the branch is at the time, you might be able to have this done while you wait. At the very worst, you might have to come back in a day or two.
I hope you enjoy this handy tip. I highly recommend that you resist the initial temptation to haul your entire bookshelf to Kinko’s at once, however.
