Need to find rebinder to change paperback to hardcover

Should be any number of binderies that could facilitate this. I know
that Comstock's Bindery out here in Auburn coul ddo it, but I'd suggest
a search in the phone book for someone nearby.

Cheers,

John

Not all paperbacks are perfect bound however. Some large format
and prestige paperbacks are bound in folded signatures or sections,
and then glued. However the difficulty there, is that it would probably
be impossible to dismantle the individual sections which had been glued
together with modern PVA adhesives, without causing irreperable damage.
As AFAIAA, there is no known solvent for PVA and similar adhesives. They
simply break down over time of their own accord.

So in that case again, the only solution would probably be the expensive
one of having the spine of the book trimmed with a guillotine, and having
the individual pages rejoined with strips, so as to allow folding and
stitching.

There is a solution of sorts. I have a book that contains bundles
of leaves (ten or so leaves in each bundle) machine sewn along the
spine edge around a quarter of an inch in from the edge. These
bundles are then linked together with thread to constitute a new
spine.

It makes for an awkward book, since it naturally tends to fall
open between bundles, and when opening in the middle of a bundle
the pages stand up stiffly.

Thinner and larger leaves would make this defect somewhat less
objectionable. It is,however, an imprefect solution to a difficult
problem.