perfect binding; unsewn binding
A bookbinding method where pages are glued together at the spine without sewing. Common in paperback books and magazines.
This paperback is bound using perfect binding.
Perfect binding is a bookbinding method that secures pages with adhesive.
Saddle stitching, where pages are stapled along the fold. Used for thin booklets and magazines, unlike the glued spine of 無線綴じ.
Compound of 無線 (musen, 'wireless' or 'without thread') and 綴じ (toji, 'binding'), literally 'threadless binding'. The term reflects the absence of sewing thread in the binding process.