BOOKBINDING METHOD OF DELUXE EDITION, AND APPARATUS FOR GLUING, DRYING AND ROUNDING BOOK BACK OF DELUXE EDITION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bookbinding method or the like of a deluxe edition, configured to facilitate improvement of production capacity.SOLUTION: A bookbinding method of a deluxe edition 1 includes: a back gluing-rounding step of gluing and rounding the back of a plurality of sheets of paper 2 collated; an edge-forming step of forming an edge on a back side of a laminate 3; a back lining step of lining the back of the laminate 3; and a wrapping step of wrapping the laminate 3 with cover paper 4. The back gluing-rounding step is characterized in that a thermally melting glue 10 is applied on the back of a plurality of sheets of paper 2, and then the back side of the laminate 3 is brought into contact with a recess 51 formed in a curved shape and rounded before the glue 10 dries.