From left to right: cover coordinating (white with white) metal double wire/Wire-O (sometimes considered a comb), single metal coil (not currently available), cover coordinating plastic coil.

Though it can increase the production price several dollars each, coil bound books with black ink may be personalized on the front or back cover or with an extra frontice piece. 

All binding/cover services are available as part of a complete publishing package, POD (small quantity charges may apply), and binding only. However, Gregath does not wholesale raw binding supplies for other binderies or individuals.

Available plastic or wire coil bindings are a soft binding technique for ultra-small publishing projects.  For a coil bound book, the collated text block has separate front and back covers applied.  The book block is then punched with the holes along the binding edge that the wire or plastic coil is fitted through.  This type of softbinding is a true "lay flat" binding.  Unlike a comb bound book, ideally, the coil allows a book to lay entirely flat for reading.  The coil may cause the same copy problems for book users near the spine as any other bound book.  Neither plastic or wire coil spines can not be imprinted.

Covers that are coil bound may be laminated (clear overlap guards against plastic curl), or clear plastic sheets can be added on the coil giving the covers extra protection.

Coil/Spiral binding is an option for yearbooks where supplemental pages may be introduced infrequently.  Though it is tedious, and much harder than comb binding, a book owner can add punched pages to an already coil bound book without any special tools.  The number of punched holes utilized in coil binding produces a much more sturdy book than 3-ring binding.  Coil binding is a great soft binding option for other transitional (short use) items and fund raisers (due to economy and flexibility in production).  While economical, the fact that the paper involved has been hole punched will reduce the lifespan of the item due to use stress on the holes.  For long-term preservation and usage goals, different soft binding methods are suggested.

The cost for double metal coil or plastic coil bound soft cover varies with the size of the job. There are projects  and options where this method can be more expensive than a hardbound book.

Standard types of soft bindings include:

• perfect binding

• fastback cloth tape binding

• traditional tape and staple binding

• plastic or wire comb binding

• plastic or wire coil (spiral) binding

• 3-ring binding

• wire saddle stitch binding

• post/Chicago Screw

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