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milliken · 12-26-2005, 07:40 AM

At one point, the GURPS books were designed to allow for the pages to be removed and 3-hole punched -- the gutter margins were sized for that. I don't know if the IN book margins are big enough, though.

SJGames had problems with some of the vendors who did their bindings, and runs of some books have had similar issues. It also apparently depends on how the books were stored -- books from the same production run sometimes show a big variation in binding stability.

I would recommend comb binding rather than three-hole punching, it generally produces less wear and tear on the pages, and I think it uses less margin as well. I think you can get stuff comb-bound at a Kinko's or equivalent. We bought a comb binding machine for home, and Elizabeth has a number of IN books that she comb-bound the final proof versions of; these are generally still in good shape, and quite usable. They don't stack neatly, is the only drawback.

---Walter

12-26-2005, 07:40 AM	#2
milliken Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Old Books At one point, the GURPS books were designed to allow for the pages to be removed and 3-hole punched -- the gutter margins were sized for that. I don't know if the IN book margins are big enough, though. SJGames had problems with some of the vendors who did their bindings, and runs of some books have had similar issues. It also apparently depends on how the books were stored -- books from the same production run sometimes show a big variation in binding stability. I would recommend comb binding rather than three-hole punching, it generally produces less wear and tear on the pages, and I think it uses less margin as well. I think you can get stuff comb-bound at a Kinko's or equivalent. We bought a comb binding machine for home, and Elizabeth has a number of IN books that she comb-bound the final proof versions of; these are generally still in good shape, and quite usable. They don't stack neatly, is the only drawback. ---Walter