10/15/2026
Ever had a spiral bound book where the pages tear out after a few weeks?
Most of the time, the problem is the holes. If they are crooked or rough, the coil does not feed smoothly, and the pages start to rip at the edges.
For the Gramercy Pilates Teacher Training Guide, we punched every page in small stacks so the holes stay clean and lined up. We punched the covers too, the clear one up front and the leatherette one on the back, then checked the whole set before it went to the coil.
It is not the exciting part of making a book, but it is the part that decides whether the book lasts.
Have you ever had a manual or handbook fall apart on you?