Publisher's binding

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1. "Bindings in identical covers, produced in quantity."<ref name="Greenfield">Greenfield, Jane. ABC of bookbinding : a unique glossary with over 700 illustrations for collectors & librarians. New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; New York, NY : Lyons Press, 1998. OCLC Number: 37935225.</ref>

2. "The business of binding identical books in quantity, usually for a publisher or distributor, as opposed to binding done for an individual and library binding. Edition binding usually involves the production of a type of binding known as case binding, generally in hard covers."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Don., et al. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books : a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Library of Congress : For Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1982.</ref>

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