Every
cloth nappy fan I spoke to would say this wasn't true, but then launch into a bafflingly detailed description
of the different
types and pieces and boosters and liners, and, at a time when I was having trouble remembering my name or stringing words
together, it seemed, well, too much
of an unnecessary complication.
Case or edition binding, the most common
type of binding for hardcover books, involves sewing the individual signatures
together, flattening the spine, applying endsheets and a strip
of cloth to the spine.