bookbinding (process) <p>The process, involving various procedures done by hand or machine, of securing leaves or gatherings, usually within covers, to form a book. In book production, the process of assembling the finished book; the concept of securing the leaves of sections of a text so as to keep them in proper order and protect them.</p> <p>Source: Art &amp; Architecture Thesaurus</p> <p>http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300053592</p>