Book Bindery

Over the last 3 years, we've acquired a good number of paperback books through our Scholastic book fairs with the help of Scholastic Dollars.  I love being able to get books from the book fair to add to our collection because I know these are books the kids will read since they are books that they buy from the fair.

Well, after six fairs, we had over 500 paperbacks.  I had intended to get them library bound a few at a time, but the budget never seemed to be there. Luckily our PTO graciously decdied to foot the bill for these books this year and now we have some fantastic reads in our collection.

The kids have been waiting for these books as they knew I was able to purchase books from the book fairs for our collection.  They began checking out these books yesterday and they were ecstatic.

We are going to write thank you notes to our PTO at one of our library centers this week.  I know the PTO will be happy to receive them.

We use the National Library Bindery Co of Georgia. They don't have a website, but you can get their contact information HERE.  We've used them in the past and were totally happy with the results.  You can read about one of our other big bindery orders HERE.

What do you do with your paperbacks?  Do you use your Scholastic Dollars to purchase books from your book fair (if you use Scholastic Book Fairs)?

The National Library Bindery

I learned about the National Library Bindery Company of Georgia last year and I am so glad I did.  I have been able to add a ton more books to our Media Center at less than the half the average cost of a library bound book.

For $7.25 per book, the National Library Bindery Co of Ga Inc will turn your paperback books into hardback, library bound books.  Awesome deal, especially if you use Scholasitc Dollars to get books from the Book Fair.  I have been able to add about 200 books to our Media Center this year by using the National Library Bindery.

And you can go ahead and put spine labels and barcode labels on your books before you send them to the Bindery so that they will be permanently laminated to the books.  The Bindery takes off the cover, adheres the cover to a cardboard cover, laminates the cover, and then library binds the cover back to the book.  Love the final product!

It takes about a month to get the books back, but it is worth the wait. The kids are always super excited when we get a shipment of Bindery books in. One student even asked me how I was getting so many new books.  It's nice to know that someone, other than myself, notices how many new books we have gotten this year.

Curious about what they look like?  Here are a few pictures of the books I've sent to the National Library Bindery this year.

Unfortunately, the National Library Bindery Co of Ga Inc does not have a website, but you can find their mailing address and phone number here.

Do you use the National Library Bindery Company or something similar for your paperbacks?