YA Textbook Reflection Chapter 3

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Chapter 3: The Anatomy of a Book
Summary: Endpapers enhance the design of the book and can come with patterns or solid colors.  The casewrap is important for modern books in order to print images and colors. Other important pieces to a book are the block, headband, spine, and the type of stitching it has to fasten booklets by stitching through folded sheets.

Reflection/Response: There are many parts to a book, and the parts come in different qualities for each book produced.  It’s up to the librarian to decide if a book is of good quality and not just for its content, but how well it is produced.  Books must be built strong in order to keep up with the demand of circulating in and out of the library.

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