Book Assembly System

A cover arrangement for a book assembly, the cover arrangement comprising a support member for supporting a binder arrangement in an assembled configuration, the binder arrangement, having:

• a spine bar for carrying picture members, the spine bar having a spine portion interposing first and second holding portions,
• wherein the support member is arrangeable in the assembled configuration with:
• a corresponding side portion to adjoin the spine portion of the spine bar, and;
• corresponding first and second interconnecting portions to adjoin the respective first and second holding portions of the spine bar,
• the first interconnecting portion is hingedly connected at a first hinged connection to a back cover portion;
• the first interconnecting portion is hingedly connected at a second hinged connection to the side portion;
• the second interconnecting portion is hingedly connected at a third hinged connection to the side portion;
• the second interconnecting portion is hingedly connected at a fourth hinged connection to a front cover portion,
• wherein at least one of the hinged connections includes a channel portion formed in the support member,
• the system includes a bridging member, which is arranged to extend over an open end of the channel to close said channel, and define a collapsible cavity, which collapses on hinging of the hinged connection.
• and the bridging member is arranged over an interior face of the support member at a periphery thereof, to prevent visibility of the channel where said channel is not overlapped by the binder arrangement in the assembled configuration.

A method of assembling a book assembly, the method comprising:

• arranging a support member of a cover arrangement to support a binder arrangement, with:
• a corresponding side portion to adjoin a spine portion of the spine bar, and;
• corresponding first and second interconnecting portions to adjoin respective first and second holding portions of the spine bar, with the second interconnecting portion connected to a front cover portion, and with the second interconnecting portion connected to a back cover portion wherein the portions of the support member are hingedly connected, and at least one of the hinged connections includes a channel portion formed in the support member,
• arranging a bridging member, which is arranged to extend over an open end of the channel to close said channel, and define a collapsible cavity, which collapses on hinging of the hinged connection with the bridging member arranged over an interior face of the support member at a periphery thereof, to prevent visibility of the channel where said channel is not overlapped by the binder arrangement in the assembled configuration.