Book having a removable bookmark and method of making a book having a removable bookmark

A method of making a book having a bookmark, comprising the steps of:

• gathering a plurality of signatures on a collating conveyor in a predetermined order to thereby form a body of the book;
• providing a cover for the book including a front cover and a rear cover wherein one of the front and rear covers has a width when measured from a backbone edge generally intermediate of and integral with the front and rear covers to a foredge of the one of the front and rear covers opposite the backbone edge which is initially greater than the corresponding width of the other of the front and rear covers;
• applying a releasing adhesive to an inner surface of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width;
• folding an outer portion of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width inwardly toward the backbone edge along a fold line so as to be in generally confronting relation with the inner surface of at least a portion of the remainder of the one of the front and rear covers to thereby cause the width after folding to generally correspond to the width of the other of the front and rear covers;
• the signatures each having a width when measured from a backbone edge to a foredge which is initially less than the corresponding width of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width prior to the step of folding the outer portion thereof;
• the outer portion of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width being folded along the fold line so as to place the releasing adhesive in adhesive contact with confronting surfaces of both the folded outer portion and the remainder of the one of the front and rear covers to adhesively secure them together after they have been folded into confronting relation;
• affixing the cover to the body of the book with the backbone edge of the cover in confronting relation to the backbone edges of the signatures forming the body of the book;
• the cover for the book comprising a soft cover that has the backbone edge secured to the backbone edges of the signatures by one of sewing, adhesive binding, saddlestich binding or mechanical binding;
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• trimming the book inwardly of at least the fold line of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width and inwardly of the foredge of the other of the front and rear covers so as to form a finished foredge for the book while at the same time severing the folded outer portion from the remainder of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width;
• whereby the severed folded outer portion becomes an easily separable bookmark releasably secured by the releasing adhesive to the cover of the book.

A method of making a book having a bookmark, comprising the steps of:

• gathering a plurality of signatures on a collating conveyor in a predetermined order to thereby form a body of the book;
• providing a cover for the book including a front cover and a rear cover wherein one of the front and rear covers has a width when measured from a backbone edge generally intermediate of and integral with the front and rear covers to a foredge of the one of the front and rear covers opposite the backbone edge which is initially greater than the corresponding width of the other of the front and rear covers;
• applying a releasing adhesive to an inner surface of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width;
• folding an outer portion of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width inwardly toward the backbone edge along a fold line so as to be in generally confronting relation with the inner surface of at least a portion of the remainder of the one of the front and rear covers to thereby cause the width after folding to generally correspond to the width of the other of the front and rear covers;
• the signatures each having a width when measured from a backbone edge to a foredge which is initially less than the corresponding width of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width prior to the step of folding the outer portion thereof;
• the outer portion of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width being folded along the fold line so as to place the releasing adhesive in adhesive contact with confronting surfaces of both the folded outer portion and the remainder of the one of the front and rear covers to adhesively secure them together after they have been folded into confronting relation;
• affixing the cover to the body of the book with the backbone edge of the cover in confronting relation to the backbone edges of the signatures forming the body of the book;
• the cover for the book comprising a soft cover that has the backbone edge secured to the backbone edges of the signatures by one of sewing, adhesive binding, saddlestich binding or mechanical binding;
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• trimming the book inwardly of at least the fold line of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width and inwardly of the foredge of the other of the front and rear covers so as to form a finished foredge for the book while at the same time severing the folded outer portion from the remainder of the one of the front and rear covers having the initially greater width;
• the trimming step including trimming the signatures inwardly of the foredges while trimming the front and rear covers to form the finished foredge of the book such that the front and rear covers and the signatures are all of uniform width when measured from the backbone edges to the foredges thereof;
• whereby the severed folded outer portion becomes an easily separable bookmark releasably secured by the releasing adhesive to the cover of the book.

A book having a bookmark, comprising:

• a body formed of a plurality of signatures in a predetermined order;
• a cover affixed to the body of the book to define a front cover, a rear cover, and a backbone edge intermediate of and integral with the front cover and the rear cover;
• the front cover and the rear cover each having a foredge opposite the backbone edge of the cover comprising finished free edges of the cover of the book;
• a bookmark having a width less than one half of the width of the cover when measured from the backbone edge to the foredges of the front and rear covers;
• the bookmark being formed of the same material as the cover and being releasably secured to an inner surface of one of the front and rear covers;
• the bookmark having a finished free edge generally coincident with the finished free edge of the corresponding one of the front and rear covers;
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• a releasing adhesive between the inner surface of the corresponding one of the front and rear covers and a confronting surface of the bookmark.