Perma-Bound is a division

Division (business)

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 and registered trademark of Hertzberg-New Method, Inc. Perma-Bound rebinds books for libraries

Library

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 and school

School

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s, and turns paperback

Paperback

Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...

s into hardbacks.

Hertzberg-New Method Bindery

Bindery

Bindery refers to a studio, workshop or factory where sheets of paper are fastened together to make books, but also where gold and other decorative elements are added to the exterior of books, where boxes or slipcases for books are made and where the restoration of books is carried out.-Overview:A...

 opened in its current location in South Jacksonville, Illinois

South Jacksonville, Illinois

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 on June 17, 1954. In the mid 1960's Hertzberg-New Method began a division of reinforced paperback books that were called Perma-Bound Books. Perma-Bound originated from three separate companies coming together to combine their rebinding work into one location. Two of these companies were owned by members of the Hertzberg family, Lawrence Hertzberg of Monastery Hill Bindery in Chicago

Chicago

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 and Ernest Hertzberg of Hertzberg Craftsmen Bindery in Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

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