Have you ever thought about how a book's binding can help you study better? We have.

Because of the tough use some books receive, the traditional "perfect" binding that is used on most soft-cover books sometimes fails. Why? Because a conventional perfect bound book does not open up and lie flat without the user pressing down on it hard enough to break the binding, in which case the pages eventually fall out.

We switched to a more expensive variation of perfect binding called Otabind® or “lay flat” because of how it conveniently opens and lies flat without the reader having to force it. (We’ve all had this experience: Bend a paperback book backward so that it stays open and you can read the darn thing.) As this patented Otabind binding process was designed to do, it not only makes our hard-use books easier to read and study but also solves the problem of cracked spines and lost pages that often plagues perfect bound books.

Here is how an Otabind book should look when it is opened:



It is a superior, more expensive design that makes reading and studying easier and soft-cover books much more durable. If you were to open a well-bound hardback book, you would see the same thing: The cover is by design NOT attached to the fabric to which the pages are attached.

This binding can be found on:

Introduction to Vascular Scanning: A Guide for the Complete Beginner, by Don Ridgway

Ob/Gyn: An Illustrated Review, by Marie De Lange & Glenn Rouse

Vascular Technology: An Illustrated Review, by Claudia Rumwell & Michalene McPharlin

Just another way Davies is making your life easier as you advance your career as an ultrasound professional.

For more information on this superior binding, visit the website of our bindery (whose name says it all): Muscle Bound.