Patent ID: 7374385

Claim:
A method of fabricating a hardcover book comprising: providing a bound stack of sheets; providing a hardcover assembly including first and second relatively rigid cover sections connected by an intermediate spine section, with the first cover section including a first pressure sensitive adhesive layer which extends over substantially an entire inner surface of the first cover section and first and second release liners disposed over the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer; separating the first release liner from the first cover section thereby exposing only a first portion of the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer; positioning the bound stack and the first cover section so that a first outer sheet of the bound stack comes in contact with the exposed first portion of the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer; subsequent to the positioning, separating the second release liner from the first cover section thereby exposing a remaining portion of the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer; and bringing the first outer sheet and the bound stack and the remaining portion of the first pressure sensitive adhesive into contact with one another, with substantially an entire surface of the first outer sheet of the stack being secured to the inner surface of the first cover section by the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer.