Patent ID: 8182188

Claim:
A method of forming a book comprising: obtaining a book cover having a front cover, a back cover, and a spine section, wherein the spine section includes an adhesive strip, the adhesive strip having a first side contacting the spine section, wherein the adhesive strip has a peak load gram force per inch of at least 200 and a thickness of at least 0.1 mm, and the adhesive strip has at least one release strip removably attached to a second side thereof; attaching a first portion of a media clamp on an inside surface of the front cover; attaching a second portion of the media clamp on an inside surface of the back cover; opening the book cover to expose the adhesive strip and at least one release strip, the at least one release strip contacting the second side of the adhesive strip; assembling media for insertion into the book; placing the assembled media against the at least one release strip; compressing the assembled media using the media clamp by closing the front cover and the back cover against the assembled media; pulling the at least one release strip to remove it from between the at least one adhesive strip and assembled media; and pressing the assembled media into the adhesive strip.