A binding in which the gathered pages are milled at the spine and glued into a wraparound cover, giving a square, flat spine. Most paperbacks are bound this way.
Perfect binding, sewn binding and Swiss binding, in cross-section. Diagram: IN TEMPO, licence CC BY 4.0. Reuse this diagram
In practice
It is the cheapest binding, but the book does not lie flat and, with standard hot-melt glue, can shed pages if it is forced open often. PUR adhesive holds far better, especially on coated paper, and copes with a book opened wide. Ask which glue is planned: “perfect bound” on a quote does not say.
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