Just wondering what the general practice is for binding examination copies of the Phd dissertation. I am registered at a North American university and have to submit 6 copies for examination/viva. Thesis is about 430 sheets so too large for spiral binding. What have other people done?

My thesis was temporary bound in a 'glue' binding process as it was unsuitable for spiral binding. This process involved placing a glue strip on the spine and adding fabric over the spine attached to the paper front and rear covers. The spine was heated I believe to get a good seal on the pages. It was not too expensive and has worked well for my theses.

thanks dunni, that's useful I will check and see what binders in london do the glue binding.

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the uni-post office at my university does both spiral and gum bound theses. It only takes a minute or two per copy and in the greater scheme of things it's really cheap.