I had thought about buying a comb binding machine for our notebooks and for all the things I print from the Internet, but then I figured, why invest? I can get a notebook bound for a little less than $1. And it’s one less thing to find a home for in our apartment.
In China, it’s “advertising shops” that do this service. They generally have a photocopier, a fax machine, a binder, and larger machines for making plastic signs. (The signs are printed on something akin to a plastic tablecloth. I don’t know the actual word for that material. It’s very flexible and can be rolled up.) They can also help you do very basic graphic design and print business cards. Business cards (or name cards) are a huge thing in China. Everyone has them, and exchanging them is part of meeting people.
Below is the sweet young lady who helped me bind some books I’d printed from ebook format.
This is a place of business! Notice how utterly chaotic it is in this shop. This is quite normal for shops in China. It makes me crazy on so many levels. First of all it’s so unprofessional. And secondly it is so distracting. I can’t work amidst random clutter; it makes me anxious. Could you work in this environment? My daughter could, that is, if she could find a work space at all.
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