Don't Tag a Book on Its Cover
BindTech, a Nashville, Tenn., bindery, received a patent for a process that can embed an RFID tag in a book cover as it is being manufactured.
By Beth Bacheldor
BindTech, a 15-year-old bindery in Nashville, Tenn., recently stumbled on an RFID application that could be a boon to book publishers. Now BindTech just needs to convince the book publishing industry of its benefits.
The company was trying to figure out how to put an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag on a DVD case to prevent theft. "No matter where we put the tag, it interfered with the cover graphics," says Dennis Dehainaut, BindTech's VP of sales. So they started thinking about ways to embed the tag in the case. While they didn't come up with a solution for hard cases, they did hit on an idea for paper-based binding, which could be used for boxed sets of DVDs, CDs—and books.
BindTech received a patent in June for Smart Guard, an in-line process that can embed an EAS or RFID tag into the board of a book cover as it is being manufactured, before the book is bound. The tag is concealed by the end leaf, the blank paper that is glued to the inside of the front cover. The process includes what Dehainaut calls debossing, which creates a small indentation for the tag, so it is flush with the book cover. The RFID tags can be encoded with unique ID numbers either before or after they have been embedded.
BindTech, a 15-year-old bindery in Nashville, Tenn., recently stumbled on an RFID application that could be a boon to book publishers. Now BindTech just needs to convince the book publishing industry of its benefits.
The company was trying to figure out how to put an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag on a DVD case to prevent theft. "No matter where we put the tag, it interfered with the cover graphics," says Dennis Dehainaut, BindTech's VP of sales. So they started thinking about ways to embed the tag in the case. While they didn't come up with a solution for hard cases, they did hit on an idea for paper-based binding, which could be used for boxed sets of DVDs, CDs—and books.
BindTech received a patent in June for Smart Guard, an in-line process that can embed an EAS or RFID tag into the board of a book cover as it is being manufactured, before the book is bound. The tag is concealed by the end leaf, the blank paper that is glued to the inside of the front cover. The process includes what Dehainaut calls debossing, which creates a small indentation for the tag, so it is flush with the book cover. The RFID tags can be encoded with unique ID numbers either before or after they have been embedded.
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