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Originally Posted by ps67
Just out of curiosity I took the biggest book I have at home and it is 1470 pages for a height of almost 8 centimeters. A 4500-page book would be roughly 23-24 centimeters (9 inches in the American system)    .
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(sigh). And printed on what type of paper? What weight? There are many Bibles, for example, printed on scritta paper. Scritta paper--which is most certainly NOT POD paper--made with cotton or linen fibers, typically and isn't, in a highly technical sense, "paper" because it doesn't have any wood fibers.
Bible paper is typically 25GSM to a high of 40. POD paper, at Amazon, Ingram, etc., is 50-55#. Twice the weight.
When you use paper this light, you have to line-match, as well, to reduce ghosting.
MOREOVER, Bibles and other thicker books that use scritta or other high-premium lightweight paper aren't perfect bound, either. They're typically SEWN, rather than only glued. (FYI, they are typically ALSO glued, to add strength.) They're printed in signatures and then sewn together, which provides significant added strength.
If you have a 1470-page book that's 3.24", you are most surely seeing scritta or "Indian" paper, for one thing; it's been sewn, not glued; it probably has a leather binding, not perfect bound.
With all due respect, this is apples and oranges. The one actually has very little to do with the other. It's a bit like saying that because Zebras are members of the Equus family, all horses can or should or do have stripes.
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