Not unusual in my experience.  Hand trim needed is on end sheets so
textblock (which is untrimmed) fits properly to case.  So more manual labor
-- added cost. At least that is what I remember.  Those with more binding
background -- please correct me if I have this wrong.

Diane

At 02:29 PM 9/25/2006, you wrote:
>Hello Serialst:
>We're moving from "trim" to "no trim" as a better way to preserve our
>bound journal collection.  Our binder tells us since we are not
>"trimming" our journals there is an additional cost for each bound
>volume to hand trim (no trim). With the trim, the journals were being
>cut by a machine, and the no trim will be by hand. Is this common
>practice to charge additional for no trim?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>Liz Lorbeer
>University of Alabama Birmingham - Lister Hill Library
>lorbeer@uab.edu