Media Alternatives, Inc. works both through exclusive agreements with publishers as well as with individuals looking to alter the binding of a book they already own (see details and legal notice below about our commitment to copyright protection). Media Alternatives creates specialty bindings (mostly spiral editions) for a wide variety of non-fiction titles and genres.

To produce the highest quality spiral bindings available, our staff is thoroughly trained on precision equipment. In keeping with our commitment to top quality, we often upgrade our equipment, read trade news, and are members of multiple professional associations, such as the Independent Book Publishers Association and Book Arts Guild. This website is geared to retail customers looking to bind a single copy of a book they own. But publishers, businesses, and organizations interested in spiral or other bindings for longer run editions, can contact us using the form near the bottom of this page.

Note/FYI: We are using a “.org” web address because some digital squatter wanted a ridiculous amount of money for the domain MediaAlternatives.com

One of the great pleasures in life is to tweak the tools you have so that tool works just the way you like it. Maybe it’s adding memory to your Dell laptop, maybe it’s putting specialized snow tires on your Ford pickup, or maybe you want to refer to your book without having to hold it open with both hands.You own it, so make it just the way you want it.*
^{(Again, see legal notice at bottom of page)}

We've all experienced binding frustration: you're testing a recipe from a new cookbook and you find you can’t both hold open the book and keep a grip on your spatula. At Media Alternatives, we have a solution. Using precision, cutting edge technology (literally), our team of experienced professionals can transform almost any book into a high quality spiral-bound version--an edition that will stay wide open or lay flat for convenient, hands-free reading. Send us books you own or tell us what you want and we can buy the book from the publisher for you and turn it into the binding you want. It's the same book, but now easier to read and use!

The rebinding of books is permitted under Section 109(a) of the U.S. Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. Section 109(a)), which is also referred to as the “first sale doctrine.” Section 109(a) states that “the owner of a particular copy [of a work] is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of that possession of that copy.” This permits the legal purchaser of a copy of a book to alter (and resell) his/her book and specifically exempts such activity from any claim of copyright infringement.

Please note, however, that this permission and our services do not, under any circumstances, extend to counterfeit or otherwise unauthorized duplicates of such works. All books purchased by Media Alternatives, Inc. on behalf of buyers are sourced directly from publishers or authorized third-party retailers. Receipt of any such unauthorized works direct from clients will constitute forfeiture and the offending works will be destroyed.