Printed product binding method

1. A binding method comprising:

generating a mailing list of recipients;

generating a pre-personalized book for each recipient on a binding line;

rejecting one of the pre-personalized books;

identifying the recipient of the rejected pre-personalized book; and

generating an alternate piece that replaces the rejected pre-personalized book, wherein the alternate piece includes a notification to the recipient regarding the status of their pre-personalized book.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the alternate piece is a printed product.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the pre-personalized book includes pre-personalized information and the alternate piece includes the pre-personalized information.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the act of generating the alternate piece includes printing the alternate piece on the binding line.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the act of generating the alternate piece includes printing the alternate piece off-line with respect to the binding line.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the alternate piece is in electronic format.

7. A binding method comprising:

generating a mailing list of recipients;

generating a pre-personalized printed product off-line for selected recipients on the mailing list;

loading the pre-personalized printed products adjacent a binding line;

assembling a book for each recipient including a respective pre-personalized printed product;

rejecting selective recipients' books;

removing the rejected books from the binding line; and

generating an alternate piece in place of each rejected book, the alternate piece being of a different medium than the pre-personalized printed product.

8. The binding method of claim 7 wherein the alternate piece includes at least a portion of the pre-personalized information contained in the pre-personalized printed product for a given selected recipient.

9. The binding method of claim 7 and further including the act of generating a generic book to be sent to the selected recipients whose books, which were to include the pre-personalized printed products, were rejected.

10. A binding method comprising:

generating a pre-personalized book on a binding line for a plurality of specific individuals, each pre-personalized book having therein a pre-personalized signature;

rejecting selective pre-personalized books;

reprinting the pre-personalized signature of one of the rejected pre-personalized books; and

regenerating the rejected pre-personalized book on the binding line for the specific individual to include the reprinted pre-personalized signature, wherein the step of reprinting the portion is done offline with respect to the binding line.

11. A binding method comprising:

generating a mailing list of recipients;

generating a pre-personalized printed product for each recipient;

assembling a book on a binding line for each recipient, each said book including the respective pre-personalized piece;

rejecting selective books;

removing the rejected books from respective spaces along the binding line;

generating an alternate pre-personalized piece for each recipient whose book was rejected, the alternate pre-personalized piece being of a different medium than the pre-personalized printed product; and

inserting the alternate pre-personalized piece into the space previously occupied by the respective rejected book.

12. The binding method of claim 11 wherein generating the alternate pre-personalized piece is done on the binding line.

13. The binding method of claim 11 wherein generating the alternate pre-personalized piece is done off line with respect to the binding line.

14. A method of replacing a rejected book on a binding line, the method comprising:

generating a mailing list of recipients;

assembling a pre-personalized book on the binding line for each recipient;

rejecting selected pre-personalized books;

replacing a first rejected book with a generic book;

replacing a second rejected book with a regenerated second book identical to what the second rejected book should have been; and

replacing a third rejected book with a different medium.