Abstract: In a channel clip report binder of the type wherein the marginal edges of a stack of leaves to be bound together are clipped between a pair of resilient side walls of a channel clip member, a cover is provided by hinging together major and minor portions of front and back cover sheet portions, respectively. The minor portions of each of the front and back cover sheets are bonded to the outer faces of the channel side walls in mutually opposed face-to-face relation. The hinges of each of said front and back cover sheets are disposed generally parallel to and adjacent to the base portion of the channel clip member. In one method of cover construction, a unitary cover sheet is pleated to provide a minor cover portion having one inwardly directed inverted V-shaped pleat adapted to receive the channel clip member.