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Questions tagged [book-binding]

For questions on the process of book binding, including preparing covers and pages, assembly, and using book binding tools.

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What is a good technique for binding a saddle stitch booklet with a hard-ish cover?

I'm working on a small saddle stitched booklet. The concept involves a relatively hard-ish, see-through cover. The first time around I used 36 pages of 120gsm offset paper in a single booklet. I simply folded a sheet of polypropylene and sewed…
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Binding variously sized pages into a book

I have a bunch of paper memorabilia which would like to bind into a book. The challenge is that there are two types of pages, each type having a slightly different size; and the pages interleave. I don't want to cut them to the smaller size - there…
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Is there a bookbinding technique that will work with sheet protectors?

I have a recipe booklet I disassembled and put into sheet protectors (I'm a bit of a messy cook at times), and the 3-ring binder I put the sheets in is a bit bulky and prone to popping open. Is there a bookbinding stitch/technique that would be…
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Binding a book against the grain

I have stack of nice paper, but it runs against the grain, when used for handbook binding. When binding, the paper grain needs to be parallel to the book binding edge. What happens if a book is bound against the grain? When all of the book: the…
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How do I repair the binding of the book where the spine of the cover is too wide?

I ordered a print-on-demand textbook, and here is what I received: However, when I opened it, this is what I saw: There are two evident problems with this book. The first, that it’s the wrong book, got taken care of quickly. They shipped me the…
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What happened to this book?

Is what happened a rare anomaly or common? (Apologies if this is the wrong substack; I couldn't find a more relevant one.)
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Using leather to bind books with substrate

I have acquired some leather that seems to have been made to be in vehicle interior. I want to use it to bind books with some tooling done to it. This leather seems to be thin compared to the hide that is normally used to bind books. This makes me…
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What would be a good way to bind a A8 notebook?

I would like to make a A8 notebook (52mm x 74mm) with about 50 sheets or more, but I'm not sure which binding would be the most suitable to use. I generally use the Japanese binding for my A4 notebooks but I don't think it would be the best choice…
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Repairing a detached cover on an old leather-bound, sewn book with marbled end papers

I have a beautiful old book from 1869 which, greatly to my chagrin, has been damaged: one of the boards has come off. I would like to repair the book, or at least understand enough about how it ought to be repaired that I can shop around…
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Converting a new, large perfect bound paperback to a durable hardback

I bought a book which is paperback and very large: 697 A4 pages. It appears to be what is called perfect bound, that is, where the spine is adhered directly to the back of the pages. At a minimum, I am going to put a hard cover onto it to protect…
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