#bookbinding asks!

[finalfrontierpublishing]

Hii is there any tutorial on how to bind paperback books? All the tutorials I found of fanbinding from various sources are all hardcovers and it is not something that I can do right now! So I was wondering if there's some alternate options?

oh boy - i don't have any experience with doing paperback books but i did peruse the hive mind (AKA Renegade Discord) to see what resources people who do paperbacks use.

From what I can tell, most people in my bookbinding discord do a doublefan or lumbeck binding, however, this will require a bit of equipment like a press to hold your pages steady.

The videos and advice from people who've tried it make it seem a lil tricky to do since the glue dries fast, its difficult to ensure all the papers are glued and pages fall out etc etc. Another person recommended another video online for regular perfect binding:

I haven't watched this person's videos before, so wouldn't be able to comment on bookbinding technique etc. YMMV.

I personally still prefer to do sewn versions of books because the book is held together with stitching rather than glue and is more secure in that sense. if you have issues obtaining board, you could try the sewn-board binding, but use cardstock or bristol board instead of actual board? i've also done coptic style books where i've stitched cardstock onto the front and back as covers.

Hope this helps!!! apologies that this isn't my area of expertise so my comments on this will be a little limited.

If you'd like to ask some questions on the Renegade Bindery Discord and you're above 18, feel free to PM me and i'll send you the link to it! :)

#fanbinding #ficbinding #bookbinding #bookbinding asks! #final frontier publishing #bookbinding questions!

[charlietinpants]

Can I still send you questions from the bookbinding meme?

1, 10, and 14 if you haven't answered them already.

Aww yes i am! Thanks for your questions!

I have answered 1 and 10 here.

14. Do you have a favourite paper for textblocks?

I do! It's a little hard to get paper where I am - I've had to ship it to me because short grain paper / or cutting of paper doesn't really exist where i am. I normally get Context Natural Paper in A4 100gsm from Small Print Co in the UK, but I'm still not 100% clear if the paper is acid-free, though the lineco pH pen seems to say so.

I also have letter and legal paper which I bought during my last US trip which is definitely acid-free - that would be Hammermill Cream in Letter and Legal sizes, 20lbs. The Hammermill Cream Letter paper has been cut special by Church Paper, which is listed under bookbinding paper on their website and has been cut specifically as short grain. For the legal paper, you may need to specify what grain you want because I received short grain when I wanted long grain - according to Church Paper, they've been cutting the paper special as Hammermill has discontinued the Legal cream line.

I quite like the texture, weight and colour of the Hammermill, though I found that the Hammermill Legal tends to jam my printer way more than the 100gsm Context Natural paper did.

Other A4 paper recs from other people:

If you're Australia based - Reflex Sand is what most of the Aussies use - i believe its still long grain so the Aussies usually buy A3 and cut it.

Another friend has recommended this paper from Japan which is short grain and also acid-free. Have not yet managed to try either of these two A4 papers as I can't seem to order it from where i am.

#fanbinding #bookbinding #ficbinding #bookbinding asks! #final frontier publishing #bookbinding questions!

[bamsara]

I accidently deleted the ask because my phones broken screen did a weird touch glitch thing so just in case: you can print out / bookbind any of my fanfictions, or have someone else do it for you if you need a permission to do so (so as long as it's not being sold. Commissioning a bookbinder to bind the fic doesn't count, that's fine)

Though I would HIGHLY recommend going through with grammerly and proof reading before making signatures because I don't use a beta reader since I write for fun and escapism, I don't focus real hard on proper of it and a lot of my stuff has hidden grammatical and spelling errors (I'll get around to editing and fixing that...eventually)

#sara shush #i answered this before on someone wanting to bookbind solar lunacy and my iz stuff but i realize that was asks ages ago #i should put it in my faq

[gia-d]

Guess who just completed their first Linked Universe Bookbinding project! 💙

Made myself an anthology of all my favourite Wild-centric fics that were just too short to be a book on their own.

I wanted to model the cover off the Champion's Tunic so I ended up finding this gorgeous bright blue bookcloth and decorated it with white HTV, then found some blue and white headbands to match (not quite ready to try making my own just yet).

I hope people like this because I've got a big Linked Universe Bookbinding project I plan to announce soon, so stay tuned for that!

(Also please don't ask what fics I included, I feel guilty because I wasn't able to make authors copies and I don't want anyone to feel disappointed)

#linked universe #lu wild #linked universe fic #fanbinding #ficbinding #bookbinding #my books #feel free to ask me questions about the process!

[shamedumpster]

I designed and hand bound It's Not the Same Anymore into a proper book!! It's been a long but rewarding process from start to finish, and I'm so happy to have a physical version now! :))

Thank you to @renegadepublishing for having so many good resources available for beginner bookbinders. Anyone else who'd like to try, start there!

(Bookbinding progress pics and a bunch of the chapter header images below the cut, for anyone who's curious!)

Bookbinding Process Pics:

Chapter Header Images:

#les mis #exr #enjoltaire #fanfiction #bookbinding #my-art #INtSA #putting my graphic design degree to use #I had to ask the people at office depot to print this book jacket #fanfic bookbinding

[mister-a-z-fell]

You might already have seen this videograph elsewhere, but I was rather excited to add this particular book to my collection! One of only twenty-four copies, I feel deeply privileged to be able to share it with you all.

Not only is the story itself very special to me (and worryingly accurate in many respects), it is most gloriously and skilfully bound, and contained in a burr oak box with brass fittings, lined with hand-marbled paper of celestial blue, and illustrated by that marvel of portraiture, Mister Paul Kidby.

Within the box are an assortment of ephemera, some of which are pictured below.

(And yes, I can read the alien ‘penalty notice’.)

#hashytag Good Omens #leave it alone Jim #Fenella Fudge reads the news #we like holding hands #don’t ask about the leopard #All Hail #terry pratchett #neil gaiman #paul kidby #rob wilkins #dunmanifestin #a very nice courier named Graham #and a host of artisans including bookbinders #Lyra’s Books #paper marblers #metalworkers #printers #cabinetmakers and diuerse others #Youtube

[that-butch-archivist]

"The New York Femmes, 1991" by Morgan Gwenwald

source: The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Joan Nestle

#once i get a proper scanner it's over for all of you #unfortunately my printer is SHITE #also unfortunately the way a lot of these books are bound #i'm pretty sure getting a good scan would require taking the binding apart so i can get a clean scan of each pag #and i have found bookbinders in my area #i am admittedly very nervous to take these books apart though at least not without more knowledge #i'll have to ask for the advice and assistance of one of these bookbinders #let them tell me how before i ruin everything ya know #lesbian literature #lesbian #dyke #archived #thatbutcharchivist #femme #femme lesbian #femme dyke #black femme #black femme lesbian #poc femme #lesbian history #black lesbian history #black lesbian #poc lesbian #lesbian books #lesbian photography #author: joan nestle #the persistent desire #year: 1992 #publisher: alyson publications inc. #photographer: morgan gwenwald

[wolfsbanesparks]

Another bind completed!

I started this one during Binderary but just didn't have time to case it in until now!

But I love how it turned out! It was my first time using heat transfer vinyl (HTV) but I am a huge fan of how it looks! I had way too much fun picking out different fonts for the titles to match each story. Also I bought little lightning bolt charms in a bunch of colors to add to the bookmark ribbons! I will be adding them to basically all of my Shazam books now, they're just so cute!

This is a collection of short stories I've written over the past couple of years that center around Billy Batson and Captain Marvel (which is most of them) You can see them listed in the Table of Contents page but I'll link them under the cut for anyone interested.

Stories included in this collection:

Where It All Began

Our Hero

Sticky Fingers

What Are Friends For

Learning to be Heroes

The House on Willow Creek Lane

Coming Out is Hard

A Birthday is Just Another Day

One Half of a Golden Locket

A Perfect Day

Lost Time

In the Aftermath

Truce

Metamorphosis

You're Listening to WHIZ Radio

#ask me whatever you want y'all #shazam #billy batson #dc captain marvel #fanbinding #bookbinding #fanfic binding #i think this is my prettiest bind yet!

[swordsmans]

There's been a lot going around in the last week or so about fanbinding and concerns from fic authors about binders profiting from their work. I just wanted to clear the air a little around here with some info about my own work just so we're all on the same page.

I will never profit from any fanbound works, including my own. Every book I bind includes a legalese section in the beginning of the typeset stating that it is not for for-profit resale. I do not charge anything for books I choose to bind and gift myself.

I will never sell another author's work even indirectly through commissions. My fanbinding requests are open exclusively to fic authors who want their own fics bound or exceptional cases of a third party who can guarantee a gift copy will make it to the fic author (and, preferably, any interested fic fanartists) with author permission.

I will never sell finished typesets. Ever. No negotiations. If you want a typeset I've already made so that you can bind a copy of the fic for yourself, just ask. My own typesets are available for free to anyone who wants them, and I'm happy to share other typesets to trusted parties as long as I have author permission and a guarantee that they will not be monetized once the typesets leave my hands.

The books and typesets that do end up on my store will always be 1) copies of my own fics; 2) priced free/as low as possible with a "pay what you want" option. I will never put binds of someone else's fics on my store. I will never list a bind of my own for sale that is not also (again) accompanied by a free typeset. This is to ensure that no aspect of the fanwork is behind a paywall (including other artists' fanart) and any money exchanged is exclusively for the physical art of binding.

I have a deep, lifelong love for books. As a librarian, my entire life (both personally and professionally) revolves around free and no-profit access to knowledge and stories. I can't speak for others (especially the assholes on Etsy), but I did not begin binding fanworks with the intent to profit and that still holds true. I have the utmost respect for fic authors as both a fan and a fellow fanwriter, and I'm wildly disappointed that a few bad actors have put such a negative spotlight on a corner of fanart that has always been fundamentally about uplifting and supporting fanfiction and fanwriting at its heart.

Anyway, thanks for reading!

#this has been 'ultra-niche fandom drama from gyro' thanks for tuning in #i try to stay out of pretty much everything but the fact that it is so niche is like... eugh. little waves can do big damage #especially because fanfiction is a fundamentally different beast from fanart in the legal space #so fanart that sits in direct conversation WITH fanfic becomes doubly murky and doubly risky #bookbinding #fanbinding #bad blade bindery #i realize its a huge ask but i am begging people who are new to fandom subculture to be cool for just like two seconds GOD

[chubsonthemoon]

Hello!! I'm a baby bookbinder, and I really loved the format in which you bound the three shorts fics in your 23th february post. I'd love to try and replicate this perfect format. Could you tell me the type of biding you used please? Thank you!!!

Hello hello! Thanks so much for stopping by and for the kind words! <3

For those books, I used a modified version of @ashmouthbooks's super cool paperback format! They use self-ended endpapers, where you paste the first and last sheet of the textblock directly to the covers. I do basically the same thing, except I glue an extra sheet of Kraft paper to the cover paper to make it sturdier + add a hinge to help the book open a little easier. I talk a bit about this process in this post too, where you can see how I layer the scrapbook paper + Kraft paper, then mark the spine and hinge areas for creasing. (As you can see in the post, I actually sew the textblock with French link stitches, but you could definitely use perfect binding instead!)

I also do this with my digitally designed covers, printed on matte photo paper--here are the two layers pre-gluing and trimming:

You can also just nix the kraft paper entirely! Cardstock and scrapbook paper work really well on their own in my experience, since they're already a bit sturdier. One thing I've found really helpful also, if you have it, is to use a scoring tool to crease where you want the hinge/spine. This is especially helpful if you do end up adding an extra layer to the cover paper, because it can kind of difficult to get a clean crease without it.

Then after everything is trimmed and creased, I glue the cover directly to the endpapers, leaving the spine and hinge areas free so that the book can open easily.

And that's about it! I hope this was helpful, and thanks again for stopping by! :D

#asks #hattoririma #fanbinding #bookbinding #ficbinding

[finalfrontierpublishing]

How long does the digital preparing of the text take vs the actual binding of the book? Bookbinding has caught my interest (I blame your beautiful copy of the Desert Storm), but it's not a great time for me to fully dive into it. I was wondering if preparing the text for a couple different books before learning the actual binding part would make sense at all.

hello!!! thank you so much for your question! digitally preparing the text or 'typesetting' as we like to call it can take a variable amount of time - some people take several hours to do a typeset while some can take days to longer, depending on how fancy you wanna go.

on average, it takes me between 1-2 days to get it to a stage that i like (i am also using Affinity Publisher which is a program that is relatively new to me, so i am definitely slower with it compared to other people). i also generally need to be in the right state of mind to typeset so i do this in stages as well. for the actual bookbinding itself - it can take me something like 3 - 5 days to complete a book. it's usually longer though because i don't have time to bookbind every day and i love to take breaks between steps.

if you would like to practice typesetting before you start - that's totally ok! it's absolutely a learning process and not everyone wants to throw themselves head first into the binding aspect - i did a couple of typesets first before i started. if you need any advice on learning how to prepare a typeset - i'd recommend renegade bindery and its discord as a reference - they have some great resources for beginners, and there are people with experience in most typesetting programs used (e.g. microsoft word, indesign, publisher, google docs, libreoffice etc etc). otherwise, i also know of facebook groups such as Amateur Fanfic Binding group which also has a lot of beginner-friendly resources.

Please let me know if you need any help at all - i do have some experience with word so i can help troubleshoot issues sometimes.

#bookbinding #fanbinding #renegade bindery #bookbinding asks! #final frontier publishing

[rist-ix]

So I just finished like my seventh reread of tbhtbh (both on the account of your writing and just the fact that great unfinished stories do not let my mind rest) I thought I would really love to have it bound, since some stories just benefit from being on paper.

So... could I bound it? Right now Sparked, since it is finished obv. I know that especially with the still raw wound in the dramione community bookbinding is a bit of a taboo topic, but I would never think about making a profit from it. I don't want to post it anywhere either (unless you'd like to see it as well, hell I can even make 2 copies and send you one, free of even the post charge, a present from the community for the present you gave us), I just want to enjoy the process and I enjoy your writing tremendously and I just want to bring it to paper, since that's what it deserves. I will not do it without your permission tho, that would feel too icky.

Did I also mention how tremendously talented you are? It's kinda scary sometimes honestly lol.

AbsoLUTELY you can! I'm honored you would want that, go right ahead! (Idk what you're referring to with the dramione thing tho, pls do give me the tea) No need to send me one, but i would LOVE to see a picture once its done if thats ok with you, I'm so curious how it'll turn out!

#fic: sparked #asks #i wish i could bookbind that sounds like SUCH a neat skill #have fun with it! go nuts!

[ashmouthbooks]

20 questions about bookbinding

What are you excited about binding right now?

What is your latest binding?

What was your first binding?

What is your favourite binding so far?

When did you get into bookbinding?

What is a binding by another binder you really love?

What’s your favourite type of binding? (coptic, stab, fine, Bradel, etc.)

What’s a binding type you’ve never done but that you’d love to try one day?

How would you describe your binding style?

What’s your favourite bookbinding tool?

Do you have a DIY press/what is your press like?

What is your workspace like?

Do you have a favourite cover material?

Do you have a favourite paper for textblocks?

What are your feelings about headbands?

What type of text do you usually bind?

Do you match the aesthetic of the bind to the text?

Have you ever done a rebind?

Do you have other craft hobbies besides bookbinding?

If you had to give past!you one advice about bookbinding what would it be, and is it the same advice you give newbies?

#bookbinding #fanbinding #ficbinding #meme #thought I’d start a meme! reblog if you want people to ask you questions about your bookbinding

[gia-d]

Do you have any recommendations on how to learn bookbinding? It looks super cool, but I don't know where to start.

It depends on the type of bookbinding you want to get into, my focus is primarily on hardcover case bound books, so if that is what you are keen on, here are some resources that I found incredibly useful while learning:

YouTube

DAS bookbinding has a whole bunch of really detailed, professional tutorials that are incredibly useful. He covers multiple types of binds and techniques and they are all very easy to follow. (I always laugh when I watch his videos tho because he’s Aussie like me and he has the EXACT same shitty tiles in his workroom that I have in my house.)

Sea Lemon does bookbinding amongst other crafts, and while her videos are shorter and less in depth, they are very friendly for beginners and offer alternatives if you don’t have all the tools/equipment at home

Omgreylo is great for if you are doing fanbinding, she also has videos on typesetting, which is something you’ll want to learn too if you are planning on fanbinding. Her videos are also very chill and sometimes I’ll just watch them to relax because I’m a nerd.

Ingenious Designs has some really good videos on some more advanced skills like edge gilding and working with leather bound books. He’s also really charismatic so his videos are fun and informative.

I’m probably forgetting a few, but those channels have all been super useful. The other thing that I do and highly recommend is just browsing the bookbinding and fanbinding tags on tumblr, reddit and instagram to see what other people are doing. A lot of people (including myself when I finally remember to actually take pictures and record the process) will post progress photos alongside the finished project and will talk about the process. Most people are quite happy to answer any questions you might have about their projects too so don’t be afraid to ask.

Also the most important piece of advice I can give, if you are serious about bookbinding, GET YOURSELF SOME SHORT-GRAIN PAPER. It makes all the difference in terms of quality, ease of use, and durability.

Anyways if anyone else has any other resources or tips they think are useful, please feel free to add!

#bookbinding #fanbinding #my asks

[saintsenara]

For the tag game, I wanna know about Metallurgy please and thank you!

thank you, anon! an excellent choice from the work in progress tag game buffet...

metallurgy has the dubious honour of being the first sequel i've ever considered writing...

and it has the lovely @bronzeagepizzeria to thank for its existence, after i ended up chatting to her in the comment section of bookbinding about what the future looked like for the newly-engaged tom and myrtle:

well, lads, sirius black and merope riddle [jr.] enemies-to-lovers is what you are indeed getting.

her elder brothers are torn between amusement and the desire to murder sirius for being a prick, her father is losing his mind at the fact that teenage girls' drama has forced its way into his life [and is able to terrify sirius much more effortlessly than any of his sons will manage], and her mother remembers all too well the heartache of falling for a boy who is, like all teenage boys, a bit thick.

in between, we get to find out what's happened to tom's career as wizarding britain's premier antiques dealer [i.e. that he spends his time conning cygnus and orion black into selling him priceless valuables for the cost of a sandwich], how myrtle is doing in the department of mysteries, whether that rabbit is still alive, exactly how many ways james, remus, and peter are going to manage to fuck up their pal's attempts to get the girl, what bellatrix's life would be like if she fancied an age-appropriate parselmouth, and how - in a universe where the first war doesn't happen - hogwarts students in the 1970s had plenty of free time they could fill by being complete idiots.

we also get a sighting of a very rare, but extremely enjoyable, version of lord voldemort...

the one where he's a committed wife guy.

#work in progress ask game #asenora fics #metallurgy #tom riddle x myrtle warren #tyrtle nation reassemble #bookbinding #... is getting a sequel lads!

[bluejayblueskies]

How do you store your pamphlet bound fics? I'm never sure about binding fics that way because you can't really put a label on the spine, so if I ended up with a lot of them it could be hard to find a specific fic. Any thoughts?

i put mine in an old pasta box, cut at an angle so i can see the colors of the cardstock;

i vaguely remember which fics had which colored covers, so i can look for those colors and find the fics i want! putting them in order alphabetically by either title or author helps too, that way i know i'm looking for one near the right or the left of the box. i'm not sure if this method would work well for a very large quantity of pamphlet binds with similar colored covers, but it seems to be working well so far.

#ask #mimsical-on-main #bookbinding #(i also have many case-bound books with no spine labels though so i'm used to generally remembering which order i have my fics shelved in)