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Title: Bookbinding is fun
Post by: Rilian on 25 Oct 2006, 13:09

Hey there folks, I just finished a neat little project, perfect binding volume 1 of the Baka-Tsuki (http://project.baka-tsuki.net/index.php?title=Suzumiya_Haruhi) traslation of "The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi" into a 5.5 x 8.5 trade paperback and I and I thought that someone might find it interesting. The guide that I used is  here. (http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2006/03/fun-and-easy-how-to-guide-to-binding-your-own-paperback-books-at-homefast/)

The first time that you open a book that you have bound yourself is a total rush, and I plan on doing this for the rest of the series, so that I will have a nice matching stack of books for myself to read at my leisure

here are my photos, I hope this might inspire more people to try this, it is really fun


front
(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/rilian_alrae/book/front-1.jpg)

back
(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/rilian_alrae/book/back-1.jpg)

full cover
(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/rilian_alrae/book/cover-1.jpg)

inside, book open
(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/rilian_alrae/book/inside-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Bookbinding is fun
Post by: jmrz on 25 Oct 2006, 17:03

That looks really good! I am actually trying something like this at the moment, although need to find some stronger thread.

Title: Re: Bookbinding is fun
Post by: Lines on 25 Oct 2006, 21:47

i had to make a book for a project once. it was pretty fun.

Title: Re: Bookbinding is fun
Post by: strawberry_gashes on 27 Oct 2006, 05:41

That is awesome!  I do not believe that I have come across many book-binders in my day.

Title: Re: Bookbinding is fun
Post by: Karaelise on 13 Nov 2006, 14:40

I actually had to do that in TAFE this semester lol.. its loads of fun hehe... handy thing to have when you need a job.. like a boring office one lol... oh wells.. people out there do that sorta thing for a living which is really cool hehe.. anyways, peace love and understandings

-Kara

Title: Re: Bookbinding is fun
Post by: Blue Kitty on 15 Nov 2006, 11:02

crap, now i want to make a book cover so that it looks like the Necronomicon from the Evil Dead series