Backroads Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 As I post this, I'm already googling this and fantasizing about making a new hobby. The backstory is my dog got a hold of a book my daughter was enjoying and ripped off the spine. The pages themselves are fine, and almost immediately I mused if I could rebind the book myself. It seems a fascinating world and wonder if anyone here has ever delved into it. Vort 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 I've wanted to. Particularly to make custom leather bindings. Could be fun. Backroads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnsonJones Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) On 1/10/2022 at 11:45 AM, Backroads said: As I post this, I'm already googling this and fantasizing about making a new hobby. The backstory is my dog got a hold of a book my daughter was enjoying and ripped off the spine. The pages themselves are fine, and almost immediately I mused if I could rebind the book myself. It seems a fascinating world and wonder if anyone here has ever delved into it. A little bit. Enough to get in trouble giving advice for it. I've done it occasionally as I've made books for the students (where I didn't want to go the traditional printer's route, they charge a LOT more than if I do it myself. edit - meaning a publisher will sell the books to the student at the book store for $60 -$120 where if I do it myself I can save them money and they buy it for $10-$15). Several different ways of doing it. Sewing will give a much stronger binding but takes longer and special machines. Gluing is cheaper and faster (and normally will last a semester for the students, most of them only want it for that long anyways...and 1/2 of those books look like they never got opened anyways). If you have a local printer, most have binding equipment that can bind it how you want or need to to be bound. Edited January 12, 2022 by JohnsonJones Backroads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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