How To Bind a Book Video Tutorial – Thermal Binder
I just found this really nice bookbinding demo video from a self-publishing author. His method of printing 2 books together, using a cheap thermal binding machine to do the final gluing, and then cutting the book in half at the end is pretty clever.
If you have to use a copy shop’s stack cutter to trim your book, this is a very economical solution. You can get several books out of each cut – which comes in handy when they charge by the cut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVUikLN0KfU
February 16, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
I am currious about two things. When you mentioned Hot Melt Glue, is it the standard hot glue for a glue gun? Also, how many pages in a book have you successfully put together? How long did it seem to last? I have a 600 page book.
Thank you for all you do!
Kimberli
June 7, 2010 @ 8:29 am
I’m definitely sold on thermal binding machines, many’s the time they’ve rescued old paperbacks of mine.
But my favourite was when my sister printed out a load of my favourite fanfictions for me and bound them together. I still have to lug a laptop around but it saves my eyes when I’m reading fanfiction. 🙂
May 2, 2012 @ 2:15 pm
Great tutorial…cheers