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# DIY Bookbinding

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- [Hardcover Chapbook 1.0](http://www.diybookbinding.com/hardcover-chapbook-1-0/) - I've been planning a new project that is a cross between a plain old booklet-style chapbook and a hardcover. My wife has written a number of short stories about the main character from period mystery novels. The novels are available in print editions, but the short stories are digital only. So, I decided to take
- [Make Cool Little Booklets With Your Computer](http://www.diybookbinding.com/make-cool-little-booklets-with-your-computer/) - The Lifehacker blog highlighted a website today that showed you how to create an 8 page personal finance booklet. Print out the PDF document, fold and cut as directed, and voila - instant booklet! This is cool! While I don't really need the FILO booklet itself, the idea of being able to make cool little
- [Glue Options For Perfect Bound Paperback Books](http://www.diybookbinding.com/glue-options-for-perfect-bound-paperback-books/)
- [DIY Book Binding Equipment - Binding Jig For Perfect Bound Books](http://www.diybookbinding.com/diy-book-binding-equipment-binding-jig-for-perfect-bound-books/) - There are a lot of options available on the market for perfect bound bookbinding equipment. Most are expensive and geared toward companies running fulltime binderies. Others are pitched at the business market and focus on creating bound reports. There are even a few binding solutions aimed at small operations looking to create short runs of
- [Bookbinding Demonstration - Glue Bound Paperback](http://www.diybookbinding.com/bookbinding-demonstration-glue-bound-paperback/) - During a holiday this summer I made a simple bookbinding jig to help speed up my efforts when creating paperback books (you can read more about the bookbinding jig in this article.) The bookbinding jig worked extremely well (I've made 7 books so far) and I have been having great success using it to make
- [DIY Tabletop Bookbinding Jig [VIDEO]](http://www.diybookbinding.com/diy-tabletop-bookbinding-jig-video/) - Holding the pages of your perfect bound book together while you glue everything together can be frustrating. This simple DIY tabletop bookbinding jig is an easy way to get the job done.
- [Review: Easy BookBinding By Nathan DeStephano](http://www.diybookbinding.com/review-easy-bookbinding-by-nathan-destephano/) - Easy BookBinding, by Nathan DeStephano, is the most current and complete resource I have found for learning how to print and bind your own trade paperback and case bound hardcover books. [UPDATE: This book is no longer available.] However, this book is NOT for everyone. It is NOT written for the book arts enthusiast who
- [Binding Sheet Music Booklets [Video]](http://www.diybookbinding.com/binding-sheet-music-booklets/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hxy6swlv0 David from www.SilverClefMusic.com writes: While it is fascinating and wonderfully educational to learn all these DIY Bookbinding techniques, I have a situation that needs a unique solution. Perhaps all the fine minds here can suggest something. Music publishers, particularly self-publishers which are an ever-growing segment of the industry, often need to bind music scores
- [How To Create Paperback Book Covers For Your Self-Published Books](http://www.diybookbinding.com/how-to-create-covers-for-your-self-published-books/) - My Do-It-Yourself Bookbinding article has turned out to be one of the most popular articles on this site. It came from my desire to have printed copies of some of the many e-books I have collected over the years. Very often I don't worry about putting a cover on the book and just bind the
- [How To Make Sokui Rice Paste Glue [VIDEO]](http://www.diybookbinding.com/how-to-make-sokui-rice-paste-glue-video/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qtb6KeJ0jY A reader of this website asked me a question one day about whether I thought it was a good idea to make your own glue. Up until that point I had never even thought about it. Now, as you can see in the video, I've started making my own glue - just to see
- [Tutorial: How To Laminate DIY Book Covers [VIDEO]](http://www.diybookbinding.com/tutorial-how-to-laminate-diy-book-covers/) - Adding a durable professional quality laminated coating to your DIY book cover is simple and fun using this technique and an inexpensive hot laminator.
- [Saddle Stitched Chapbook: Mister Mottley and the Key of D](http://www.diybookbinding.com/saddle-stitched-chapbook-mister-mottley-and-the-key-of-d/) - My wife, Ellen Seltz, is a writer who has created a vintage style mystery series based on a character named Edmund Mottley. I decided to create a chapbook of one of her short stories - Mister Mottley and the Key of D.
- [Mollie's First Paperback Book and Binding Jig](http://www.diybookbinding.com/mollies-first-paperback-book-and-binding-jig/) - Mollie watched the video tutorial "Basic DIY Bookbinding Demonstration with Hot Glue Gun" over at the DIY Bookbinding YouTube channel and got to work on her first bookbinding project - a perfect-bound notebook. She recruited her husband build her a binding jig following the DIY Binding Jig Plans here on the website making adjustments to
- [Notched-Spine Glue Binding Tutorial](http://www.diybookbinding.com/notched-spine-glue-binding-tutorial/) - DIY Bookbinding reader John Grafton took the basic concepts from the basic bookbinding tutorial and gave it a little twist. John made his own binding jig to speed up the work and improve overall quality. In addition, he used another technique. Before applying glue to the spine of his book he notched it. The notches
- [Reclaimed Book Boards for DIY Hardcover Books [VIDEO]](http://www.diybookbinding.com/reclaimed-book-boards-for-diy-hardcover-books/) - Book Board (aka Binder's Board) can get expensive. Archival quality supplies can cost as much as $5 US per board. But, you probably have access to a large supply that will cost you nothing more than a little time - used books! In my town there are several places that sell second hand merchandise. They
- [Basic DIY Bookbinding Demonstration with Hot Glue Gun [VIDEO]](http://www.diybookbinding.com/basic-diy-bookbinding-demonstration-with-hot-glue-gun-video/) - My first bookbinding video tutorial was successful beyond my wildest dreams (as I write this it has been viewed more than 784,000 time - that is crazy!) I decided it was time to revisit that tutorial, update it a little, and try using hot glue to bind everything together. This new video also features my
- [Self-Published Novel - Mr Prescott and the World Beyond...](http://www.diybookbinding.com/mr-prescott-patricia-hallam-inglis/) - I did not start out to be an indie but that is where I ended up. I have published the book, "Mr. Prescott and the World Beyond..." from the ground up including making my own book trailer as you will see on my site. My story is about a wealthy man who has an encounter
- [Bookbinding As An Art Form [VIDEO]](http://www.diybookbinding.com/bookbinding-as-an-art-form-video/) - Men in Sheds - The Bookbinder Bookbinding can be an entirely practical endeavor. I got my own start by producing paperback versions of e-books I had downloaded so I could read them offline and make notes in the margins. But, there are people who take the same basic process and end up creating books that
- [Case Bound Hardcover Book Tutorial](http://www.diybookbinding.com/case-bound-hardcover-book-tutorial/) - In this video tutorial, by Jennifer of Sea Lemon, you will learn how to create a hardcover case binding for your DIY book project.
- [Bookbinders - Americans at Work (1961)](http://www.diybookbinding.com/bookbinders-americans-at-work-1961/) - Want some insights into commercial bookbinding? Take a look at this video I found recently called "Americans at Work" that was produced back in 1961 by the AFL-CIO union. The video shows the bookbinding process in an early 1960's bindery and highlights the tasks involved in the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Or7wetXQs After a very short introduction about
- [Do It Yourself Book Binding Tutorial - Part 1](http://www.diybookbinding.com/do-it-yourself-book-binding/) - A simple little origami paper trick started a new interest for me in bookbinding - and eventually this handmade bookbinding tutorial. I found a blog article with a link to a PDF file that, when printed out and folded, created a very useful little 8 page expense tracking booklet that would slip in your pocket.
- [Building A Perfect Binding Machine - Examples](http://www.diybookbinding.com/building-a-perfect-binding-machine-examples/) - If you have set out to build your own bookbinding machine to create perfect bound paperback books, it is wise to seek out some examples of machines used in the binding industry. That is easier said than done, but I have located a few places that sell such machines and even found a video demonstrating
- [How To Bind a Book Video Tutorial - Thermal Binder](http://www.diybookbinding.com/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
- [Do It Yourself Book Binding Tutorial - Part 2](http://www.diybookbinding.com/do-it-yourself-book-binding-part-2/) - In Do It Yourself Book Binding Tutorial - Part 1 we looked at the some of the options I found for creating books by hand and the reasons why I settled on a trade paperback style glue-bound book for my project. Now it is time to take a detailed look at the steps I took
- [Origami Mini-Booklets From a Single Sheet of Paper ](http://www.diybookbinding.com/origami-mini-booklets-from-a-single-sheet-of-paper/) - I recently recorded this DIY Bookbinding video tutorial showing how to create a simple origami mini-booklet from a single sheet of paper. This is a fun craft project to do with kids and makes a great book-themed school activity. Primary skills required are paper folding and simple cutting. Applying glue is optional, but something I
- [Instructions on How to Bind a Book](http://www.diybookbinding.com/instructions-on-how-to-bind-a-book/) - When I began searching for instructions on how to bind a book I didn't realize how difficult it would be to find a reliable and useful information. I only wanted to create a simple paperback book (I later learned that paperbacks are called 'perfect bound' books) but found a huge number of websites that were
- [Making Booklets From PDF Files](http://www.diybookbinding.com/making-booklets-from-pdf-files/) - Are you trying to print out the contents of a PDF document in booklet format? A colleague of mine just told me about a very long and drawn out process he went through to create a booklet for his work. The original file he was given for the project had been created with Microsoft Publisher.
- [Plastic Comb Binding For Self-Publishers](http://www.diybookbinding.com/plastic-comb-binding-for-self-publishers/) - Plastic Comb Binding (also known as Comb Binding) is an inexpensive and readily available method of book binding. The spine edge of the paper stack is punched with a series of rectangular holes. The Plastic Comb, which is a tube of flexible plastic with a series of teeth cut into one edge, is threaded through
- [Marketing Strategies for Book Authors](http://www.diybookbinding.com/marketing-strategies-for-book-authors/) - I have a friend who is a fiction writer. We were talking today about ideas for promoting a book she is writing. She writes in a variety of genres, but the book in question is in the 'chick-lit' category - at least that's what she calls it. I came up with these suggestions: Blog -

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- [Report: How To Build a DIY Bookbinding Jig](http://www.diybookbinding.com/diy-bookbinding-jig/) - When I started my bookbinding hobby it was a famously low-rent operation. Tens of thousands of people have read about how I used a couple of paint stirring sticks and a few binder clamps (my 'sticks and clamps' method - check out the video here.) to make my first paperback book. This simple approach inspired
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- [About](http://www.diybookbinding.com/about/) - This all started with a blog post about bookbinding I saw over at Brad Isaac's Achieve-IT! blog (He's since turned it into a really nice inexpensive report called The Fun and Easy Guide to Binding Your Own Paperback Books at Home... Fast!) Until I read this article I had been printing out e-books from my
- [Why Print and Bind Your Own Books...](http://www.diybookbinding.com/home/) - Have you every stared at your computer screen while reading an e-book until you just could not focus your eyes anymore? Have you ever wished you could reach up to the screen and jot a quick note in the margin? Do you find the speed of downloading an E-Book satisfying but the lack of a

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