DIY Bookbinding - Bind your own book by hand - E-book - PDF

Bookbinding may well be a dying art in this digital age, but you can still learn how to do it yourself with this easy-to-follow ebook. In fact, you can reverse the course of evolution and convert this particular digital specimen into a durable, hand-stitched book that will last for generations. When you're finished, this ebook will truly be"hands-on." O'Reilly Senior Editor Brian Sawyer takes you through the process with step-by-step instructions and scores of instructive photographs.
All you need to bring to the table are a few simple materials-including magazines you'd like to preserve. Discover how simple, unmessy, fun, and satisfying binding books by hand can be. - Print the pages of this ebook or remove the existing cover from a magazine - Create signatures and prepare them for stitching - Glue the spine - Build and attach the cover boards - Cover the exterior and interior of the cover boards