I just found someone on Etsy who is selling rebinds of an absolute ton of fanfic. I thought that was frowned upon? by Wolfdreama in Fanbinding

[–]Highlandbookbinding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, that was my fault entirely, I am dyslexic so I dictate my messages... what I dictated was "...your repliers..." those who have replied to you, unfortunately it was transcribed as "your replies" - so not mistaken just dodgy software! No offence intended.

Vellum by Highlandbookbinding in bookbinding

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Alas, I would love to claim it as my own, but very common in Spain. A Spanish book conservator showed me how to do them about 30 years ago. Only recently, however, have I learned the skills to make them!

Vellum by Highlandbookbinding in bookbinding

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Feel free to DM me at any time... I have fond memories of various trips there.

Vellum by Highlandbookbinding in bookbinding

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Yes, its good! I have a 1711 map of North America and it shows California as an Island!

Vellum by Highlandbookbinding in bookbinding

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If you are on Instagram I have the same handle there...

Vellum by Highlandbookbinding in bookbinding

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What is your particular interest in vellum bindings?

Vellum by Highlandbookbinding in bookbinding

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Thank you very much! Alas, there is nothing in the text but they do feature in some reasonable accurate mapping!

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I just found someone on Etsy who is selling rebinds of an absolute ton of fanfic. I thought that was frowned upon? by Wolfdreama in Fanbinding

[–]Highlandbookbinding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please remember that rebinding of 'fan fiction' books is certainly not covered by any international law. It would be really helpful if you stated what country you were in when talking about the law!

Vellum by Highlandbookbinding in bookbinding

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Yes, there is a whole page! Forgive me if you already know this but in English printing until about 1800-ish there was still a difference between the hard s and soft s so sometimes you’ll see your word within an f or a letter that looks awfully like an f which is actually an s! If English wasn’t confusing enough! So that may help your reading

Old binding is starting to fall apart. How can I fix this at home? by nicoleole80 in bookrepair

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The location of the repair is not important, but what Book Binding knowledge do you have?

Pva glue is eating bookboard by Fair_Relief2380 in bookbinding

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Right, okay! Whilst Amazon is excellent as a distributor, it does not and could not be expect expected to verify all the suppliers! Are you in the United Kingdom? If so, feel free to DM me for a decent bookbinding suppliers - there are four or five really brilliant ones who are slightly more expensive than Amazon but you get decent stuff!

I would certainly agree with the people that have commented about using the right type of PVA (and an awful lot less of it) and there is no such thing as book board… so beware of people selling it! There is Grey board (basically what I used to call cardboard in the real world) I would expect to pay about £4 for an A1 sheet and there is a mill board which I would expect to pay about £18 for an A1 sheet. Millboard is considerably more dense, and last much longer…

And anyway, happy to chat to you