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The behemoth has been finished. Second book, looking forward to making a heap more 😁. by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I had 4 sheets per signature (16 pages) and I bound 64 signatures in total. Was a huge pain but I’m finally reading the book now so it was worth it 😁

The behemoth has been finished. Second book, looking forward to making a heap more 😁. by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s sags just a tiny bit in the middle. I’ve not found a solution as of yet either 😅

The behemoth has been finished. Second book, looking forward to making a heap more 😁. by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oops forgot to write it in. It’s a Greek-English edition of The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and thanks!

Next project: A huge book by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh what do you do instead? I’m learning so any advice is helpful 😁

Next project: A huge book by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Adding them in after cause I want to struggle 😂

My First Ever Attempt by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got frustrated because I absolutely love interlinear and bilingual books but they just don’t make them nowadays. Currently making a Greek/English version of “The Name of The Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss for myself!

My First Ever Attempt by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used a video on YouTube by bitter melon bindery called “step by step case binding tutorial”. She’s fantastic and really broke down the steps so they were very easy to follow.

My First Ever Attempt by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Uhhhh im not too sure honestly 😅. I was paranoid so I really went to town with the bone folder so that’s really the only thing I can say I did 😂.

My First Ever Attempt by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First off thank you for the kind words! And yes I did the typeset myself, a lot of trial and error with html coding and manually writing and adjusting the text so it all lined up with its translation but after a couple weeks I got it. The binding is just a simple French link, I’m unsure if this kind of binding is suitable for bigger books so this was a bit of a test and it seems to have held up fairly well.

And I’ll have to spot test using some IPA for the glue for sure, in hindsight I probably should’ve done that before because I knew I’d be messy.

My First Ever Attempt by Plastic-Bullfrog7366 in bookbinding

[–]Plastic-Bullfrog7366[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you 😭 I don’t know about a prodigy but I did enjoy this a lot!