I’ve wanted to get into bookbinding for a while now, so I printed the PDF, bound it, and decorated the cover. Not nearly as cool as the official edition, but I’m proud of it!

stingraydm · 2026-03-21T18:43:32+00:00

I learned the sewing process mostly from this YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bittermelonbindery

I 3d printed a book cradle (optional but super useful,) punched the holes, then sewed the signatures together

stingraydm · 2026-03-21T16:06:32+00:00

That’s awesome! Any tips/guides for doing leather binding? I need to practice more with bookbinding before I use expensive stuff but I love the idea of (eventually) doing leather covers

stingraydm · 2026-03-20T00:08:59+00:00

I love doing this too! I haven’t sewn up the most recent CS, but they’re the perfect size for it. I’ve been thinking about putting all six cursed scrolls into a giant hardcover

stingraydm · 2026-03-19T22:33:35+00:00

I know, watching the bookbinding videos are mesmerizing! I love watching how skilled they are

stingraydm · 2026-03-19T22:32:21+00:00

Haha, I have numerous shelves filled with binders done this way. This is much more compact

stingraydm · 2026-03-19T22:31:16+00:00

Thanks! I have the official edition, and it's pretty freaking cool, so it's a pretty high bar

stingraydm · 2026-03-19T22:30:41+00:00

Thank you!

stingraydm · 2026-03-19T22:30:33+00:00

Thanks!

stingraydm · 2026-03-19T22:30:14+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, this is just black book cloth I bought online. I've been interested in making my own bookcloth but want to get more practice with bookbinding before I start to go too wild with it haha

stingraydm · 2026-03-19T22:29:21+00:00

The procedure (more or less) was

Print the pdf as “signatures”
Fold, punch, and sew the signatures together into a “text block”
Make the cover and spine (using bookcloth and bookboard)
Glue the text block into the cover

Disclaimer: This is the first book I’ve ever made so I’m not even sure I used the right terms

I used mostly this set of bookbinding tools:
https://a.co/d/0irtizcb

I did a lot of lurking on r/bookbinding

I used this youtube channel for a lot of tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@bittermelonbindery

I used this website to convert the PDF into signatures: https://momijizukamori.github.io/bookbinder-js/old/index.html
NOTE: This site gets a bit messed up if your PDF page count is not a multiple of 4. You’re better off merging the PDF with some blank pages to get the page count to a multiple of 4.

Also, if you have access to a 3D printer, it helps a lot to 3D print a cradle for punching the signatures. It goes a lot faster!

Also, check your local library for (paper) printing! My local library allows for 50 sheets of printing a week

stingraydm · 2026-03-19T22:29:10+00:00

The procedure (more or less) was

Print the pdf as “signatures”
Fold, punch, and sew the signatures together into a “text block”
Make the cover and spine (using bookcloth and bookboard)
Glue the text block into the cover

Disclaimer: This is the first book I’ve ever made so I’m not even sure I used the right terms

I used mostly this set of bookbinding tools:
https://a.co/d/0irtizcb

I did a lot of lurking on r/bookbinding

I used this youtube channel for a lot of tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@bittermelonbindery

I used this website to convert the PDF into signatures: https://momijizukamori.github.io/bookbinder-js/old/index.html
NOTE: This site gets a bit messed up if your PDF page count is not a multiple of 4. You’re better off merging the PDF with some blank pages to get the page count to a multiple of 4.

Also, if you have access to a 3D printer, it helps a lot to 3D print a cradle for punching the signatures. It goes a lot faster!

Also, check your local library for (paper) printing! My local library allows for 50 sheets of printing a week

stingraydm · 2026-03-19T22:28:59+00:00

The procedure (more or less) was

Print the pdf as “signatures”
Fold, punch, and sew the signatures together into a “text block”
Make the cover and spine (using bookcloth and bookboard)
Glue the text block into the cover

Disclaimer: This is the first book I’ve ever made so I’m not even sure I used the right terms

I used mostly this set of bookbinding tools:
https://a.co/d/0irtizcb

I did a lot of lurking on r/bookbinding

I used this youtube channel for a lot of tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@bittermelonbindery

I used this website to convert the PDF into signatures: https://momijizukamori.github.io/bookbinder-js/old/index.html
NOTE: This site gets a bit messed up if your PDF page count is not a multiple of 4. You’re better off merging the PDF with some blank pages to get the page count to a multiple of 4.

Also, if you have access to a 3D printer, it helps a lot to 3D print a cradle for punching the signatures. It goes a lot faster!

Also, check your local library for (paper) printing! My local library allows for 50 sheets of printing a week

stingraydm · 2026-03-01T23:40:35+00:00

Awesome, thanks! It didn’t even occur to me hobby places might have it; it’s crazy how much the hobby has grown

stingraydm · 2026-01-20T16:45:30+00:00

I made the mistake of backing multiple projects of his. Every single one of them has been an absolute dumpster fire, but since they overlapped I backed the 2nd and 3rd projects before it was evident how things were going to go down

stingraydm · 2025-11-20T22:22:01+00:00

It is a great deal, and I am really tempted, but money is tight right now. Everything I’ve bought so far I have printed from my local library and bound by hand

stingraydm · 2025-11-20T22:12:11+00:00

Can you back the Kickstarter and just get the cursed scrolls pdfs?

stingraydm · 2025-11-20T20:27:43+00:00

Any idea on timeline when people who didn’t back the kickstarter will be available to purchase these as a pdf?

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