Bookbinding 101

CONFUSED ON WHERE TO START?

We’re here to help!

We’ve put together this Bookbinding 101 kit to get you started! This kit contains some basic tutorials to get you started, as well as public domain typesets/various journal typesets, if you’d like something to practice on before jumping into typesetting that fic you’re currently thinking about ;)

There are of course more resources on our other pages, please feel free to explore! Hopefully this little kit helps.

In this kit you will find the following*:

*click on the links to download!

GUIDES:

How to Make A Book by ArmoredSuperHeavy

  • A comprehensive guide on how to make a book from an AO3 fic, from start to finish.

How to Prepare a Book for Printing by katethereader

  • Explains how to print a document in book format.

InDesign Guide by katethereader

  • A more intermediate guide, for binders using InDesign.

Signature Scale by Lysae 

  • For manual imposing! Shows you which pages-per-signature will give you clean signatures at different lengths of files.

Calculate Cover Size by valiha

  • Helps to calculate your cover size!

TYPESETS:

Frankenstein (A4 & Letter), typeset by CanardRoublard

Pride & Prejudice (Letter), typeset by Lysae

Persuasion (Letter), typeset by helleboredpress

Persuasion (two volume set, A7), typeset by katethereader

The Great Gatsby (Letter), typeset by marron

24 page Notebook (A6), created by Lysae

Bullet Journal (Letter), created by valiha

Bullet Journal (A5), created by katethereader

TEMPLATES:

Fic Binding List Template by valiha

  • Use this to track which fics you plan to bind!

Fic Binding List Template by Lysae

  • Use this to track which fics you plan to bind!

Budget Expense Tracking by valiha

  • Track your materials costs.

Template Test by Lysae

  • A typesetting template.

16 side A8 Template by katethereader

  • A typesetting template, for InDesign.

8 side A7 Template by katethetreader

  • A typesetting template, for InDesign.

OTHER:

Punching Cradle by Lysae

Renegade Badges by ruby

  • Merit badges to use at your discretion for your binding achievements!

Renegade Manifesto

  • A mission statement from Renegade, suitable for printing and inclusion in gifted book packages.