Hi everyone! I'm exploring an idea for a DIY bookbinding kit designed for readers.

The concept is a kit that lets you create your own hardcover reading journal, with pages to track books, ratings, favorite quotes, and reflections.

I'm considering a price of $54.99, but the product isn't available yet.

I'd love some honest feedback:

1. Would you consider buying this at $54.99?
2. What would you want included to make it worth that price?
3. Would you prefer this over a regular bookbinding kit or a finished reading journal?

I'm researching the idea before investing in inventory, so critical feedback is especially helpful. Thank you!

Hi everyone! I'm exploring an idea for a DIY bookbinding kit designed for readers.

The concept is a kit that lets you create your own hardcover reading journal, with pages to track books, ratings, favorite quotes, and reflections.

I'm considering a price of $54.99, but the product isn't available yet.

I'd love some honest feedback:

1. Would you consider buying this at $54.99?
2. What would you want included to make it worth that price?
3. Would you prefer this over a regular bookbinding kit or a finished reading journal?

I'm researching the idea before investing in inventory, so critical feedback is especially helpful. Thank you!

I decided to make some prints of fanfics for my pre-readers and editors for Christmas. What do you guys think? These are some of my first projects.

i found this book at my grandpa's house in relative disrepair, missing both covers and with a weird bend in the spine. what happened to curve the spine like this, and how can i fix it for him?

I had an idea to translate sashiko stitches onto an exposed spine over coptic stitches. It was the first time that I attempted sashiko as well. I used the ajisai sashi stitch here.

It’s vertically more stretched than the original pattern but it was a good experiment to understand the measurements and process. Thicker signatures would likely work better. I might even reconsider making the base coptic stitch looser/have less sections because of tension issues when I layered the sashiko stitches over.

Materials: Korean Sun Moon Five Peaks foiled cotton fabric (Sewing Doing), Van Gogh paper (Pepin Press), book cloth, metal button, druzy and glass beads
Thread: Multicolored linen
Paper size: 7.4x21 cm
Signatures: 13
Pages: 208

Ordered this used book on Amazon and I take pride in having well-cared for books. Ive never done any bookbinding before, but I've lurked here enough to know it has a deceptively tall learning curve. If its fixable for cheap I may attempt it. But if not, whatever, I got it $6 originally anyway.

Hi everyone! I wanted to share my latest project. It features the Yggdrasil tree of life and a runic compass embossed in gold foil on brown leather. I'm really happy with how the wrap-around magnetic clasp turned out. Let me know what you think!

my question is about cutting bookboard

ive been just kind of hacking at it with a razorblade, which takes so long and results in a kind of ugly line. but ive seen all the people online cutting those quick clean lines, so my question is- what is the most efficient way to cut 2mm board, and what tools do i need to do it?

Hey y’all. I’m trying to find and decide which material is best for printing covers. I’m looking for something matte and mostly smooth. I don’t want too much of a linen texture. I’ve seen people use PPD printable canvas on Amazon. But they had problems with it being too thick because of its gsm or with it cracking along the hinge. Any suggestions? I’d love to see photos of your book bindings with the materials you’ve used for your covers!

I want to share my latest work. I make notebooks like this as a gifts for my friends. Recently, I saw a post in this group with a beautiful pattern on the cover, and I decided to repeat it.

Hi, I'm trying to make my own Paper Republic sort of dupe but dont know which leather to use.

I found the leather in the first photo, but I dont know if it could be used to create the exact thickness and consistency of the book in the last two photos.

Thoughts?