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Hi everyone. I've had some demand to make a tutorial about how I put together my self-published book, Fervourography . So I have bowed to public demand and rotted away at my computer desk for a few days to present these two tutorials:Eyespiral's Book Printing Tutorial , and
Eyespiral's Book Binding Tutorial
Be warned, before you commit to downloading them or clicking to see them full-view - they are enormous, i.e. 8.6Mb and 6Mb respectively, and long-winded. They do, however, present a comprehensive explanation of how to create you own A6 hardcover book. And, if you're curious, the cost I calculated for Fervourography turned out to be about $6 per book. Of course, this changes according to your materials and so on, but that's just a guide for you.
I hope you find these tutorials interesting and helpful, and not too huge on your internet connection.
~Jessica
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Hello! You have been added to the first part of the Artisan Crafts ABC , as one extraordinary example of all the wonderful artisan crafts there is 
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i'vealways loved the idea of hand making books! it's really cool that you would take the time to put up a tutorial for it!
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just out of curiousoty, would parchment paper work on this as well for the pages?
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Hey you have my first name how long is your book?
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This tutorial is brilliant! exactly what i was looking for
thank you so much ^__^
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Thank you so much!
I've been looking for a tut to help me bind my custom River Song journal, and the way my pages are, I needed a sewn one versus a glue one! Thanks!
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Oh my goodness.... I wish I'd found this sooner when I was making a butt ton of books for school projects *_* <3 you are awesome
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I don't know when or why, but I will be using this soon.
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Ohmygod, I think I'm in love with you. I've been breaking my head open trying to figure out how to bind a journal. Your solution is simple and I can totally afford to do this. Thank you!
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Wow. This is really helpful. My friends and I are doing a creative project for school and this totally helps.
But...just one question, around how long does this take to make?
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I have tried downloading this, saving it, printing it but it just does not come out right.
What am I doing wrong? When I printed it, I can barely read it. The background color is overpowering.
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Am I the only dope here? I can't figure out how to download this big enough to read. I have tried right clicking and saving it that way but it is so small and it doesn't seem to enlarge right. I feel so dumb because I'm usually very good with computer stuff. I must be having a fibro fog moment!
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This may seem like a stupid question, but did you use Photoshop to make this?
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Phew. I just finished sewing in my pages. Followed this tutorial, but I didn't thoroughly understand how to sew in all the signatures. Is it all at once? Is it one at a time? I did one at a time, and it came out alright for my first attempt. I think maybe I was just having problems because my pages were makeshift from old paper lunch bags and were really uneven.
Anyway! This tutorial is fantastic and was otherwise wonderfully helpful. My book was for a much needed extra credit project, so you're a life saver!
I can't wait to make more books.
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Awesome tutorial, very helpful ^^ But one question... What do you do if the cover of your book has a picture on it?
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Thanks for the tutorial! This is what I made
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This was the first result I've got for book binding on DA and this was enough to get me started!! Thank you very much for taking time to make this tut!!
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Absolutely excellent...I was very disappointed in google's results for this process...thank you for providing enough photos of the process! I might just feel confident enough in the directions to attempt this now.
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I'm so glad that you'll find it useful! Send me a link to your finished product, I'd love to see!
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I've got the materials, it's just a matter of completing the illustrations...but thanks again. xD
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Not a worry in the world! Have you given it a go yet? It can be frustrating but the results are a great reward for the effort you put in.
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Oh! I've always wonder how this was done!
*files away for future use*
I assume it wouldn't be to difficult to cover? Like for a journal type thing?
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It's not a particularly difficult process, especially if you're making a journal rather than printing the book first. It's really rewarding to know that nobody has anything like it!
If you make one, I'd love to see the result. Send me a link?
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This is an excellent tutorial!
Thank you so much for posting it!
Loves@U!
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Glad you liked it.
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The pictures look very clear and it looks like a nice step-by-step tutorial, but I'm afraid I did keep being distracted by the caps lock in the document. I suppose I have become too used to the idea that ON THE INTERNET, CAPS IS ESSENTIALLY USED FOR SHOUTING.
I've always liked snap-hinge books, though, so I will probably get over it and finish reading the download eventually once I've finished making the cover for my newest book. ^.^
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I'm glad you like it, but... where are my caps lock errors? I was sad to hear I'd done it, but now I look I can't see them. Help me out? I'll adjust it and reupload.
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Awk! *.* Crapitudinal! I think I must've replied to the wrong tutorial--as I recall I was looking at several bookbinding tutorials that day. >.< So, so sorry about that! No, I can't believe I left a critique on the wrong deviation! Especially as I don't like being too harsh with critiques anyway and I always try to point out positives as well if there's any negatives to me.
In fact, I have to say that just today I sent this link to someone who was talking about bookbinding and I directed her to your tutorial because it's so helpful.
Again, please accept my humblest apologies for my error. I'm usually not so clumsy I promise!
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lol No worries at all! And thanks for passing on the link.
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Awesome, I will have to try this out sometime. I've always wanted to self-publish
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Oh do, it's a lot of fun and great for giving away as prezzies. Send me a link of a photo when you're done!
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Thanks, glad you liked it.
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foam core is an excellent idea, i never would have thought of that :]
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thanks! I can't take credit for it actually, i got that idea from a papercrafts book i have. Glad you approve!
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Your wonderful tutorial has been featured here.[link]
Thank you for providing the gallery with such awesome Resources.
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I have no idea whre to find foam core lol, I don;t think I've ever seen it before. Is there something else that can be used instead?
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I use that grey mounting board you find in art shops (the stuff that is normally used in cheap school art folders to keep everything straight.) It is dense, so robust, plus you can carve designs into it. And it's pretty cheap too (at least in the UK. £2.40 for an A2 piece of the stuff.)
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I got mine from an art shop, it's used to mount posters and the like. If you don't have an art shop around, try a framing shop or possibly even a newsagency or a hardware store.
You could probably try it with anything that is thick and you can slice most of the way through to turn it into a hinge.
You could try cardboard from a sturdy box, you know the kind, with the corrugated bits under the smooth stuff? If you try that, you'll have to send me a pic of the result, I'm excited to see how it turns out now.
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now cardboard I have plenty of. And I'm finishing off the lastest section of my story and trying to do some quick illustrations before I make a start. I will most definately let you know when I've done it though
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Excellent! I can't wait. Actually, after I've finished a couple of other projects I've got going, I'm going to try making my own cardboard versions - reduce, reuse, recycle, right?
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exactly! I just realised our on thread banger too
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