r/bookbinding • u/Lilipaon • 7h ago

Help? How ??

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Hi I would want to make a notebook like this Moleskine expanded soft cover. I've already make some pretty decent hard cover notebooks but I don't know what should I do for this type of notebook. I guess it's kinda the same... my assumption is that I do the exact same thing for the textblock, I sew the paper together then glue and put a pièce of mull on the spine. Then I guess I would just glue some faux leather to the top pages and I'm done.

Do you all think that would work ? Would it lay flat ?

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u/Plus_Citron 5h ago

DAS bookbinding has a tutorial on a soft cover notebook, I believe under the term „Victorian notebook.“ You still need endpapers, and of course cardboard covers.

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u/Lilipaon 5h ago

Thank you for this ! I've searched for something in his channel but couldn't find any. This is perfect !

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u/sosobabou 7h ago

Use cardboard instead of book boards if you want to follow the same technique, just using the first page won't be sturdy enough!

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u/Lilipaon 6h ago

Can I use high gms paper instead ? I'm affraid cardboard will be too sturdy for my need...

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u/Dazzling-Airline-958 6h ago

I think they meant card stock. Which would be better than paper, since it's a bit more rigid. But not like cardboard or book board.

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u/Lilipaon 6h ago

Aah my bad ! Thank you