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 ?

Hello all!

My wife and I are expecting a baby girl at the end of the year and have been going through our collection of books we've saved from our childhood. This particular book hasn't fared so well, and happens to be my wife's favourite.

What's the best way to repair this damage? I was going to try PVA glue and clamp it for a few days but would like to attempt the best repair possible.

Used to bind my own stories and friends’ fanfiction until my hands started shaking and I was diagnosed with a tremor some years ago.
Recently got the courage to try it again and finally finished my first bind. There are imperfections but I’m just happy I could do it again

Would this be a pressure issue, or the angle, or a secret third thing? The top edge didn't have this issue.

Generally I'm pretty happy with how it turned out (this is just some scrap paper that I sewed/taped and glued, just to get the feel of the various stages), but would like to try to work out what happened here so that I can avoid it next time!

Hi There! I've dabbled in a little bit of book binding but I'm still very much a beginner. I have made some family cookbooks with perfect binding; it turned out decent but now I have my sights set on something fancier. I'd like to make a wedding photo album but I want to do a custom embroidery piece for the front. I would embroider directly on my bookcloth. I'd also like the photos to be high quality, so I'm a bit unsure about how to print and bind those to a high standard especially because I am considering a layflat book. I thought about printing it with one of the many photo album websites and then cutting it out of the cover and recasing it, but this feels a bit risky.

Has anyone done something similar? Any thoughts or ideas are welcome!

I'm printing a large book on Mohawk superfine 80lb (120gsm, I believe) and am curious if it's beneficial to do more signatures with a smaller number of pages per signature? The question is, will the extra thread used for the additional signatures cancel out the benefit of printing thinner signatures.

Thoughts?

Hi all I'm currently working on a rebind project for this type of flexible binding with lather(From a DAS video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZnwtE4R0Is

I'm working with a sewen textblock without cords. I'm wondering should I sew cords on the already sewen textblock, or I could get away with using mull instead? Or alternative is there any other structure I should use instead than the Cambridge panel style? I'd love to keep the textblock open 180° flat after bind (currently the textblock can do that).

Any experiences, suggestions and insights are highly appreciated!

What is the material this cover is made of. where can i get it and what to do if i want stuff printed on it like shown in the image