Bookbinding

Table of contents

Historical bookbinding

1. Introduction
2. Motivation
3. Content of self-bound books
   • Printing free material
     • Wikibooks and Wikipedia
     • Other sources
   • Preservation & restoration of existing books
   • Blank books: notebooks, photo albums, scrap books, planners, sketch books, etc.
   • Self-publishing
4. Types of binding
   • Adhesive
     • Perfect binding
     • Fan binding
   • Stiff leaf
   • Side stitch
     • Stapled side stitch
     • Coptic
     • Japanese side stitch (Stab Binding)
   • Saddle stitch
   • Long stitch
   • Sewn book
   • Case binding
   • Traditional hardcover
   • Box making- slip case, drop-spine boxes
5. Equipment
   • Press
   • Brush
   • Bone folder
   • Paperknife
   • Awl & needle
   • Plane or guillotine
6. Materials
   • Paper
     • PH
     • Grain
   • Adhesive
     • Contact/rubber cement
     • PVA homopolymer vs. copolymer
   • Spine
     • Super
     • Thread
     • Stiff materials
   • Cover
     • Letter size card stock
     • Museum board
     • Clear adhesive vinyl

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     • Re-used materials
     • Binder's board & buckram

See also

• Zine Making
• The Wikipedia article on the subject