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1i_am_a_bookworm
Hi Everyone,
I originally posted this in another group on Library Thing:
I want to learn how to bind regular paperback books into hardcover. I don't want the books to be leather or cloth bound. I want them to have the original cover sealed over the book binding board. My library binds books in this method. I was wondering if anyone knows a website that shows how to do this in detail? Or does someone know how to do and wants to teach me?
I would ask the librarian but I doubt she has time to teach me. :-D. I hope someone can help me with this!
Thanks!
db
I originally posted this in another group on Library Thing:
I want to learn how to bind regular paperback books into hardcover. I don't want the books to be leather or cloth bound. I want them to have the original cover sealed over the book binding board. My library binds books in this method. I was wondering if anyone knows a website that shows how to do this in detail? Or does someone know how to do and wants to teach me?
I would ask the librarian but I doubt she has time to teach me. :-D. I hope someone can help me with this!
Thanks!
db
2melannen
Does it sound like one of these types of binding?
Most of the libary copies of books with hard covers but the paperback edition that I have are old "econo-clad" covers (like the first couple that show up here) but I have some similar ones that are just labeled on the copyright page with an ISBN for a library bound edition (alongside hardcover and softcover editions.) Regardless, I think that most of the ones like that that I've seen (with the original cover pasted over the boards) were ordered like that by the library, and weren't re-bound on site.
(The paperbacks that my college library did sometimes do their own re-binding on usually just had the boards go right *over* the original cover, so the cover is before the title page.)
That said, I've done patch-up reinforcing jobs on really bad-condition paperbacks with just boards under the cover and clear con-tac paper on top, and they worked okay, although they really needed full re-binding. But the same basic principles for re-binding any book should be pretty adaptable for this. The "message board" thread in the group has a bunch of really cool links for online bookbinding advice and tutorials, and some of the other threads talk about places to take classes - good luck!
Most of the libary copies of books with hard covers but the paperback edition that I have are old "econo-clad" covers (like the first couple that show up here) but I have some similar ones that are just labeled on the copyright page with an ISBN for a library bound edition (alongside hardcover and softcover editions.) Regardless, I think that most of the ones like that that I've seen (with the original cover pasted over the boards) were ordered like that by the library, and weren't re-bound on site.
(The paperbacks that my college library did sometimes do their own re-binding on usually just had the boards go right *over* the original cover, so the cover is before the title page.)
That said, I've done patch-up reinforcing jobs on really bad-condition paperbacks with just boards under the cover and clear con-tac paper on top, and they worked okay, although they really needed full re-binding. But the same basic principles for re-binding any book should be pretty adaptable for this. The "message board" thread in the group has a bunch of really cool links for online bookbinding advice and tutorials, and some of the other threads talk about places to take classes - good luck!
3uath
Hi i_am_a_bookworm
I just learned that the covers from paperback books are removed, photocopied, the original cover destroyed, and the photocopy is adhered to boards and glued back on to create the copy cover or permabound paperback that you see in libraries. I am learning bindery operations, not how to actually do it, but how binderies do it.
What about Kapco? Here is a link.
https://www.kapco.com/cms/site/5fd9a14e469dabf7/index.html
I personally prefer these and used to order paperbacks this way for a previous library I worked for. For donations I used to cover them myself with Vistafoil laminate. You can buy clear laminate at hobby and craft stores.
Hope this helps.
I just learned that the covers from paperback books are removed, photocopied, the original cover destroyed, and the photocopy is adhered to boards and glued back on to create the copy cover or permabound paperback that you see in libraries. I am learning bindery operations, not how to actually do it, but how binderies do it.
What about Kapco? Here is a link.
https://www.kapco.com/cms/site/5fd9a14e469dabf7/index.html
I personally prefer these and used to order paperbacks this way for a previous library I worked for. For donations I used to cover them myself with Vistafoil laminate. You can buy clear laminate at hobby and craft stores.
Hope this helps.
4staffordcastle
There is a book on this subject: How to clothbind a paperback book : a step-by-step guide for beginners;
I haven't tried their method, but you might like to look into it.
I haven't tried their method, but you might like to look into it.
5staffordcastle
ETA URL, because the touchstone didn't work:
http://www.librarything.com/work/details/6301029
http://www.librarything.com/work/details/6301029
