I spent the afternoon learning the process of book binding. Turns out, it's a pain in the ass, but, the end result is extremely satisfying! I'm glad I've learnt the process for myself, so If I were to ever bind a book, I feel fairly confident I could do it myself, rather than forking out a large amount, to send it off to a printing company. Below, you will see a step by step process, of how to book bind.
Get 3 leaves and fold them.
Use bone-things to smooth them down, giving a much better fold.
Repeat this process 3 times.
On another folded leaf, mark out the trim marks and the puncture marks.
Puncture the paper with a sharp needle.
Run through the punctures with a needle and thread, this will hold the pages together, initially.
Go through the over 3 sections, looping the thread through the previous loops.
Clamp the pages together in a bench press.
Thoroughly apply two coats of glue.
Fold two pieces of paper, any colour, and stick them to the outside of the leaves, leaving a 1-2mm gap from the spine.
Cut out two card faces, with a 2mm gap around the edges of the leaves, and the spine, which should be the thickness of the end pieces and the leaves.
Stick the card down to the cover.
It comes in all the colours which you can see above.
Trim and fold back, so the excess in stick down to the inside of the book.
Fold over and use the bone-tool to indent the sides of the spine.
Stick the leaves inside - this is not as simple as it sounds.
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