Bookbinding

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Books, their bindings, and book repair.

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First book I actually printed myself. Still a lot to learn! (lemm.ee)
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More images:

Picture of the book's spine with a simple paper label

The book's cover, with an image of the author pasted on it off-center

The top of the book, showing that the covers are a bit too long and the pages have a slightly rough texture

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How to fix your book (lemm.ee)
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Before I switched to Lemmy, I noticed a lot of questions on Reddit about repairing books. So, I thought I'd create a list of repair guides that, to my knowledge, follow best practices; and pin it for anyone who needs it.

Please note, if a book is particularly valuable or has historical significance, you should take it to a professional. Also, if your library book is damaged, you can return it as-is and the library will handle the repair. In either case, wet books should be frozen.

That said, here's how to repair:

Loose hinges:

Cracked hinge:

Detatched hinge:

Detatched text block (recase):

Warped hard cover:

Spine replacement:

Torn paper:

Torn out piece of a page:

Loose page:

Harcover corner repair:

Wet book:

Mold:

Warped paperback spine:

Detatched paperback case:

More damage than that? Here's some more extensive repairs:

Rebind:

Paperback rebind:

Paperback to hardcover recase:

edit: added a spine replacement that doesn't lift the original book cloth

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Conserving the Diamond Sutra (www.youtube.com)
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Not exactly a book, but I find preservation and restoration fascinating

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Grail Diary (lemm.ee)
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Hi everyone I subbed here because I'd eventually like to start building a Grail Diary and will eventually need this resource.

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Restoration Rebind by BBRCNGL | The Exorcist (www.youtube.com)
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My library-style recase of 2001 (lemm.ee)
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Headband:

(image)

I plan on recasing most of my sci-fi & fantasy like this

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Getting started (lemm.ee)
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If you're interested in learning to bind books, the best place to start (IMO) would be YouTube tutorials! Here's who I would recommend:

DAS Bookbinding has a lot of great info and projects, a lot of which are historical bindings. Here's his playlist for getting started, and here's his playlist for a rounded & backed cased book.

Sea Lemon is another popular YouTuber, and her bookbindings are a bit more casual. Here's her playlist on methods & stitches, and here's her playlist on supplies & tips.

Good luck!