More book making talk

[gategrrl]

I finished the "prototype" book, and have decided I'm going to use a different method to sew the signatures together for the other three books. Instead of sewing each signature (folded leaves of paper) into the spine using the pamphlet stitch, I'm going to use the traditional method of sewing over "tapes", or ribbons, in this case. What this means is that the signatures are attached by stitches onto three tapes.

Generally, in coventional book-binding, the tapes are then attached to the bookboard with adhesive, and then the endpapers are adhered over them to hide them, making the book solidly put together. In this case, I'm going to thread the tapes through the spine and tie them together on the outside.

Why would I do that? The tapes I'm using here are a red ribbon, and tied over the spine, they'll make a nice effect. Plus, I think it'll lessen the tension when the reader opens the book.

The main reason I'm changing the method of sewing the signatures on, is the change in one of the page details. If you look at the photos I put up, the beaded braiding on the pages is very thick, and I couldn't sew the pages together tightly, like I usually would. The new beaded tape is flat ribbon and has hardly any bulk (compared to the green stuff). Therefore...the change.

Yes, thank you for reading, especially since this is such a gripping subject! I'll post photos, or their URLs, to show what I mean.

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[lovellama.livejournal.com]

It's a Jack/OC fic she wrote that's one of her favorites. I thought I would get it done for Xmas, if it fit into my budget. :) I have it all saved as a Word file, up on the net it's in chapters and a pain to copy/format.