July 2011
Intermediate to advanced
32 pages
55m
English
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Introduction
Magazines aren’t really built to last, and in the rush to digital delivery,
some folks might argue that they’re all but obsolete anyway. But for
makers who work with their hands and bibliophiles who still appreciate
the physical artifact of the written word, there will always be something
special about print. If you’re one of these stubborn Luddites, you might
just want your library of magazines to last. You might even want your
digital content (even this very document) to take on new life as an
aesthetic object that survives as a dead-tree edition.
When you’ve completed this 32-page project (when printed double-
sided, it’s an even signature), you’ll have a durable, attractive hardcover
copy of this booklet (or your favorite magazine, in the event that the
two are not one and the same) that will last forever and lie flat, allowing
future generations to carry on the craft and tradition of preserving
bona-fide pieces of printed matter.
DIY Bookbinding
MAKE: PROJECTS
Most thick magazines or paperback books (such as MAKE, used as
an example in this project) are perfect bound: individual leaves (a leaf
represents two pages, front and back, on one sheet of paper—just
like what you’ll have if you print this article on 8½" x 11" paper) are
collected and glued directly to the spine, where the front and back
cover (a single continuous wrapped sheet) meet. Shorter magazines
are ...
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