Ashley Productions ASH10700 White Hardcover Blank Book- 8.13X6.38

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Then when the book is ready, apply a thin layer of glue to the front cover and the first page, and stick on the lining paper. However, to make sure you don’t just crank out a single unwieldy booklet, print the book 32 pages at a time. If you have any questions about making a book or using Reedsy’s formatting tool, drop us a comment in the box below. A beautiful work of art that will take pride of place on your bookshelf — and you made it all by yourself.

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It would be interesting to have instructions on the stitching option as well, but I suspect we use the wrong kind of paper these days. Between folios, you will want to alternate where you place the staples on the spine so that they don't bulge in places. A naked hardback can be beautiful on its own, but the common practice is to create a dust jacket that captures the essence of the book and clearly highlights what it's all about.The fabric should only be affixed to the spine edge of the book — the sections that fall over the front and back cover should be free. You can staple them on a folded bath towel or an old pair of jeans so that you don’t damage your table. I have studied bibliography, but it was long ago and of course it's an art some think is on the way out.

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Once you've joined all the pieces of your book together, an optional but highly recommended (and fun) final step is to design a stunning dust jacket for it. You will want the pages to be folded as tightly as possible — to achieve this, you can join them with an elastic band and then compress them under a stack of hardbacks and other heavy objects. Our range of blank notebooks include everything from mini sketchbooks to lined exercise books, with a variety of cover designs available. Not just any blank tome but a beautiful novel, memoir, or non-fiction book — formatted to a professional standard, and bound in a hardback cover.