Bookbinding 101: Your First Book | D*I*Y Planner Last week I gave you a fast and dirty introduction to binding your own books. This week I'm going to show you just how easy making and sewing your own book can be. The easiest book to make is a one signature book, as seen in the first image. Before we begin, you'll need the following items from your local art store: 10 sheets of regular white office paper (this article uses 8.5 x 11 but you can make your book any size you want) Heavy cover paper (this can be construction paper, or thick handmade paper or a postcard weight paper) A bookbinding needle A Bookbinding Awl (I own a heavy duty paper awl) Wax thread or book binding thread. Instructions Grab a sheet of office paper and fold it in half. And that's it. Rip the edges of each folio so it has a "rough edge" to it. Next, week I will step things up a bit more and show you how to make another, more intermediate, book that you can make.
piratecore: How to make a Soft Cover Wrap Around Notebook How it was done:1.Cut the 25 sheets of paper to 5 x 8 inches. Put them into 5 stacks, with 5 sheets in each stack.2.Using the bone folder, fold each of the stacks in half.3.Using the sewing machine on the widest stitch setting, sew down the center of the crease on each of the five plies.4.This is what each of the piles will look like. 5.Fold the pages in half again and pile them up neatly, with the sewn side facing out.6.Using a press, or something to keep the pile of sewn papers together, put an old board on either side of the pile and insert it all into the press.7.You can see here the paper clamped inside of the press with the two pieces of scrap board on either side.8.With a brush, spread a generous amount of glue across the paper. 11.Now cut two pieces of card stock that measure 5 x 8 inches. Fold them each in half with the bone folder. These will be the end papers for the book.12.Take the vinyl material and cut a 11 by 5.25 inch piece.
My new organizer « Corrie Haffly My history of organizer systems in bulleted list format: Early college years: Cheap DayRunner vinyl organizer with calendar refill and address bookLater college years: Leather DayTimer organizer that weighed about 50 lbs. with binder-ring style calendar, addresses, notepaper, etc., slots for ID and credit cards, zipper pocket, notepad, blah blah blah…Briefly: Hand-me-down Palm Pilot from my sister. Spent hours entering stuff into it, then stopped using it because the batteries got used up so quickly.Full-time employment years: Yellow legal notepad with tiny printed to-do items listed one after another, crossed off as completedInitial self-employed years: Cheap iPads.com calendar notebook with preprinted monthly sheets, weekly spreads, and pages in between each month for tracking expenses (I used it for tracking invoices), notes, etc. Spiral-bound and custom photo and title/text printed on the cover. Pages 1-3: A long list of books I want to read. Page 4: A list of books I want to buy.
IHM et ergonomie au centre des enjeux clés des éditeurs Lorsque l'on est éditeur de logiciel, les investissements consentis en matière de recherche et de développement (R&D) constituent un pilier essentiel dans le processus de conception d'une application. Mais au-delà de ceux consacrés à la technologie elle-même (évolutions du code, dépôts de brevets...), ces investissements doivent - dans certains cas - impérativement contribuer à l'amélioration de l'ergonomie logicielle. Car pour peu que l'utilisateur interagisse directement avec l'application, les problématiques liées à l'optimisation des interfaces homme-machine tendent ainsi à devenir une priorité pour les éditeurs. Et pas uniquement pour ceux liés à des domaines sensibles comme la supervision ou le contrôle aérien, mais aussi pour ceux impliqués dans la gestion de contenu, le décisionnel ou encore les moteurs de recherche. "L'interface homme-machine est la partie visible d'une application informatique, le sommet de l'iceberg en quelque sorte.
Conservation Book Repair Conservation Book Repair: A training manual by Artemis BonaDea Illustrated by Alexandria Prentiss Alaska State Library, Alaska Department of Education, 1995 Download Files Many conservation book repair programs in Alaska owe much to the author of this work. Artemis BonaDea has spearheaded the education of Alaska library personnel in these techniques since 1988. Beginning with brief presentations and one-on-one training in the 198Os, she has presented workshops in several Alaska locations since 1990. In 1990, the Continuing Education Committee of the Alaska Library Association (AkLA) and the Library Coordinators of the Alaska State Library identified training in book repair and conservation as a high priority. As the workshops came to an end, this book began to take shape. The Alaska State Library and the Alaska Library Association collaborated in producing this publication, but primary credit must go to Artemis BonaDea who has worked very hard to make this a successful publication.
notebook Here's another DIY project from our sweet friend, Sasha - from the The Gilded Bee. Be sure to check out her awesome shop full of handmade packaging lovelies. Thanks for being here with us Sasha! I'm delighted to share my book tutorial with you today: Supplies you’ll need to make this project: • One—8.5 x 5.5 sheet of cardstock • One---1/2 x 3 inch piece of cardstock or paper • Two---2 5/8 x 3 1/8 inch pieces of cardboard, chipboard or matboard (not corrugated) • Hot glue gun and glue sticks • 25---3 x 5 inch ruled or blank index cards • Two---3 x 5 inch sheets cardstock • 2 rubber bands • Pencil • ¼ inch wide Ribbon: One-6 inch piece, plus two-1 inch pieces To make the page block: * 1. * 2. * 3. * 4. * 5. * 6. To make the cover: * 1. Make a little mark at the center of each side of your paper (4.25 inches on center). On each side of those center marks, draw three lines paralleling each other (6 lines total): 5/16”, 5/8”, 13/16” inch from the center mark. * 3. * 4. * 5. * 6. * 8. * 9. * 10.
Autofocus System The Autofocus Time Management System Chinese (Simplified Characters) Version (off-site) Chinese (Traditional Characters) Version (off-site) Czech Version (off-site) Dutch Version Finnish Version French Version German Version Hungarian Version (off-site) Italian Version Japanese Version (off-site) Korean Version (off-site) Polish Version Portuguese Version Romanian Version Russian Version (off-site) Spanish Version Turkish Version What can you expect from the system? Printer-friendly version Downloadable PDF version This is based purely on my own experience of working the system for a number of weeks, but what I have found is as follows:A greatly increased volume of work. A lack of stress. Focus on what is important. Very fast processing of routine actions. Thorough processing of major tasks and projects. Quick Start ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The system consists of one long list of everything that you have to do, written in a ruled notebook (25-35 lines to a page ideal). Ning Group
TRAVERSES, Livre voyageur Douglas W. Jones on Bookbinding Index If books had been invented after the computer, they would have been considered a big breakthrough. Books have several hundred simultaneous paper-thin, flexible displays. They boot instantly. Abstract Bookbinding, the art of sewing pages into a cover to make a book, can serve many purposes. This text was written after consultation with staff of the University of Iowa Book Conservation Laboratory, and an early draft of this text was reviewed by a preservation librarian for the Reserach Libraries Group. Introduction This tutorial on bookbinding is oriented towards the preservation of the contents of decaying pulp paperbacks; the first step in this process involves photocopying the decaying book, but most of this applies equally well to making up limited editions based on photocopies of manuscript pages or typewritten material Assuming you are starting with a decaying paperback, you should ask if you really want to destroy the original!
How to bind papers without staples or clips [2] Lately my new found alternative to hold 2 or 3 sheets, usually printed articles or clippings of all sorts, is to dab a little glue or paste double-sided tape at the corner of each page. Both ways work out great! Next I came across this clever tip for making a simple booklet without needing even glue, tape or thread! The method consists of 2 parts. Here are my jots: Part 1 (the base): fold paper in half. Part 2: fold a new sheet in half and unfold. I made a blank notebook with a fancy (and thicker) cover at the front and back. [Check out part 3!] 43 Folders Ergonomie web, pour des sites web efficaces - 2eme edition - Amélie Boucher how to make a staple-free matchbook notepad. In an effort to use up the damaged & small surplus of 2010 calendars I have on-hand, I've been experimenting with ways to repurpose them. These matchbook notepads were this week's project. They are easy to make .... and adorable ... and completely practical. I'll be making these to drop into my customers' packages as a token of thanks. Cut cardstock into 9" lengths and whatever width you desire. Cut sheets of paper into 4-1/4" lengths and the same width as you chose for your cardstock. Make a 5/8 - 3/4" creased fold on one end of your cardstock. Tuck a stack of 10 pieces of paper into the fold. Sew or handstitch across this edge, leaving a 3/8" seam allowance. Tip: I experimented with various thread weights and needle sizes. Fold opposite edge of cardstock over the paper, aligning fold with edge of paper. Tuck the edge of your cardstock under the lip of your sewn edge. The stitching serves as a perforation for your paper - so you can tear sheets out if you like!