Rebinding my Library 1: How I Rebound Paperbacks into Hard-covered Books

[@jcadvamlier]

Got most of this series while I was in seminary. Among the best.

[@AnnesiBindings]

Indeed. 🙂

[@leogitelson5561]

Thank you for your very carefully explained process. You take the mystery out of book binding.

[@AnnesiBindings]

@@leogitelson5561 You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful.

[@christinehight395]

Thank you so much for your detailed bookbinding videos! Your instruction is so detailed and approachable, it inspired me to tackle a couple of projects that were desperately needed. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and the end results. I successfully rebound my favorite Bible, using a precious sheet of hand-marbled paper I purchased and waxed. I also used an Oxford Hollow in the spine which definitely added strength. I look forward to more rebinding projects in the future.

[@AnnesiBindings]

@@christinehight395 Thanks very much! I'm pleased they were helpful. 🙂

[@harpbeat500]

i really liked this. really an art to binding books

[@AnnesiBindings]

Thank you! 🙂

[@vantasiascauldron1861]

Now I know what to do this winter. ❤️🥰 Thank you!

[@AnnesiBindings]

You’re welcome - have fun!

[@toshirok4481]

Thank you! Yes it was very helpful. It solved some of my questions.

[@AnnesiBindings]

Glad it helped! 🙂

[@redmillco860]

Thank you

[@AnnesiBindings]

You're welcome. 🙂

[@wfupianoman]

This video was excellent. If the covers were something you wanted to keep and bind into the book, would the process have been different?

[@AnnesiBindings]

@@wfupianoman Thank you! That's possible, but yes, it would be a bit different. I'll try and do something on that again.

[@tarzan8575]

Why do you put the paper over the cloth instead of the other way around?

[@AnnesiBindings]

That's the traditional way of doing it and how it's almost always done. Thinking about it, I think it may be because this was historically done with leather, which was pared thin at the edge, and would not have been absolutely straight when glued down. A thin sliver could then be trimmed off before gluing the paper over it, but this wouldn't really have worked the other way around. Also, in the case of book cloth, the edges might fray, depending on the book cloth, and gluing the paper over the book cloth avoids that.

[@tarzan8575]

@@AnnesiBindings Thank you for your response. I asked another KZbinr if their was a reason for this and instead of telling me the reason he said, "Yes, but I don't think you'll believe me unless you try it yourself." So, thank you very much for giving me an actual answer. I have always thought it was kind of an odd way of doing it as it seems more logical to me to have whatever material your using to cover the spine in a quarter binding cover the paper that's on the boards. Your answers make sense though. I always figured there was a reason but it's been surprisingly difficult to find out what that reason is.

[@samuelbarber6585]

​@@tarzan8575 another consideration is the book cloth edges could fray over time. The paper covering the cut fabric edge can keep that from happening.