MESBG Collectors guide - a PDF to Hardcover Book!

What paper did you use for printing the cover?

What paper do you use?

Can I pay someone to my make a PDF into 1 book for me only?

What is the name of the paper you used for the cover, please? Sorry, English is not my first language and I guess my listening is not very good, hahaha!

Now I'm gonna bind my own functional analysis and differential geometry books

You should take a look at "sewn board bindings" It is a way to sew the cover onto the signatures. It makes a very nice book and I believe simplifies the process.

It's nothing better than a book

wow made it so simple, i was thinking of downloading indesign, setting up each page there then print it at an offset printer lol. great work thanks

Love this 💕

Thanks!

Where do I find book covers?

I have done 2 books now. I want to do more. I just used Adobe reader to print in booklet mode and you just need to print for example a 3 page signature works out to 12 pages. 4 page signature would be 16 pages

Huzzah,, I always find out about stuff once it's over. I was once a subscriber a long time ago but somehow stopped. But now I'm finding all these videos in my feed that I missed. Big fan though.

Dude I have so many PDFs. Thanks

Clip at the ending got me laughing big time :D

Thank you so much. Bookbinder 3.0 is exactly what I needed.

if you're sewing the signatures, then glueing the spine is probably unnecessary.

Gasp! I had no idea this was an option, but it's everything I've ever needed 🥹

I worked in a print shop doing perfect bindings, comb and spiral. But case binding is a true art. I make my own journals and sketch books and I've been thinking of doing this for a few pdfs that have seen more use in recent days. wink, wink, nudge nudge.

Watched this video several times ....
One day I'll get my finger out and do this.

Awesome! Thanks for the video.

This is so inspiring! Thank you 🙏🏽

I wanted to make a hard copy of the Ryuutama RPG so that I could use it without needing the pdf, since the RPG is only available in an english PDF on Drivethrurpg rather than POD

One of the things I noticed is that the bookbinder is a .jar file, since I'm not familiar with running those kinds of files, how do you properly use them?

What paper size do you use for a 6x9 book? I want to try this but im too confused at everything to start😅

Great Idea! "Nothing better than a book". Can you provide a link to your cover file? That would be awesome

Awesome!

Interesting to watch you going through the process, I’ve only done small staples pamphlets so far but might give this a try. One thought on your video, the background music has a very pronounced beat which is most distracting, something less obtrusive might be better.

what a great idea

That looks so cathartic, I downloaded that PDF a while back, hope the original creator is still updating it, he doesn't seem to be active in that community for over a year and it's missing some of the latest models.

This is amazing. physical books are so much better.

Hell yeah, nice one, I’ve got tones of out of print D&D books in PDF, will be good to see them in a hard cover.

Great stuff Viv. This is something I had never ever considered. I might have to try tis some time.

This is awesome mate! Now you just have to collect everything!

cool. I bind rulebooks too myself. this is only way to get some of cool Indi or discontinued games.

Well now I want one.....................

I’ve done this with a bunch of maps I made to make an atlas (vid on my channel if you are interested). Didn’t know about book binder 3.0... I did it all manually lol. Editing the maps in half then putting them together so it read like a book. Yours turned out really well - love the cover. There is something just satisfying about having a book you made on your shelf.

Viv, give artist spray adhesive a try, this is what works to attach photographic paperstock to mounting board, a rubber roller might also help press out air bubbles.

Brilliant! Love it! Well done!

Very cool project, I always prefer to have a physical copy of books when gaming, having to look at that pdf on the phone is kind of jarring and the usual printouts get ratty fast!

You're just lucky to be able to keep that many books, I've had to get used to reading off my tablet at home, as I just don't have room for all the bookshelves I used to keep.

I never even knew you could even do this? Thanks for sharing.

Using pva. Use a paint roller and be very quick. A thin even layer. You should be able to see through it. Then press it for 30 minutes. Should be even.

I'm going to have to give this a shot sometime.
Also, a tip about gluing paper to wood without wrinkles. Soak the paper in water for a minute or two to let the fibres expand. Then attach it to the surface with PVA (you could even try dissolving some PVA in the water itself). Works well even on very large surfaces.

Well, that has inspired me to have a go. As I mentioned on IG, my dad was a bookbinder - I decided not to take on the family business as the digital era was looming large (shame though, I would have been the third generation). He was always going to teach me to bind books, but we lacked a nipping press. Your simple solution looks like a good hack for that!

My only regret is that I have but one Like to give this video. Such an awesome idea and one that looks worth exploring

saw your spines.
Rather than spending ages punching holes to sew through, you can just drop the page block into your press, and then use a razor saw to cut across the spine, creating all the holes across all the signatures in one go. It will create slightly larger holes than awl punching, but its soooooo much faster, and much more accurate (as long as you use a t-square to draw lines across the spine to make sure your saw cuts are perpendicular). Plus the larger holes arent a bad thing if you want to sew cords into the spine.

I have stitched & bound my own books for years. It is an art unto itself.