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r/bookbinding

31K archived posts · Jul 2011 – Sep 2026

bookbinding: the art and science of elegant hardcopy

r/bookbinding

A place for bookbinders and their craft. We are open to discussions, sharing of ideas and techniques, general binding chatter and more!

Created Jul 10, 2011

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#Welcome!

A place for bookbinders and their craft.

We are open to discussions, sharing of ideas and techniques, general binding chatter and more!

Please try and keep discussions somewhat on topic.

/r/bookbinding Intro and FAQs

#Tools and Supplies

Affordable Binding Equipment
Blick
Hiromi
Hollander's
Talas
Cave Paper
Nanami Paper
Paper for Fountain Pens
The Paper Mill Store

#Beginner's Guides

Marenne's Guide to Types of Bindings
Eden Workshops tutorials
Jaime Butler's tutorial
Dave Foster's tutorial
Douglas W. Jones' tutorial
Hugh Sparks' tutorial
iBookBinding
Bookbinder's Chronicle tutorials (video)
Tor's Visual Dictionary of Book Terms
Multi-lingual Dictionary of Book Terms

#Further Reading

American Institute for Conservation's Catalog
Brander Matthews' Bookbindings Old and New
Peter Geraty's Edge Gilding (PDF)
Jamie Kamph's Gold Leaf Tooling
W.B. Pearce's Practical Bookbinding
Hugh Sparks' Metallic Titles
u/madpainter's Leather Primer

#Friends of r/bookbinding

u/Harvus_The_Satanist's bookbinding Discord server
r/BookArtsSection
r/BookbindingResource
r/Books4Sale/
r/TheBindery
r/Calligraphy
r/crafts
r/Journaling
r/notebooks
r/papercraft
r/printmaking

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