r/notebooks

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r/notebooks

Notebooks and related stationery: "any aspect of your life which you want to give more conscious attention to can be used as the foundation for a notebook."

Created Jul 27, 2009

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A subreddit for notebooks, notepads, and all things related; any aspect of your life which you want to give more conscious attention to can be used as the foundation for a notebook.

1. Discussion and sharing is the goal. All posts must be directly related to paper notebooks and focus on discussion or sharing of our passion. We encourage posts with questions, reviews, pictures, news, or just general notebook geeking.

2. Personal Conduct. Please use a civil and respectful tone when entering into conversation. Help us maintain a friendly, welcoming community.

3. Prohibited - Storefronts/Funding Websites. To support the focus of our community, we do not allow direct link posts to websites for funding or purchases. This includes company storefronts (like Field Notes), Amazon, Etsy, and Kickstarter campaigns. However, these links may be provided within text posts and comments. For more information see this announcement and this one

Related Subreddits:

The catch-all r/stationery (Japanese version r/stationery_jp)
Mightier than the sword; r/pencils, r/pens, & r/fountainpens
The branded r/FieldNuts, r/hobonichi & r/midori
The applied notebook in r/EDC, r/JournalingIsArt, r/Journal, r/TheArtifice, r/bulletjournal, r/SketchDaily, r/Notebook_share, r/bujo, & r/monobo
The well-travelled r/JournalTheWorld
Reviews of retailers, both brick-and-mortar and online, over at r/penretailerreviews
Creative margins multireddit

Content:

Personal notebook reviews, uses, creative ideas
Discussion and suggestions for notebooks
Reviews
Customization of commercially available notebooks
A bridge between notebook consumers and producers
Industry dealings
DIY Notebook Building e.g. binding
Personal/group projects
Notebook systems
Pen to notebook suitability
Notebook brand promotions
Notepads

Notable Posts:

Notebook Share

Popular Types:

Utility Style (approx. 3.5" x 5.5" or 8.9 cm x 14 cm), for fitting into pockets and other spots where portability is important. Popular with the Every-Day Carry (EDC) crowd. Durable and expendable.
Book Style, for longer-term durability and better quality at the expense of cost and (often) portability.
Lab Notebooks, for professional/personal recording and planning of projects, experiments etc. Often pages are pre-numbered, & have a table-of-contents page and areas for signatures and dates. Sometimes used as evidence in legislation & patent applications.

Common ISO 216 sizes chart:

Size	Millimeters	Inches
A4	210 x 297	8.25 x 11.75
A5	148 x 210	5.875 x 8.25
B5	176 x 250	7 x 9.875
B6	125 x 176	5 x 7

Uses for Notebooks:

Work/home Planner
Journalling
Sketchbook
Small Schematics
Ideas from RITR brand.
Automobile Maintenance Log
Home Improvement log/planning
Cooking journal
Treasure Maps
Fitness Logs
Etc.

Custom Notebooks:

Subreddit Timeline

660 subscribers as of 03OCT2013
1286 subscribers as of 08NOV2013
2058 subscribers as of 17JAN2014
3098 subscribers as of 21MAY2014
4213 subscribers as of 01SEP2014
5170 subscribers as of 28NOV2014
6,445 subscribers as of 13FEB2015
7,000 subscribers as of 17MAR2015
8,210 subscribers as of 24JUN2015
9,306 subscribers as of 12SEP2015
10,000 subsccribers as of 06NOV2015
15,085 subscribers as of 14OCT2016
20,173 subscribers as of 19SEP2017
25,280 subscribers as of 25APR2018

Some common lingo:

FP = Fountain Pen
FN = Field Notes
(M)TN = (Midori) Traveller Notebook
RITR = Rite in the Rain
BuJo = Bullet Journal

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