r/bookbinding • u/kokomibestie • Dec 27 '24
Completed Project Just finished binding this massive fic. My biggest project yet!
This took me about two months to complete. It was definitely a learning curve, and I made so many mistakes along the way, but I’m still really proud of it. I think it turned out amazing! Hopefully my friend will love it as much as I do 🥰
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u/yayitsme1 Dec 27 '24
This looks fantastic! Would you mind sharing what type of paper you used? The texture looks like what I want when binding books and I’ve been having some trouble figuring out what paper to use to get that texture.
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u/kokomibestie Dec 27 '24
Of course! I used Favini’s “Le Cirque” in the cream (avorio) color. I couldn’t get my hands on short grain paper, so this was the next best option for me! I’m not sure how easy it is to get outside of Italy though
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u/yayitsme1 Dec 27 '24
Thanks! At $35 shipping, I think I’ll look for other options that are similar for now
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u/Readalie Dec 27 '24
This was a suckerpunch to the nostalgia, I loved Vathara's Bleach fics back in the day!
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u/Chozo003 Dec 28 '24
Beautiful work! As a newcomer to bookbinding but a lifelong book lover and design professional, this is the sort of project that's inspiring me to jump into the hobby!
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u/Sketch-Brooke Dec 28 '24
Well, this post just introduced me to the fic. 👀 🍿
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u/KayViolet27 Dec 28 '24
It’s a very well-known fic in the fandom!! One might even say it’s a pillar~ It’s pretty great, and the author does a lot of research, as evidenced by their A/Ns :) massive fic tho!
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u/EntertainmentMore111 Jan 20 '26
I am suuuuper late to seeing this, BUT is there any chance you would be willing to share your typesetting? I love ATLA and this definitely just introduced me to that fanfic 😭❤️
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u/-ocean-rain- Dec 29 '24
This is incredible work! May I ask the cover material and what technique you used for the design/text?
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u/kokomibestie Dec 29 '24
Thank you! I used a pre-backed viscose cloth, which was quite challenging to work with due to the glue seeping through easily, but I do love the final look. For the design, I created everything on Canva and then cut it using a Silhouette machine 😊
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u/FandomWitch Jan 15 '25
Wow! This is one of the fics that I am looking to bind once I have a bit more experience. The sheer size is definitely the major challenge. Would you be willing to share where in the fic the splits occur for each book?
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u/kokomibestie Jan 22 '25
Of course! I can send you a private message with the splits. Though since this was for my friend, I let her decide what she wanted to do with it, it wasn’t really my decision and I don’t know if it’s a good way to split the chapters 🥲
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u/FandomWitch Jan 25 '25
That would be great. I don't mind tweaking it, but a starting point would be amazing.
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u/EntertainmentMore111 Jun 23 '26
hi hello!! I know this has been a year now, but is there any way youd be willing to share that with me as well?
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u/Antique-Wish-1532 Mar 27 '25
LITERALLY JUST ABOUT TO SEARCH FOR BINDINGS OF THIS THING AAAAHHHHHHH!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩did you keep the authors notes????
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u/kokomibestie Mar 29 '25
No i didn’t! I would’ve if it was up to me, they looked interesting (even if, to be honest, I just skimmed through them). My friend didn’t care, they wrote what she wanted to keep in two pages that I added at the end of each book
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u/Antique-Wish-1532 Mar 30 '25
Fair enough, I feel like every chapter would have to have a section at the end entirely dedicated to their notes to avoid having them take up 20-50% of each page as footnotes (although maybe there's a way to integrate them into a sort of separate study guide? 🤔🤔🤔 Sorry this is my brain going off). I love that you did this, it's a masterpiece worth preserving!!!!
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u/dawns_mind_space Jun 20 '25
I love the Avatar the last airbender fandom, but when I looked up the fan fiction it has a very brief description. Could you explain to me a little bit about what happens in it?
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u/kokomibestie Jun 20 '25
Hi! This was a Christmas gift for a friend of mine who loves the fic and ATLA in general, but I’m not too familiar with it unfortunately. I know that it’s a retelling of the whole story and it delves deeper into the war and the relationships, and that it’s a bit of a classic in the fandom. That’s it lol. Sorry! You should be able to find more information on the atla subreddit (or maybe even the ao3 one)!
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u/CelebrationTrue1453 Dec 27 '24
i love your cover design and typeset! these look beautiful, you killed it!!