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 enlarge | Author: Esther K. Smith
Publisher: Potter Craft
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
Buy New: $14.88
You Save: $10.12 (40%)
New (32) Used (9) from $14.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 8903
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0307353362
Dewey Decimal Number: 686.3
EAN: 9780307353368
ASIN: 0307353362
Publication Date: November 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Fantastic book for beginners May 3, 2008
I had never made a book and needed to learn how, fast, for a class project. This book did the trick. The author clearly describes how to make several simple types of books (accordion, pamphlet, etc.) and also gets into more complicated techniques like Coptic binding. Her examples are creative and inspiring.
 Gift for a friend March 30, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Came in good shape and in good time. Wish it had more information on the coptic stich, but oh well. My friend enjoyed it.
Excellent How-To for Beginners & Intermediates March 14, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I picked up a copy of "How To Make Books" in a bookshop recently, and I was impressed. I'm already a bookbinder and familiar with most of the projects Smith details within the book, but I whole heartedly recommend this to novices and intermediates.
Smith's hand drawn diagrams have a warmth that many technical manuals overlook, without losing explicitness. Project directions are clear and concise. Her writing has a pleasant conversational tone. And the book is just a joy to hold -- the cover is raw bookboard, embossed letters to look like letterpress and a cloth tape spine. The combination of materials is engaging and tactile. I love this book!
A Great Resource for Teachers March 14, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Since April is National Poetry Month, I'm creating a new poetry unit. I discovered the Poem in Your Pocket movement, and it dovetails nicely with my latest thrilling book discovery: How to Make Books: Fold, Cut & Stitch Your Way to a One-of-a-Kind Book, by Esther K. Smith. This book would have changed my life when I sponsored the school literary magazine; it still may change my life. Smith calls the first book an instant book, and to me, it is a paper folding miracle. Using an 8 x 11 inch piece of white paper, Smith shows readers how to make eight folds and one cut to have a six page miniature "zine." No glue. No stitching. The best part? It uses images from only one side of the piece of paper, so feel free to Xerox the content and fold away for cheap and darling mass production. Amazing. One of the big components of teaching writing pedagogy is publication, and this technique makes it easy and satisfying to reach that point. The book has ideas to grow on, too. Just looking at it fosters a love of books...
great collection of ideas and illustrations February 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've already read a few books on this topic and taken a few classes, but was very happy with the content here. Certainly not just for beginners, this fun book has good illustrations, fun examples, lively writing style and is generally a funky cool book in its own right.
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