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For anyone who doesn’t yet know: I recently bound a Snarry fanfic (The Lost World by

perverse_idyll ) into a book and submitted it as my entry for the Snarry-a-Thon, a fest for Snarry related fic and art. The idea of sharing my work with so many people made me ridiculously nervous, but it went very well. I received a lot of incredibly positive and supportive comments. Thank you all so much! I thought of this project as an experiment, and I'd say it was a succesful one. Many people seemed to like it a lot. A few of them even asked me if I could write a step by step article on how I bound the story, and my answer to that is: of course! I’m flattered that so many of you want to know more about it! So I set to writing and here it is. Perverse Idyll has asked me beforehand if I could take photos during the creation process, so I did, and will share those here as well.

Now, a lot of thought and experimentation went into this bookbinding project, so as a result, this post will be quite long, and at times even technical. Feel free to take your time reading it, or even skip some parts altogether. However, I do recommend you read ‘general info’, since that’s where I explain a few bookbinding terms I’ll be using later on. Also note that this is not meant to be a tutorial. It’s mostly a break-down of my proces, so that you can see exactly what one has to take into consideration for a project like this. If anything is unclear or you’d simply like to know more about a certain topic, don’t hesitate to ask. Otherwise, hope you enjoy!

( General info )

( Initial idea & Inspiration )

( Cover design )
( Typesetting & Page design )
( Printing; a story of frustration )

( Making the text block )
( The cover )
( Title & Wrap-up ) ( Photography & Aftercare )

( A few final words )

The Lost World (book version) - The making-of