This wiki is the home of an article that appears in heavily edited (in a good way) form in Make magazine, Volume 5 (also available now as an Instructable). While the editors did a great job of distilling ramblings that far exceeded the word limit I was given into a concise and useful article, the limits of space prohibited much of the additional description, background, nuance, and pictures of my original piece. So, I thought it was worth posting my first draft. What it lacks in polish I hope it makes up for in depth.

Here are the sections of the original article to help you navigate the site:

1. OldeSchoolBookbinding
2. StrippingTheExistingCover
3. CreatingSignatures
4. PreparingSignaturesForStitching
5. StitchingTheSignatures
6. GluingTheSpine
7. BuildingCoverBoards
8. AttachingTheCoverBoards
9. CoveringTheCover
10. FinishingUp