bookbinding fanfiction for the first time: MANACLED EDITION 

I really went to war with my own fear

it is when ur doing it lol

@@maditalesbut you won! 🙌

real she’s iconic for it too

I have to keep you all on the tip of your toes. Never expect my next move

If someone I knew hand bound a book for me I would propose on the spot

@@Fern_Tull exactly!

@@Fern_Tull friend: *hands your epic mulit-chapter 10000k words fanfic book binded in the way you like it* Happy birthday bestie!!

going to do it for my bestie for her birthday wish me luck (might regret)(its ok)

@@skyfish5910 omg i truly wish you the best of luck! you’re an amazing friend 🫶🏼

She was PISSEDDDDD but like it’s the perfectionist in me

​@@maditaleshii,does Vanessa have a channel?

Yes it's @Bookishvee

Yes it's @Bookishvee

Yes it's @Bookishvee

i always worry abt asking authors stuff like this so i go on these vids to get courage lol

@@noonelooksatusers There was actually a bit of discourse about this a little while ago on TikTok, the general consensus is that if you're printing and binding it for yourself or someone else, it is ok AS LONG as you're not making money from it bc then the author does not benefit from it. So yes for personal use, no for commercial use.

@@Jocelynex yeah true! i saw some of that and i do believe you can print whatveet tf u want for personal use (cuz thats the law in my country so its okay) but i mostly worry about the fact some authors dont want ppl to have a physical copy itherwise they can never dekte the work and its always up there.

do you have any other helpful tips? I'm looking to bind some fanfics for my friends as gifts :)

​@@taegiseoktrash8874 are they fanfics your friends wrote, or ones they like.

​@@taegiseoktrash8874Hi ! I know I'm not the one you asked this question to, but I may have a few tips that could help. To fold your signatures, yiu can use a vertical surface ; like, if your desk is against a wall, you can push the stack of sheets against the wall, and then fold them, aligning all edges against the wall. That will make your signatures straight and square with no efforts. If you are printing on A4 printing paper (the classical paper most people print on), you don't need to mesure the height of your book : this format has a standard size, which mean the smallest side (the width, that become the height of your book) is always the same. With A4, it's 21,7 cm. It's easier to punch holes from the inside ; you basically use the fold itself to make sure nothing shift. To obtain something always identical, you have two options. You can make a simple template, by cutting sort of a L shape in a thick paper (card style paper, for example) that is longer than your book. It should look like a perfect rectangle, with just a small square jutting out on one extremity. You mark each extremities of your book on the template (so where it begins and where it ends), the top extremity right where the small "paper hook" meet the rest of your rectangular template, then the placement of all your holes (right against the edge of your template). To use it, you open the signature at a 90° angle (one half flat on your desk, the other, straight up), hook your template on the top of your signature, put it right against the fold, and then, you just have to punch the holes following the markings. The other option is to actually use a jig made specifically for it. You can find it in a lot of etsy shop, as a bookbinding tool, often 3D printed, for a small price. It allow you to rest your signature open in it and there's pre-pierced holes all along it that allow you to choose where you want them, and to repeat them perfectly identically on all your signatures with no efforts. When you are sewing, the places you are the more likely to tighten your thread too much are the extremities. If your book begin to look like a banana (small at the ends, and wide in the middle), then you are definitly sewing too tight. It's no big deal, but it's better to cut the thread, separate the signatures and try again. To help you, you can press/rub regularly the signatures at the spine with your bone folder, to keep encouraging them to lay flat, which will show you how loose/tight to keep your sewing. If you really have a hard time, try the technique called coptic binding. It's often shown with an exposed spine, but you can make it encased too. The advantage is that this technique actually create lines of sewing at multiple place on the spine, which tighten the book in an uniform way (so if you keep sewing tight, it will be tight everywhere, not just on the extremities). If you want a great tutorial for that, go check Sea Lemon : she has a video for case binding, and show a variation of the coptic stitch to sew a book in a very clear tutorial. If you are afraid of not getting the bookcase (the hard cover) on the book correctly, and having your decorative pages all messed up with wrinkles, or the book not straight inside, you can use a glue call methy-cellulose instead of PVA to glue the endpages to the cover. Unlike PVA, methyl-cellulose take longer to tack, and that means you can unglue your endpages, and try again a few minutes later if everything is not in place right after glueing. If you want to watch tutorials, I suggest the channels of Sea Lemon, Nick the Booksmith, and DAS Bookbinding. The first one is very beginner friendly, the second one shows more in depth tutorials and ideas, the last one is more oriented traditionnal bookbinding, but is often filled with very useful tips (like the hook-like paper template for the holes in the signatures) Hoping this can help you !

ahh yes do it! the first time is so stressful but honestly once you understand it, it gets very easy

thank you so much!!! I tried my best (also I totally recognize you from my other vids loll)

@@maditales Wow I’m famous. And the book turned out amazing!! ❤️‍🔥

Omg thank uuuuuu

@@maditales just telling the truth! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Don’t tempt me

so what’s the name?? I better get the first copy :)

Where can I read this fanfic ? I hear about it everywhere but I can’t find it 😢

@@alexandrajacquet5898ao3, which is on google ❤

​@@alexandrajacquet5898 it's linked in the description box below the video 😊

like why didn't they give me step by step instructions

@@maditales GIRL I DON’T KNOW, it’s like making a recipe video that just says “eyeball everything” like that makes no sense

thank you so much!!!

biggest compliment ever so thank you so much!!!

Omg ahhh thank uuu

welpppp yeah I will def do it different the next time i do it

omg that is such an honor honestly thank you so much!!!

yes it is written so well and I love the entire twist of the story

thank you so muchhhhh

We always have panic attacks for no reason and afterwards I always feel so embarrassed

@@maditales EXACTLY! Usually what cools me off is when a family member says “hey you’re crying for no reason.” I’m immediately like “okay yeah maybe you’re right” and I collect myself because NO ONE ELSE WILL COMFORT ME THE WAY I NEED TO BE COMFORTED 🤣🤣

yesss do it do it do it!!! honestly even if you mess up you can always fix it!!

thank you so much !!! i def want to do it again with some other fanfics

thank you so much really !!!

@@maditales of course!!

being a perfectionist is such a curse cause I could not care less about the mistakes if I had made this for myself BUT FOR A FRIEND??? no. it has to be perfect

thank you so much 🤍

aww thank you so much!!! and I know it is already the end of january but still happy 2024

aww thank you so much really this means so much to me

thank you so much honestly ❤

thank you so much !!!

Thank you so much !!!

yess def do it!!!! i am sending all my luck over to you because you got this

piranesi and house of hollow are both on my tbr so i am super excited about those

(I have bounded 3 fanfics that way)

thank you so much!!!