Craft Bookbinding

This is an excellent resource of tips and ideas for those already binding books. It is not for beginners as it does not cover introductory basics - if thats what you're looking for have a look at 'Making Books' by The London Centre for Book Arts. Thats a step by step guide. 'Craft Binding' builds on that foundation. I'm finding it full of useful stuff - a bit like the bits and pieces of advice you'd get from a good teacher. I'm pleased I bought it.

This book is full of great ideas and some instructions as well. I am continually referring to it for inspiration and practical information.

Helpful

Lots of info covering a wide range of bookbinding.

Very clear illustrations, imaginative and with great attention to detail.

Good

Not very clear or structured. It may come in useful but will probably gather dust. The stitch diagrams are confusing. Maybe larger photos would help. Nothing to help with single sheets or anything inspiring. Extremely boring. Disappointed.

I felt as if the book was for the advanced binder.

O livro tem uma apresentação predominantemente escrita. Considerando que é um trabalho manual, figuras e ilustrações ajudam na compreensão de maneira mais efetiva. Recomendo para quem já tenha conhecimento prévio de encadernação e pleno domínio do inglês.

me parece un libro que no vale la pena comprar, cuando en un tutorial de youtube o cualquier página de internet puedo encontrar su contenido, ojalá hubiera reembolso, debería de haber vistas previas no sólo del indice, sino de algunas páginas interiores, no sólo de los materiales.

Beaucoup de photo et de schéma. Complet. Je débute en reliure et je voulais un livre sur les basiques de cette technique.

This is a cool book. It is fairly short but it has a lot of different ideas for how to bind a book creatively. Not step by step instructions so maybe not for beginners, but lots of inspiration.

A good introduction to craft bookbindin.