darlinfetchthebattleaxe asked: hey karen! i love the mini books, I was wondering what the different processes were called for each book and why you did them differently? :)
When I made the Paper Towns book, I only glued the edges, similar to a perfect bind. It works in theory, but actually isn’t very strong, and is starting to fall apart. A few years after that when I did the TFioS book, I sewed it first, then glued the edges, which makes it much, much stronger. Also, when I made the first copy of TFioS (the one in the video), I only sewed 3 holes in the pages, but when I did the second one, I did 5, just to make it more durable still. Also, I kept overestimating the width of the cardboard in the spine, so the first TFioS book is not actually proportioned very well, I just kind of hid it in the photos I took. The second copy though, which John now owns, is much better.
When John releases a new book three years from now, I’m sure my process will only improve :)
