How to store printed matter?

How to store printed matter
So we print 100 of fold 1. Put it in a pile.

We print 100 of fold 2. Put it in another pile.

There are 8 folds to a section and 11 sections in the book, the last section being only 4 folds.

How do I store them flat, clean and not in sunlight?

There are 84 folds in the book

Is that 84 piles?

So I need card to divide the piles so I can store them on top of each other.

How many pieces of card? 84?

The card needs to be at least 60cm x 30cm.

That's bigger than A3 and smaller than A2.

Mark suggested hardboard.

We could get 6 sheets of 1220mm x 2240mm (14 dividers per sheet) @£5.68 per sheet

14 dividers x 6 sheets = 84 dividers

6 sheets cost £34.08 plus cutting to size costs.

A boring way of spending yer money but a possible solution.

Abernethy Bookbinder

Had a good chat with Aidan Abernethy.

Sewing the book is not the most precise part of the whole binding process.

A non-pro could do it, with some expert supervision from Aidan.

bookbinders frame needed, clean space etc

a) we either get some pixies to sew the books for a small fee - guided by Aidan.

b) Sal and I sew them ( guided by Aidan) and reward ourselves with sweets and handbags.

Either way I think this wee problem can be solved.

Aidan mentioned he had been thinking about books and binding again having had a long separation for them.

The universe provides.....

Carrying the book to you

First stop Eco Print.

All the paper has been delivered there.

Arrived, got the cutting template.

Double check the grain.

Grain on this batch is opposite way round.

Glad I checked , have asked for each batch to be checked.

Actually better this way as I get three sheets to each A1.

14 x 250 = 3500 x 3 = 10500 pieces of paper

Each book contains 84 sheets of paper x 100

8400 required for 100 books leaving a healthy 2100 for test sheets.



Visit Steve Forster.....

Ask Henry of Book Hive if he would sell books and use credit card machine at any launch.

UNBOUND -Bristol Art Gallery/Venue/CINEMA/bookshop ARNOLFINI http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/

ICA Bookshop

nastylittlepress.org Sophie+Luke Wright beautiful small books


10" vinyl
Epic 45
MAKE MY MUSIC - enablers - great business model
Owen Sickroom
Transept ask

Write an essay on the book
The Butcher writes an essay on the book.

Sarah Beare - Hoxton Book Art Shop

Thank-you to the lookers and advisors today.

Binding thoughts

So, took the book to visit Henry at the Book Hive. He thought it was beautiful and we will work together on a launch in the future.

A new art-book shop will open soon in the old King Of Hearts.

Then went to Jarrolds Printing Museum to see the chaps.

Derek the embosser is still ill.

Met a bookbinder called Richard Lane, had lovely chat.

He recommended that I found a binders half way between a one-man set-up and fully mechanical shabang.

Biddles of Kings Lynn

Perhaps somewhere in Cambridge, they may have more call for bespoke books with more editions needed.

Must talk to Mel Clark.

The Book is in my hands......

I feel odd. It looks great. But I am feeling some kind of pain.....

The binders had a difficult time.

I have been sent away with a needle to pierce the pages of the next batch of books to ease the sewing nightmare.

I have also been given the option of re-calibrating the book to 4 folds per section rather than 8, to make the binding process easier and hence cheaper.

The book looks great. It is a success, but a financial pain in the arse.

Each book, at the moment, costs £35 just to bind......hmmmmm.

Let's see what happens.