Folded or glued books
- One-sheet fold-up zine Sarah Smith's instructions for a simple one-sheet book that's perfect for zines. Multiple one-sheet books can be glued or sewn together to make a book with more pages.
- One-Sheet Book Variations Bill Hanscom's instructions for making a number of one-sheet books. Note: the dotted lines are folds and the solid lines are cuts.
- "Pants" cut one-sheet zineAnother easy one-sheet zine. Using one sheet of paper, create a zine with a cover, back cover, and 8 inside pages.
- Turkish Map Fold Instructions on how to fold a map or larger sheet or map to create an exciting pop-out
- One-Strip Accordion Book with Dust Jacket Sarah Smith's instructions for a one-strip accordion book with a dust jacket cover
- Card Stock Cover for Accordion Book Sarah Smith's instructions for creating simple card stock covers to give an accordion book a little bit heft at the covers.
- Flag Book Instructions These are instructions from Hedi Kyle and Ulla Warchol's book, " The Art of the Fold"
- Blizzard Book Hedi Kyle's (the inventor of this structure) instructions on how to make a blizzard book, which is a great structure for single sheets of information that can be removed and reordered.
- Various Envelopes and Letterfolds A blog post with information, folding instructions and diagrams
Glued Books
- Double Fan Adhesive Sarah Smith's instructions for making a double fan adhesive book, which is a good way to binding together books made of single sheets of paper. With a different approach to the cover, the book can look like a paperback, a hard cover book or even function like a pad of paper.
Sewn Books—1,2 or 3 Sections (thinner, simpler books)
- Single Section Pamphlet Sarah Smith's instructions for a single section pamphlet, which is perfect for a small journal, zine or poetry chapbook. These instructions involve a card stock cover, but it could also have a hard cover.
- Two-Section Pamphlet Sarah Smith's instructions on how to make a two-section pamphlet/booklet, which is perfect for a pamphlet with more pages or thicker paper. It also has a pleat in the center, which could have items attached or printed on it.
Sewn Books—More than 3 Sections (thicker, more complex books)
- French Link Stitch Instructions Sarah Smith's Instructions for the French Link Stitch
- Four-Slot Long Stitch Sarah Smith's Instructions on how to make a four-slot long stitch book. This book is a good way to bind multiple sections together with out glue and with the sewing attractively exposed on the spine.
- Leather Wrap Long Stitch Lizzie Curran's instructions
Sewn Boards Binding Tutorial with DAS Bookbinding
- Secret Belgian Binding Tutorial Erin Fletcher of Herringbone Bindery's instructions
- Secret Belgian Binding Instructions with Diagrams Instructions from Hollander's
Enclosures
- Simple Cardstock Slipcase A slip case with one layer of cardstock on the sides
Tutorial for making a hardcover, folder style portfolio with Kristi Warren
Tutorial for making a cloth hard cover, 4-flap portfolio with DAS Bookbinding.
Tutorial for making a cloth covered clamshell box with Jim Escalante
- Cardstock slipcase with double thick sides You can cut "thumb notches" at the foredges of this slipcase to make it easier to pull the book out
Indesign Templates
Below, you'll find templates for zines (self-published minibooks) that you can use with Adobe InDesign, a layout and page design software that is free for all Arts and Science undergraduate students and Guarini graduate students. (For instructions on how to get Adobe Creative Cloud through Dartmouth, please click here). Use these templates to create printable PDFs and self-publish your art or writing, create a project for a class, and more! Adobe also offers free tutorials on how to use InDesign (click here); you can also contact Book Arts via email to schedule a session if you have additional questions.
- One-Sheet Fold-Up [Indesign Template]This InDesign template will help you create a small (2.75” x 4.25”) zine with a front cover, 6 pages, and a back cover. It is formatted to be printed double-sided on 8.5 x 11” paper (regular copy paper). You can download, print and fold it yourself using the instructions under the "Folded or glued books" section on this page (click on "Simple One-Sheet Book")!
- Simple saddle-stitch zine, 10-pager [Indesign Template]This template will help you create a medium-sized (8.5 x 5.5”) zine with a front cover, 10 pages, and a back cover. It is formatted to be printed double-sided on 3 sheets of 8.5 x 11” paper. It is essentially a stack of copy paper folded in half then stapled on the spine!
- Simple saddle-stitch zine, 14-pager [Indesign Template]This template will help you create a medium-sized (8.5 x 5.5”) zine with a front cover, 14 pages, and a back cover. It is formatted to be printed double-sided on 4 sheets of 8.5 x 11” paper. It is essentially a stack of copy paper folded in half then stapled on the spine!
Special Book Arts Workshop Tutorials
- First Year Student Orientation Booklet
A one-sheet book showing a very brief history of Dartmouth College Library. You can download, print and fold it yourself using the instructions under the "Folded or glued books" section on this page (click on "Simple One-Sheet Book")! - Pop-Up Valentine InstructionsInstructions for cutting and folding a pop-up Valentine based on the template provided here.
- Pop-Up Valentine TemplateTemplate for cutting and folding a pop-up valentine
- Study Spaces ZineA zine made for incoming students who need a guide to all the study spaces in Baker-Berry! You can download, print and fold it yourself using the instructions under the "Folded or glued books" section on this page (click on "Simple One-Sheet Book")!
- Welcome to Book Arts ZineA one-sheet book introducing people to the Dartmouth Library Book Arts Workshop. You can download, print and fold it yourself using the instructions under the "Folded or glued books" section on this page (click on "Simple One-Sheet Book")!
- Why Do We Celebrate Valentine's Day? ZineA simple one-sheet foldup zine made for Valentine's 2023 about the history of Valentine's Day! You can print this out at home (make sure to use print setting "actual size" rather than "fit to page") and make it into a zine using the one-sheet fold-up instructions on this page.
External Instructions and Tutorials
- Bookbinder Sage Reynolds (Youtube page)Lots of great tutorials on binding and boxmaking!
- Booklyn Education ManualFrom Booklyn's website: "In this ever-evolving education manual, we’ve combined bookmaking experiences and techniques from the world over that do all of these things. The Booklyn Education Manual is a combination of instruction sheets, lesson plans, and resources to introduce you to bookmaking or to complement the bookmaking you already do."
- MBCA Bookmaking Instructional VideosFrom Minnesota Center for Book Arts' website: "These paper-based projects can be assembled with simple household materials and are perfect for all skill levels! Follow along with Madeline Garcia, MCBA’s Education and Community Engagement Coordinator, as she gives step-by-step instructions for creating 11 unique book structures."
- Sea Lemon Bookbinding (Youtube page)Tutorials for making books at home.