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Making a Book
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Hey folks, this is a strange idea so please don't laugh!
This christmas I want to get a very special friend of mine a unique present, I want to write a story and then make it into a little hardback book.
Im not after multi-million pound graphics or a 1000 page novel, just a few little pages with a short dedication verse at the front. Does anyone know of a company who could mount it into a hardback if I supplied all of the literature etc?
Strange, I know! Thanks folks.
This christmas I want to get a very special friend of mine a unique present, I want to write a story and then make it into a little hardback book.
Im not after multi-million pound graphics or a 1000 page novel, just a few little pages with a short dedication verse at the front. Does anyone know of a company who could mount it into a hardback if I supplied all of the literature etc?
Strange, I know! Thanks folks.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Great idea, probably hard to make happen at reasonable cost. Suggest getting hold of Yellow pages and searching out old-style bookbinders - small firms. They might do it for you as a one-off. Books become very cost-effective in large volume print runs, because the production cost is tiny per book, but the one-off set-up cost is very high.
Following on from buildersmate's idea, I did a quick google search for "gift bookbinders" and found these websites that do what you want -
Blisset's of London
http://www.blissetts.com/service.asp?CatID=6&s erviceID=47
Salisbury Bookbinders of St Clear, near Carmarthen
http://www.salisburybookbinders.co.uk/gifts.ht ml
Designer Bookbinders, London
http://www.designerbookbinders.org.uk/commissi oning.html
Contrado's, London
http://www.bagsoflove.co.uk/company/inhouse.as px
If none of these are convenient for you to get to, I suggest you go to
http://www.yell.co.uk
put in "bookbinders" and your local area, and search.
Blisset's of London
http://www.blissetts.com/service.asp?CatID=6&s erviceID=47
Salisbury Bookbinders of St Clear, near Carmarthen
http://www.salisburybookbinders.co.uk/gifts.ht ml
Designer Bookbinders, London
http://www.designerbookbinders.org.uk/commissi oning.html
Contrado's, London
http://www.bagsoflove.co.uk/company/inhouse.as px
If none of these are convenient for you to get to, I suggest you go to
http://www.yell.co.uk
put in "bookbinders" and your local area, and search.