# How do I make a book?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 19, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-book/349054 "2006-03-19T22:27:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![DontTreadOnMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@DontTreadOnMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DontTreadOnMe)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-book/349054/1 "2006-03-19T22:27:24Z")

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Not publish a book, rather what machine is needed to bind material into a book that looks just like you bought it from the store. More importantly is there a way for the public to access or rent out such a machine?

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-book/349054/2 "2006-03-19T22:42:52Z")

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> [@DontTreadOnMe](#):
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> Not publish a book, rather what machine is needed to bind material into a book that looks just like you bought it from the store. More importantly is there a way for the public to access or rent out such a machine?

See: [Bookbinding](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_binding).

Stranger

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**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-book/349054/3 "2006-03-20T01:49:26Z")

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I bind books for myself at home and also repair antiquarian books for the bookshop I work for.

I think it would honestly be cheaper/easier to get the materials and bind it by hand. It isn’t super-difficult to just do a basic hardback. Unless it is really large or something. What sort of thing are you looking to do? Just the one?