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Saw a guy at the craft fair selling 'hand bound' journals for $75 each

He was using PVA glue on the spines and calling it a proper binding. I watched him for about twenty minutes, and not one of those books had any rounding or backing. They were just glued blocks shoved into premade covers. That's not bookbinding, that's assembly. It makes our whole craft look cheap when people pass that off as quality work. I've been doing this for 15 years and a real rounded and backed case binding takes me at least three hours start to finish. How do you guys feel when you see stuff like that being sold for serious money?

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3 Comments

kevinw945d ago

Used to think it was just a different style. Seeing that price for glued blocks changed my mind fast.

joseph_green135d ago

Honestly, it's just a different product for a different buyer. Someone wants a nice looking journal, not a museum piece, and that glue gets the job done. The price covers his time and the craft fair booth fee, not just the binding method.

faithpatel5d ago

So you're telling me the craft fair booth fee is what... a thousand bucks? Because that's the only way I see a glue stick and some cardstock being worth that much. My kid makes stronger bindings with paste and construction paper. At least his stuff comes with a cute drawing on the front.