[FM Discuss] hand bound manuals/workbooks

[Cara Bell-Jones]

Hi Tomi and Anne,
Thanks for your kind words! - and Anne, I'll contact you directly about 
posting you a copy :)
Many thanks!
Cara


Tomi Toivio wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Looks great! We should make some of these for exhibition at Assembly 
> next week... As it is too late to order printed manuals from Lulu.com. :)
> 
> Regards
> Tomi
> 
> 2009/7/28 Cara Bell-Jones <carabelljones at googlemail.com 
> <mailto:carabelljones at googlemail.com>>
> 
> 
>     Hi there
>     Firstly I'd just like to introduce myself to the list - I'm
>     currently based in Berlin working freelance for museums and
>     galleries and generally making ends meet! In February I helped
>     stream events for the transmediale festival and then took part in a
>     book sprint to document the process, I really loved the experience,
>     the concept and potential of people coming together from different
>     disciplines to create free manuals for free software.
> 
>     More recently I've been working towards making hand bound manuals,
>     with the following aims in mind: (please see below for links to
>     pictures of the prototypes)
> 
>     1. possibly incorporating book binding in to book sprints, with
>     contributors screen printing their own cover and binding their
>     manual as a keepsake or present.
> 
>     2. distributing the manuals to independent book stores for approx
>     20euro cover price (within the manual there would be a mini manual
>     on how to make and distribute your own books, promoting an open
>     business model).
> 
>     3. targeted fund-raising, a limited edition of books would be made
>     to sell for 50euros in order to raise a specific amount (e.g. 3,000)
>     to fund a particular book sprint. Each book can be inscribed with
>     something like..."this book contributed to the pure data book
>     sprint." (I'd also take a bit of money to cover the time I spend
>     making the books too!)
> 
>     I just wanted to see what people thought about how the manuals
>     should look, feel, cost etc.
> 
>     You can see a few pictures of prototypes here:
>     http://adam.engagetv.com/fm_pics/
> 
>     any comments good or bad will be really appreciated :)
> 
>     notes on pictures
>     * 'blue,' 'book1'/'holdingbook' and 'spines' are screen printed with
>     just one colour at home - but I've access to a printing studio where
>     5 colours can be applied quickly and easily if we have more detailed
>     covers designed for the books (which would look stunning!)
>     * 'book1'/'holdingbook' is Japanese bound with raffia
>     * 'inside_cover'/'inside_page' is printed paper glued in to hide the
>     tape that you can see in 'workbook_open'
>     * binding screws can easily be removed so that updates can be added
>     to your book after purchase - suitable for the workbook/exercise
>     book idea
> 
>     a few other things...
>     * I bought materials from art shops so these books have worked out
>     quite expensively at 10-13 euros each.
>     * the board used for the cover is 1.5mm thick 1800g/m²
>     * I cut the board and paper (and rounded corners) by hand in these
>     examples but will borrow/buy guillotines/cutters if making neater
>     copies for sale.
>     * these books took about 30mins to make each (this should decrease
>     when making greater quantities, using guillotines etc.)
> 
>     please comment to the list with any thoughts that you have on this
>     thanks :)
>     cara
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