Paper back Rebinding?

Question

My best friend borrowed my favorite book (John Steinbeck's East of Eden) and when i got it back... well its in like 3 pieces barely holding on. It's a paperback book and has over 600 pages. i dont want to get a new book because i have notes in the margin and it very special to me, is rebinding the book possible? how much might it cost?

Answer 1

You might be able to mend the book yourself. Try to find a good mending tape in a fabric or craft store...look for one that's about an inch wider than the spine of the book. Cut a strip the length of the spine, lay it flat, adhesive side up, and set the pieces of the book on their spine edges carefully onto the adhesive side of the tape. Apply even pressure all along the spine and fold the overlapping edges around the corners of the spine. This should keep the book together for you, and preserve your notes. If the book means that much to you, I think you deserve a new hardcover edition for future reading!

Answer 2

well....paperbacks are not all that repairable but it an be fixed of course. Here's an idea. The guys in the email room at my company used to make all of the note pads that we used. They would tightly clamp the pages together ( about 100-150 in this case) and then using a gummy glue, paint one side with it and let it dry. Voila! A pad. In your case, get two or three screw clamps thick enough for a 6" book. Measure it. Try to remove as much of the old binding glue that remains but don't tear the pages. Then, carefully align all the pages so that you have a perfect rectange with all pages equally set in place. Clamp it this way. Place a small wooden 6" ruler or another similarly sized piece of wood on either side of the binding side and then clamp these together with the pages. This will eliminate you clamping directly onto the paper itself. It will also provide a 'form' for the glue you will be using. Once this is done and the clamps are very tightly secured, brush on a thick, gummy glue. Maybe Gorilla glue or something you can find at a store like Staples. Be sure it is not too thin and wet so that it does not absorb into the paper. Make a nice thick coat and let it dry. Once dried, remove the clamps and slowly remove the rulers or wood strips you used. You should have a bound paperback by this time. You can reattach to cover using any glue to the binding glue you just added. Should work.
Cost to you...about 10-12 dollars. An idea anyway... Good luck!

Answer 3

Consult a book repair shop or look for something online. The price depends on how badly its damaged.

Answer 4

YES IT IS BUT IT MIGHT COST LIKE 50-100$ IT ALSO DEPENDES ON HOW BADLY IT IS DAMAGED.

Answer 5

This should do it

http://www.sff.net/people/Brook.West/bind/bindit.html