A real, physical book [by Maple]

Artisan Crafts
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oh gosh this is epic! I love seeing handmade books! its a wonder to see ones story go from imagination to a story to a physical book!

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You can be very proud of yourself!

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I have a plans to do more. With how much we, as a community, have lost due to site changes in the past I think itā€™s important to get some of these preserved in a form that canā€™t be destroyed by a server going down.

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Iā€™m thinking of doing it in silver! The black was just because that was theoretically what I could do myself with my home printer.

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Our stuff is as important as ā€œrealā€ books. The only difference is that we make it for free.

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God youā€™re just spitting facts in an unbelievable way

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If the Marquis de Sade were alive in our times, he would write in this place

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I mean have you seen the shit that gets published?? Thereā€™s some straight up garbage out there, Iā€™ve read traditionally published books way worse than most of the shit on the site.

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I forgot to post the dedication inside!

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Shut up and take my money!

Seriously, id buy this if my ass wasnā€™t broke.

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Maybe Iā€™ll open up commissions at some point.

I will be releasing a printable version (for you to bind yourself) and an ebook of everything I format though!

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This is lovely!

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Awww! (HUG)

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Do you plan on selling these, or are they just for yourself. Iā€™d love to commission one!

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maybe once i have a little more experience i may. I have made literally two so i do not feel comfortable doing this for money!!

there would also be the issue of what Iā€™m binding, if it was a story that wasnā€™t mine Iā€™d need permission from the author to do it for money, it feels wrong to profit off someone elseā€™s work. Making these for myself is one thing, selling them is a whole 'nother.

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Yay! Canā€™t wait :smiley:

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Beautiful work,and professionally done! Bookbinding is a dying art,so glad to see you doing it :slight_smile:

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This is so cool! Iā€™ve also bound a few books (blank ones, for me to write in by hand). Like you said, itā€™s really fun and not as difficult as youā€™d think. Itā€™s definitely something more people should try out.

But binding Fluffy stories, or other online stories, is such a good idea, and a great way to preserve them! I also prefer physical books and media in general. Itā€™s just a different feeling when you have something that you can actually hold in your hands and put on your shelf.

I also love the details of the small illustration on the title page, and the purple leafy paper on the inside of the cover.

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Thank you! I made some mistakes with this one, but Iā€™m pretty happy with it!

You def should bind some of your favorites, we godda preserve these stories!

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