{"id":4740,"date":"2025-01-08T21:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/i-want-to-make-my-own-special-edition-book-nose-graze\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T21:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:47:16","slug":"i-want-to-make-my-own-special-edition-book-nose-graze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740","title":{"rendered":"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"Nine<\/p>\n

Nov 19th Update:<\/strong> I did it! Read the follow-up post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

Last week I read a post where someone documented how they created their own leather-bound edition of Gardens of the Moon<\/a>. Safe to say I became obsessed<\/em>. I want to do it too!<\/p>\n

My favourite book series is Tairen Soul by C.L. Wilson<\/a>. I\u2019ve always been a bit upset that the books were only ever released in mass market paperback (no hardcover!). Maybe this could be a good opportunity to create my own snazzy leather-bound edition?!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve started digging a little into what this process would entail. The above blog post is extremely useful, but I still had a few questions.<\/p>\n

Do I need permission?<\/h2>\n

If I want to reprint a copy in a larger hardcover size (not just re-bind an existing edition), do I need permission from the author\/publisher? Keeping in mind it\u2019s just one single copy for private\/personal use and will never be distributed. I still don\u2019t know the answer to this!<\/p>\n

The book is published by HarperCollins. They have a very useful permission request form<\/a>, but they explicitly say:<\/p>\n

\n

Our permissions departments do not advise as to what is or not \u201cfair use\u201d. If you determine that the selection you wish to use falls under \u201cfair use\u201d guidelines then you need not place a request here.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m not sure if this use case would be fair use. On the one hand, this is completely private, non-commercial, and I\u2019m not selling or distributing the books in any way. I also own the paperback and ebook (which I know doesn\u2019t necessarily give me the right, but would make me feel less bad about it). On the other hand, we\u2019re talking about reprinting (not photo copying) the entire<\/em> book.<\/p>\n

I could fill out the form to be safe, but then assuming they approve the request, I am committing myself to paying $100 minimum.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still not sure how to proceed with this yet. I emailed the author for her permission and haven\u2019t heard back yet. (Fingers crossed!)<\/p>\n

I taught myself InDesign<\/h2>\n

One of the first things I did was start an InDesign trial. This is one component I wanted to tinker with myself. I knew I wouldn\u2019t be able to bind the book myself or draw awesome artwork for it, but surely I could make InDesign work.<\/p>\n

I spent several days reading articles and watching YouTube videos on how to generally get this working. I think I have something going that works now. (If this ended up being insanely painful I would have put an end to the idea right then.)<\/p>\n

I researched:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Book sizes<\/li>\n
  • Margins<\/li>\n
  • Font sizes \/ families<\/li>\n
  • Book layouts (where to put page numbers, etc.)<\/li>\n
  • Chapter headings (fancy or plain? I\u2019m leaning towards plain)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    I\u2019m sure a professional could do this way<\/em> better than me, but if I\u2019m going to do this I want to be able to say I contributed something<\/em> myself.<\/p>\n

    Interior artwork \u2013 hard to find!<\/h2>\n

    I also love the idea of commissioning some artwork to include in the book. Turns out this is\u2026 really hard! (I\u2019ve never commissioned art before.)<\/p>\n

    I started talking to some artists to get a sense of pricing and timelines. Pretty much every artist I\u2019m interested in either hasn\u2019t replied to me (yet?), doesn\u2019t take commissions in general, or is so booked out that they aren\u2019t even putting new people on a waiting list. I have a whole new respect for any author that\u2019s able to commission a gorgeous, illustrated book cover. (If you know of an illustrator, feel free to let me know!)<\/p>\n

    I still have a few leads and I\u2019m hoping one will pan out. Right now my expectation is to have to wait 3-4 months before an artist would even be able to start.<\/p>\n

    Finding a printer who will give you the time of day<\/h2>\n

    Another hard one. I only want one single book printed, which is a complete waste of time for most printers. I was rejected by two<\/s> three right off the bat (count increased while writing this post lol). I do have a couple leads now, but it\u2019s challenging. It doesn\u2019t help that I\u2019m being a little difficult by not wanting a \u201cstandard\u201d paperback or hardcover. I want no cover (so it can be leather-bound separately), tip-ins, and custom endpapers! This means I have to talk to pre-sales for any site I can find (I can\u2019t use one of those \u201cjust pick your book format and upload your files\u201d services, because I have special requirements).<\/p>\n

    Rereading the book<\/h2>\n
    \n
    \"Paperback<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

    I also reread Lord of the Fading Lands (my sixth read of it!), taking notes along the way. I bookmarked character descriptions and scenes that I\u2019m potentially interested in having illustrated.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s been less than a week since this idea first took root in my mind, but it feels like it\u2019s been a year. I\u2019ve been through so many ups and downs, from:<\/p>\n

    OH MY GOD I THINK I FOUND THE PERFECT BINDER! THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

    to:<\/p>\n

    I can\u2019t find an artist anywhere! This project is never going to happen! It\u2019s DOOMED! I should just stop all my research now!<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Dramatic, I know.)<\/p>\n

    I still have a lot to figure out, and there\u2019s a chance I\u2019ll give up along the way. But I really<\/strong> hope I manage to make this work!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Nov 19th Update: I did it! Read the follow-up post. Last week I read a post where someone documented how they created their own leather-bound edition of Gardens of the Moon. Safe to say I became obsessed. I want to do it too! My favourite book series is Tairen Soul by C.L. Wilson. I\u2019ve always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[2268,1837,4749,2227,1836],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-4740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-book","tag-edition","tag-graze","tag-nose","tag-special"],"yoast_head":"\nI want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nov 19th Update: I did it! Read the follow-up post. Last week I read a post where someone documented how they created their own leather-bound edition of Gardens of the Moon. Safe to say I became obsessed. I want to do it too! My favourite book series is Tairen Soul by C.L. Wilson. I\u2019ve always […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-08T21:47:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"880\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-08T21:47:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740\"},\"wordCount\":935,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Book\",\"Edition\",\"Graze\",\"Nose\",\"Special\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Books\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740\",\"name\":\"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-08T21:47:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":880},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze - Som2ny Network","og_description":"Nov 19th Update: I did it! Read the follow-up post. Last week I read a post where someone documented how they created their own leather-bound edition of Gardens of the Moon. Safe to say I became obsessed. I want to do it too! My favourite book series is Tairen Soul by C.L. Wilson. I\u2019ve always […]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2025-01-08T21:47:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":880,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze","datePublished":"2025-01-08T21:47:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740"},"wordCount":935,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg","keywords":["Book","Edition","Graze","Nose","Special"],"articleSection":["Books"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740","name":"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-08T21:47:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leather-bound-books.jpg","width":1000,"height":880},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=4740#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I want to make my own special edition book \u2022 Nose Graze"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4740"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=4740"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=4740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}