Renegade Publishing

no-glue pamphlets

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:01:09 GMT

Posted by: nerakrose

this is a repost of a tutorial I posted on tumblr in response to an ask from a friend - it broke containment, as it were, and became more popular than I anticipated.

thebeautifulsoup asked: Do you have any quick-and-dirty book/fic binding methods a terrified-of-failure novice could use to bang something out to get over the first collywobbling step of Actually Doing The Thing? (this may be something I've been meaning to ask for ages)

( yes! I absolutely do! )

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Binderary 2024 - QOTD List

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 22:23:30 GMT

Posted by: chubsthehamster

—— BINDERARY 2024 - QOTD PROMPTS ——

Join the Binderary 2024 chatter with our QOTD prompts! Feel free to reply in the comments or post to the comm. You can also chat with us over on our Discord, which you can find the link to on our Carrd.

One thing you’d like to know more about
Paper!
Cloth!
Thread!
The Glue War
Machines (Printers, Cricut, etc.)
Favorite Font
Your Best Tip/Trick
Favorite Detail
Spines
Endbands
Mistakes/Fails
Storage Solutions
Your Workspace
Your Bookshelf
Dustjackets & Covers
Colophons
Title Page
Published Inspiration
Favorite Tool
Favorite part of the binding process
Author Spotlight: Someone you’ve bound.
Favorite bind by you!
Favorite bind by someone else!
First Bind
Latest Bind
Favorite part of Binderary
Favorite thing about Renegade!
Final roundup

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Binderary 2024 - Week Four

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 22:16:18 GMT

Posted by: chubsthehamster

—— BINDERARY 2024 - WEEK FOUR ——

It's that time of year again! Starting February 1st, Renegade is kicking off our annual Binderary event. Attendance is free and open to bookbinders of all skill levels, no registration required. Link to our Discord is in our Carrd! Schedule and presenters for week two (including valiha and daemonluna !) are below the cut:

( Read more... )

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Binderary 2024 - Week Three

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 22:07:31 GMT

Posted by: chubsthehamster

—— BINDERARY 2024 - WEEK THREE ——

( Read more... )

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Binderary 2024 - Week Two

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 23:27:57 GMT

Posted by: chubsthehamster

—— BINDERARY 2024 - WEEK TWO ——

It's that time of year again! Starting February 1st, Renegade is kicking off our annual Binderary event. Attendance is free and open to bookbinders of all skill levels, no registration required. Link to our Discord is in our Carrd! Schedule and presenters for week two (including daemonluna and robinseggbindery !) are below the cut:

( Read more... )

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Binderary 2024 - Week One

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:07:27 GMT

Posted by: chubsthehamster

—— BINDERARY 2024 - WEEK ONE —
It's that time of year again! Starting February 1st, Renegade is kicking off our annual Binderary event. Attendance is free and open to bookbinders of all skill levels, no registration required. Link to our Discord is in our Carrd! Schedule and presenters for week one (including robinseggbindery and astarael_paranoia!) are below the cut:

( Read more... )

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Renegade Edible Book Day 2023

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 20:56:34 GMT

Posted by: chubsthehamster

And that's a wrap!

(actually, it's more like a taco?)

While efforts to wrangle the first annual Edible Book Week may have been a bit half baked, some of us are calling it a success! Two baking classes, a number of WIP edible photos shared, and enough puns to choke on-- we're here. April 1st! Edible Book Day!

Members of Renegade did not disappoint! Behold the tasty treats offered for your viewing pleasure! And if you'd like, feel free to vote in our joke poll -- it's all for fun because clearly every entry is a winner!

Sushi Book

created by rhipiduridae

i like sushi

and normally

it’s smol and round

and quite おいしい

but now it’s flat

and tho i’m shook

i pick it up

i lik the book

The Breakfast Pages (Pancake, egg, green onion and cilantro)

created by Lauren

If I would attempt this again I would experiment with adding flavor to the pages and the pancakes. While edible unseasoned and basic, not the most tasty.

Renegade's Other Motto

created by Daemonluna

Nori cover ornamented with tofu skin, corn tortilla pages and mushroom letters attached with umiboshi paste, bound with cilantro stems.

I Don't Actually Like Ham

created by Lark

I would not make this again

A Sweet Snack

created by six

Dehydrated mango covers, crepe pages, pamphlet stitch with Twizzler. Very tasty!

Gingerbread tablets

created by Rachel Kadel

Writing practice, some cuneiform and some roman alphabet. The cuneiform is mostly gibberish but says "Ashurbanipal" at least once.

Dyptic

created by anonymous

dyptic made of shortcrust and salted caramel, text written in blue food colour

My naym is Dyptic

and when of old

the peeple were

sick scrolls to hold

They split in half

now don't be schook

a piece of wood

to make first book

( are you a Renegade member who's wrapping up a piece at the last minute? It's not too late-- ping six to get your entries added to the menu! )

Also check out Renegade's website for this event!

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Text paper! (UK based)

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:59:39 GMT

Posted by: nerakrose

Hello - I promised the Renegade Europe discord server to do a little breakdown/comparison of the text papers I use for my bindings, photos included. This is that post.

( Papers featured in this post )

( photos and write ups )

Comments welcome, suggestions of alternative papers and sources also welcome!

P.S. Mods: can I have a 'resources: paper' tag (or similar) please? :)

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Show Off Your Binderary 2023 Projects!

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 21:58:18 GMT

Posted by: badmiracle

Binderary 2023 is officially a wrap! Thank you to everyone who participated. Whether or not you accomplished your goal this year, we want to celebrate all your hard work.

So, show off your Binderary 2023 projects! Which bind are you proudest of? Which was the most challenging? Share your trials and triumphs in the comments, and don't forget to share pics! (Check out the How To Use Dreamwidth! (A Basic Guide) for tips on how to post images)

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Share Your Binderary 2023 Thoughts!

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:55:55 GMT

Posted by: chubsthehamster

Binderary 2023 is officially here, and we'd love to hear from you! We've prepared a list of daily prompts to get you thinking about all things fanbinding this month - inspiration, materials, process - you name it, we got it.

Feel free to reply to this post with the date and an answer to the following prompts:

What does Renegade mean to you?
Favorite Fic
One thing you'd like to learn more about
Paper!
Cloth!
The Glue War
Machines (Printers, Cricut, etc.)
Favorite binding technique
Your Best Tip/Trick
Favorite Detail
Spines
Mistakes/Fails
Process
Storage Solutions
Your Workspace
Dust jackets and covers
Published inspiration
Illustrations
Favorite Tool
Favorite part of the binding process
Inspo: The binder that inspired you!
Inspo: The fic that inspired you!
Author spotlight: Someone you've bound
Author spotlight: Someone you'd like to bind
Favorite bind by you!
Favorite bind by someone else!
First bind
Latest bind

Answer every day or just on the days that strike your fancy! Either way, we look forward to hearing all about your binding adventures~

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Binderary 2023

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 21:04:27 GMT

Posted by: chubsthehamster

Binderary 2023 is about to start!

For any fanbinders or bookbinders on here feel free to join us - it's a bookbinders' version of Nanowrimo!

The goal is simple - set yourself your own challenge for the month of February and bind, experiment, or go as feral as you want in your bookbinding journey. We’ve put together some rough categories here for people if they’d like to follow, but really this is just our effort to create some awesome conversation pieces and art in the community.

Throughout February, we will be hosting workshops and discussions about bookbinding and fanbinding, all for free. The topics covered will be everything from different binding styles to how to typeset in various programs to paper marbling to fandom history to the chemistry of bookbinding. If you would like to join us, there is a link to our Discord located on our Carrd.

Feel free to post any of your creations or mishaps or cool ideas to the comm, and to tag them with events: binderary 2023. You can also drop posts in our project: tag, under finished, planning, or wip.

Happy binding!

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How to Use Dreamwidth! (A Basic Guide)

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:41:20 GMT

Posted by: chubsthehamster

If you're new to Dreamwidth and aren't sure how to use it, don't worry! Read on for more info on how to get started with the site and our community.

( Read more... )

♡

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Navigation

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:50:09 GMT

Posted by: robinseggbindery

NAVIGATION

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Renegade Publishing Manifesto

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:24:13 GMT

Posted by: robinseggbindery

WE ARE RENEGADE PUBLISHING.

( We are a not-for-profit guild of fanbinders... )

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Frequently Asked Questions

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:46:28 GMT

Posted by: robinseggbindery

( FAQ )

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Renegade Fileshare

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 22:24:14 GMT

Posted by: robinseggbindery

Please find below Renegade's available files for sharing.

( Here be files! )
Please note that for fic typesets, you will have to individually contact the owner of that typeset; they may distribute their typeset at their discretion. All fic typesets submitted to our fileshare database MUST have author permission before sharing through Renegade. Orphaned works are welcome to be shared through this form.

All typesets available for download in our Google Drive are public domain or member-created, and have approval for sharing via Renegade's drive. You are free to utilize the materials provided here in any medium or format under the following terms:

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to Renegade Publishing.
Non-Commercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
No Derivatives — You may not distribute or modify the material. Please DO NOT re-upload these materials anywhere else.

Please note that to gain access to our general typesets, you must become a member of Renegade Publishing. This can be done HERE by agreeing to our CODE OF CONDUCT.

The Bookbinding 101 drive & ASH's How To Make A Book are free and available for all to use, regardless of membership status.

If at any time you would like something removed from the Drive or from the Fileshare Database, please comment on this post!

HOW TO MAKE A BOOK

BADGES, MANIFESTO, & LOGOS

BOOKBINDING 101

FONTS

TYPESETS

Public Domain Works

Journals & Notebooks

Bookbinder's Catalogues

Fileshare Database

Submit Your Typeset

OTHER

credit

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Adobe InDesign Resources

Sun, 08 May 2022 18:06:43 GMT

Posted by: armoredsuperheavy

Written Tutorials & Information

SleepingPatterns makes the case for InDesign

how to typeset a book in indesign - an amateur's guide

By Javert

Semi-automated AO3 Text Import into InDesign

By hechulara

Automated AO3 Chapter Splitting in InDesign

By hechulara

Video Tutorials

Creating a Book using Adobe InDesign CC2014

By Sean Foushee

This is a very comprehensive tutorial on making a book in InDesign

Lay Out a Print Book's Pages with InDesign CC 2017

by Indie Book Publishing with Euan Mitchell

Another useful video, using a slightly more recent version of indesign.

How to Turn Your Manuscript into a Paperback With Adobe InDesign

Hugh Howey explains how to create a book in InDesign. He also covers stuff like widow lines and tricks to avoid them.

Envato Tuts+ - Tutorial videos

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Welcome!

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 01:37:33 GMT

Posted by: momijizukamori

Hello!

We created this community to give more space to the sharing, collaborative, affirmative, renegade side of fanbinding. Our goal is to make it as accessible and as inclusive as possible. We believe that preserving fannish works and history is important for our community and therefore we practice the sharing of our techniques, resources, tips as well as our joys, tears, mishaps and finally, our work. We encourage questions, process notes, pictures; we are here to crowdsource solutions if we can, hold each other’s hands, express our sympathies, cheer each other up and be very, very proud of each other and ourselves.

We are nerds, we want to learn more. We are curious about any topics related to fanbinding: archiving, fancraft, typography, copyright, whatever you see fit.

We are excited to see what kind of new discussions this space will foster.

Welcome and happy binding!

Rules

This community is open to all - please place NSFW content behind a cut tag, and mark the entry using Dreamwidth's age restriction markers so people can curate their reading list for their comfort.
If your entry has more than one photo or video, please put all subsequent ones under a cut!
While we acknowledge that commissions and financial support can be part of our fannish lives, we ask you to negotiate them in a different space. Commission requests/offers, Patreon links, Ko-fi links, and the like are not allowed here.
This is a space for people from a wide variety of IRL and fannish backgrounds, and we want it to be fun for everyone. As such, racist/homophobic/ableist/sexist posts are not allowed. Likewise, fandom and ship policing are also not allowed.

Resources

renegadepublishing_feed, for a feed of posts from the Renegade Publishing tumblr
Adobe InDesign resources

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