<p>My son has indicated that what he would like for his birthday is a book binder. He is a composer, and would like to be able to market some of his compositions on his (yet-to-be-created) website. But he needs an attractive way to put them together.</p>
<p>I think he probably has in mind something that would punch a bunch of those little square holes, and then attach the black plastic spines to them - like our public schools use for handbooks or whatever. Except that they always have them done at printers.</p>
<p>But all suggestions are welcome, since this is completely new territory. I don’t think he could charge enough to cover printing and binding single copies professionally, including his time to run them back and forth to a printer. He wants to be able to create them on an as needed basis.</p>
<p>I said that I would be willing to handle the printing / binding for him, if I could also use it to organize some of my genealogy stuff. </p>
<p>I did a little bit of looking via Google, and mostly see companies offering to do it for me, or teaching me how to create hardbacks; neither is what we are looking for.</p>
<p>Anybody got any ideas or suggestions? I’ve got till late September to find something.</p>
<p>Totally agree with Treetopleaf. Lulu.com (and a few other websites like them) changed the way people self publish. They take care of everything except the original content.</p>
<p>You might want to look at Provo Craft’s “YourStory” book binder and laminating machine. I recall seeing on HSN, but don’t recall if all of the hardcovers have windows.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help. Kathie - that machine sounds exactly like what he was thinking of. Looks like staples sells something similar, a bit more expensive. But the nice thing is that Staples seems to have the refill supplies available, which could be handy.</p>
<p>I’m having trouble finding something appropriate on the Lulu site. Since it’s music, it needs to lay flat - a hard binding won’t work. But maybe I haven’t looked in the right place yet.</p>
<p>My husband is in a band and does all the music transcription for the horns. He puts his music in plastic sheet protectors inside of a three ring binder. Not something for publishing but works very well for playing out. I believe he has one song per page so he can easily make up the current set list for each event.</p>
<p>I use a Bind It All from Zutter Sisters for binding scrapbooks, word books, etc. I also use a Rollabind for different projects (check Levenger.com) I bought the Rollabind bunch and discs on eBay, but they are carried in Staples. I’d check the margin size of what her wants to bind before settling on a binding system.</p>