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Behind the book
How a Paperleaf book is designed, printed and bound.
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Packing a book so it survives the post
The box, the sleeve and the corner protectors we nearly didn’t use.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: gloss
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- Reading time: 5 min read
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The small book that started it all
Our founder’s first handmade book, and what we changed since.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: matte
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- Reading time: 1 min read
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How we pick the photos for our own catalogue
We follow our own advice. Mostly.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: camping
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- Reading time: 6 min read
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Why your photo looks darker in print
Screens glow; paper doesn’t. How we correct for it.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: captions
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- Reading time: 1 min read
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Choosing a cover cloth
We tried dozens of fabrics before settling on the one we use now.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: albums
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- Reading time: 2 min read
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The paper we tested and rejected
Gloss, satin, lustre and why we ended up with matte.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: cousins
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- Reading time: 5 min read
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What happens when a book goes wrong
Misprints, missing pages and how we fix them.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: camping
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- Reading time: 3 min read
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How a spread gets laid out
Where your photos go, and why the gutter matters.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: autumn
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- Reading time: 6 min read
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Why we sew our books instead of gluing them
A sewn spine lies flat and lasts. Here is what that takes.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: first year
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- Reading time: 6 min read
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A day in the print room
From the morning file check to the last box out the door.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: decluttering
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- Reading time: 4 min read