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Published: 2013-01-22 03:12:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 1105; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 0
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My mom keeps saying that she wants to get an iPad to JUST READ BOOKS... But they were always too expensive (I wonder why.........=_
and she just refuses to read off her laptop...So with my lack of creativity and art related things lately, I decided to print out a free story online, by her favorite author, that's been translated into Vietnamese, and make it into a physical book with a hardcover... It took 3 days... My whole MLK Jr. weekend... >_> I'm a newbie in bookbinding so I don't know the rules for binding a book... lol
I'm not gonna lie... It was actually fun making it and thinking of ways to go about it.
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omg this is awesome! i kind of want to try it now xD how did you print the pages out? just double sided it looks like right?
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Yes, I used MS Word. I set the page layout into book fold. If you have a duplex printer have sure that it's printing on the short side or else the pages on the backside will be printed upside down.
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Alright cool! 
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Haha Word will do most of the work for you. But, it's also helpful to do a test print to see if everything is in order.
Once you've printed your booklet, all you have to do is fold the whole stack in half. The 2 middle pages will be printed last and the first and last page will be printed at the beginning(but probably not at the same time). With thinner booklets you don't really have to cut the pages in half, like I did.
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alright awesome! i'm so trying this now xD and i'll be sure to post the finished product and send you a link when i finally do it! xD
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Haha! Can't wait to see it! Good Luck!
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What can't you follow, sir or madame?
If you are talking about the language, it is Vietnamese.
If you are talking about how to make a book, then this isn't a "How to". it's just shows a bit of my progress as I was working and the final product.
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Ohmygosh Vietnamese!
This is seriously good. I should have done this for some of the stuff I've printed.
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I bet she will love it! The cover looks stunningly beautiful! Great job!
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Thank you!
Is your icon of Tree Trunks? That's awesome!
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The walmarts near em got rid of their sewing/fabric department sadly.
And yes it is.
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O_O That's sad... 
Tree Trunks is the bomb~!
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They do have sewing patterns still though. Maybe I should go look in the craft section.
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Haha! Yeah. I love going through the yarn aisles.
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I know right? I love buying yarn I buy more than I need. xD I am a crocheter.
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Haha. Crocheting makes my brain jumbled so I find it hard to learn. 
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Hehe knitting probably will be like that for me when I learn. xD And thanks. ♥
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lol I guess it's whichever one you learn first. haha
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cool!!! that looks awesome!!
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Haha Yes, she can. But, I can't.
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