Bound books

turborip · Post by **turborip** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:11 pm

IanAlexavier wrote:

Welcome to the new addiction LOL Not really..

Your books looks great!! Its fun trying to figure out exactly what YOU want in a book.

I sat down last night and started reading through my TimeWalker book. Its so nice to lay that ribbon in the book where I left off and come back to the book whenever I wish

I went even more bare bone from Library Binding. What you see is what you get. No ribbon marker, no cover die, no head or tails bands and I'm still 100% satisfied!

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:41 pm

Trip- The books look awesome, I really like how you went green with the GL titles.

I know when I get mine back, I am looking forward to taking them to SDCC to get signed.

turborip · Post by **turborip** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:06 pm

tarheelmarine wrote:Trip- The books look awesome, I really like how you went green with the GL titles.

I know when I get mine back, I am looking forward to taking them to SDCC to get signed.

That's my hope as well. Once the guest list and artists alley names are somewhat finalized, I'll see which of my books has names associated with it.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:28 pm

Turbo, them books looks sweet.

What is the cost?

turborip · Post by **turborip** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:32 pm

Elveen wrote:Turbo, them books looks sweet.

What is the cost?

I went with Library Binding based out of Texas (http://www.librarybinding.com) based on good reputation and a price point that worked for me. The volumes you see that I did cost me $15 each for the work, which included the buckrum cover, lettering on the spines and panel lines. There are plenty of extras you could add on, but I went simple (and will probably continue to stay simple). It cost me about $12 to ship my stuff to them through UPS and then about $14 to have it shipped back to me (there's a slight weight variance once the work is done).

So, altogether, about $86 total for these four projects. Sure, that doesn't include the actual cost of the original issues, but that doesn't 'count' to me, as I would have bought them and left them in a box all bagged and boarded regardless. I'm a bargain hunter anyways. Those Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps issues cost me less than a buck apiece. I would have blown at least $86 bucks getting the trades that comprised all those GL and GLC issues I bound.

Then of course, projects like the Janus Directive and Atlantis Chronicles are series and/or crossovers that never have nor probably ever will be reprinted in any way, so this way I can pull them off the shelf for re-reading like my other trades, rather than dig into my boxes, which I'm less inclined to do.

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:21 pm

turborip wrote:
Elveen wrote:Turbo, them books looks sweet.

What is the cost?
I went with Library Binding based out of Texas (http://www.librarybinding.com) based on good reputation and a price point that worked for me. The volumes you see that I did cost me $15 each for the work, which included the buckrum cover, lettering on the spines and panel lines. There are plenty of extras you could add on, but I went simple (and will probably continue to stay simple). It cost me about $12 to ship my stuff to them through UPS and then about $14 to have it shipped back to me (there's a slight weight variance once the work is done).

So, altogether, about $86 total for these four projects. Sure, that doesn't include the actual cost of the original issues, but that doesn't 'count' to me, as I would have bought them and left them in a box all bagged and boarded regardless. I'm a bargain hunter anyways. Those Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps issues cost me less than a buck apiece. I would have blown at least $86 bucks getting the trades that comprised all those GL and GLC issues I bound.

Then of course, projects like the Janus Directive and Atlantis Chronicles are series and/or crossovers that never have nor probably ever will be reprinted in any way, so this way I can pull them off the shelf for re-reading like my other trades, rather than dig into my boxes, which I'm less inclined to do.

That is pretty sweet deal on shipping. I will have to check UPS for the next time. Media Mail costs me $9.23 for 20.5 pounds, plus delivery confirmation at $0.75 and insurance for $6.50.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:33 pm

turborip wrote:
Elveen wrote:Turbo, them books looks sweet.

What is the cost?
I went with Library Binding based out of Texas (http://www.librarybinding.com) based on good reputation and a price point that worked for me. The volumes you see that I did cost me $15 each for the work, which included the buckrum cover, lettering on the spines and panel lines. There are plenty of extras you could add on, but I went simple (and will probably continue to stay simple). It cost me about $12 to ship my stuff to them through UPS and then about $14 to have it shipped back to me (there's a slight weight variance once the work is done).

So, altogether, about $86 total for these four projects. Sure, that doesn't include the actual cost of the original issues, but that doesn't 'count' to me, as I would have bought them and left them in a box all bagged and boarded regardless. I'm a bargain hunter anyways. Those Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps issues cost me less than a buck apiece. I would have blown at least $86 bucks getting the trades that comprised all those GL and GLC issues I bound.

Then of course, projects like the Janus Directive and Atlantis Chronicles are series and/or crossovers that never have nor probably ever will be reprinted in any way, so this way I can pull them off the shelf for re-reading like my other trades, rather than dig into my boxes, which I'm less inclined to do.

Thanks.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:22 pm

Those look great! Can't wait to get mine back

turborip · Post by **turborip** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:44 pm

tarheelmarine wrote:
turborip wrote:
Elveen wrote:Turbo, them books looks sweet.

What is the cost?
I went with Library Binding based out of Texas (http://www.librarybinding.com) based on good reputation and a price point that worked for me. The volumes you see that I did cost me $15 each for the work, which included the buckrum cover, lettering on the spines and panel lines. There are plenty of extras you could add on, but I went simple (and will probably continue to stay simple). It cost me about $12 to ship my stuff to them through UPS and then about $14 to have it shipped back to me (there's a slight weight variance once the work is done).

So, altogether, about $86 total for these four projects. Sure, that doesn't include the actual cost of the original issues, but that doesn't 'count' to me, as I would have bought them and left them in a box all bagged and boarded regardless. I'm a bargain hunter anyways. Those Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps issues cost me less than a buck apiece. I would have blown at least $86 bucks getting the trades that comprised all those GL and GLC issues I bound.

Then of course, projects like the Janus Directive and Atlantis Chronicles are series and/or crossovers that never have nor probably ever will be reprinted in any way, so this way I can pull them off the shelf for re-reading like my other trades, rather than dig into my boxes, which I'm less inclined to do.
That is pretty sweet deal on shipping. I will have to check UPS for the next time. Media Mail costs me $9.23 for 20.5 pounds, plus delivery confirmation at $0.75 and insurance for $6.50.

For me, UPS was the way to go just for the added benefit of insurance already included. That, and LBC sends the product back by UPS, so I kind of wanted an idea what the price range would cost me for the shipping back so I could budget ahead of time, so by sending by UPS I could get that ballpark number.

I'm not sure what that original weight was. I'll pull my paperwork and let you know.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:17 pm

turborip wrote:
tarheelmarine wrote:
turborip wrote:
Elveen wrote:Turbo, them books looks sweet.

What is the cost?
I went with Library Binding based out of Texas (http://www.librarybinding.com) based on good reputation and a price point that worked for me. The volumes you see that I did cost me $15 each for the work, which included the buckrum cover, lettering on the spines and panel lines. There are plenty of extras you could add on, but I went simple (and will probably continue to stay simple). It cost me about $12 to ship my stuff to them through UPS and then about $14 to have it shipped back to me (there's a slight weight variance once the work is done).

So, altogether, about $86 total for these four projects. Sure, that doesn't include the actual cost of the original issues, but that doesn't 'count' to me, as I would have bought them and left them in a box all bagged and boarded regardless. I'm a bargain hunter anyways. Those Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps issues cost me less than a buck apiece. I would have blown at least $86 bucks getting the trades that comprised all those GL and GLC issues I bound.

Then of course, projects like the Janus Directive and Atlantis Chronicles are series and/or crossovers that never have nor probably ever will be reprinted in any way, so this way I can pull them off the shelf for re-reading like my other trades, rather than dig into my boxes, which I'm less inclined to do.
That is pretty sweet deal on shipping. I will have to check UPS for the next time. Media Mail costs me $9.23 for 20.5 pounds, plus delivery confirmation at $0.75 and insurance for $6.50.
For me, UPS was the way to go just for the added benefit of insurance already included. That, and LBC sends the product back by UPS, so I kind of wanted an idea what the price range would cost me for the shipping back so I could budget ahead of time, so by sending by UPS I could get that ballpark number.

I'm not sure what that original weight was. I'll pull my paperwork and let you know.

I used UPS to ship mine too. It cost me about $60 including insurance for comics that are going to get bound into 24 books. They weighed a ton, so I thought that was a pretty good price.

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:22 pm

Elveen wrote:Turbo, them books looks sweet.

What is the cost?

Christian.. are you getting the bug for this??

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:40 pm

IanAlexavier wrote:
Elveen wrote:Turbo, them books looks sweet.

What is the cost?
Christian.. are you getting the bug for this??

Maybe down the road. There are books that I have that I would love to have bound: A&A 1-12, Astro City, Ruse 1-12, Top 10.

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:43 pm

Elveen wrote:
IanAlexavier wrote:
Elveen wrote:Turbo, them books looks sweet.

What is the cost?
Christian.. are you getting the bug for this??
Maybe down the road. There are books that I have that I would love to have bound: A&A 1-12, Astro City, Ruse 1-12, Top 10.

I was just posting on the other thread how it felt so nice to not worry about issue numbers and where Im starting or stopping. Im currently reading through my Timewalker book and I might encourage some changes in the map.. I guess I should be taking note.. but you know how students hate that! LOL

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:29 pm

So after a long day of work, I was very happy to see an email from the bindery saying they had received my books.

Phoenix8008 · Post by **Phoenix8008** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:40 pm

I am so gonna have to start getting stuff bound. I guess I've been waiting to HAVE all the issues first, but I finally decided that the first thing I would bind would be Unity. A little bit of all the core titles and some of the best storytelling Valiant did. I just listened to the podcast about Unity recently (I know, that was from forever ago!) and maybe that is influencing my decision, but the other books I would want to start with I am still missing an issue for here and there. Anybody remember about how long it takes them to bind the books after they get them from you? And after they are done, they call and arrange payment before shipping them back to you, right?

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:44 am

phonwx their maybe still time to get involved in a untiy bound project at valiant collectores society.

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:04 am

Phoenix8008 wrote:I am so gonna have to start getting stuff bound. I guess I've been waiting to HAVE all the issues first, but I finally decided that the first thing I would bind would be Unity. A little bit of all the core titles and some of the best storytelling Valiant did. I just listened to the podcast about Unity recently (I know, that was from forever ago!) and maybe that is influencing my decision, but the other books I would want to start with I am still missing an issue for here and there. Anybody remember about how long it takes them to bind the books after they get them from you? And after they are done, they call and arrange payment before shipping them back to you, right?

Im thinking it takes about 6-8 weeks from the time I send the book out until the time I receive them back from LBC. When the books are ready to ship the will call me and email me to notify me. I call and give them my credit card info. After I pay it takes about a week.

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:20 am

Phoenix8008 wrote: Anybody remember about how long it takes them to bind the books after they get them from you? And after they are done, they call and arrange payment before shipping them back to you, right?

I am sure it varies based on their workload, but in the email I got I was told they would ready to ship in 4 weeks.

turborip · Post by **turborip** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:44 am

tarheelmarine wrote:
Phoenix8008 wrote: Anybody remember about how long it takes them to bind the books after they get them from you? And after they are done, they call and arrange payment before shipping them back to you, right?
I am sure it varies based on their workload, but in the email I got I was told they would ready to ship in 4 weeks.

Yes, LBC's current turnaround is approx. 4 weeks. For me, it was just at 5 weeks from when I sent my books in, they were processed, I paid, and had them back in my hands!

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:29 pm

The book binding cult is growing. This is disturbing. I think I read about this in a book of ancient signs and portents, once...

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:43 pm

I must admit I am tempted to bind a softcover set of Break-Thru.

As far as I know, there's not a TPB of Break-Thru (mostly because it's a lame attempt to copy Unity) and the individual issues are extra cheap.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:27 pm

Chiclo wrote:I must admit I am tempted to bind a softcover set of Break-Thru.

As far as I know, there's not a TPB of Break-Thru (mostly because it's a lame attempt to copy Unity) and the individual issues are extra cheap.

Just as long as you don't bind a copy of Break Thru #1 Ultra 5000 in there, I'm still looking for a copy of that damn book.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:01 pm

Brother J wrote:
Chiclo wrote:I must admit I am tempted to bind a softcover set of Break-Thru.

As far as I know, there's not a TPB of Break-Thru (mostly because it's a lame attempt to copy Unity) and the individual issues are extra cheap.
Just as long as you don't bind a copy of Break Thru #1 Ultra 5000 in there, I'm still looking for a copy of that damn book.

I wouldn't ruin any of my copies.

I was thinking about pretty much making that the cover to the TPB. Maybe changing the colour, but if foil is an option that's something I'd like to do.

turborip · Post by **turborip** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:08 pm

Chiclo wrote:I must admit I am tempted to bind a softcover set of Break-Thru.

As far as I know, there's not a TPB of Break-Thru (mostly because it's a lame attempt to copy Unity) and the individual issues are extra cheap.

That is why binding to me is so appealing. There's so much stuff we like, but its a drag to pull them out of the boxes. For many of these titles, they are hardly worth the paper they are printed on anymore, yet if we still enjoy reading them, why not put them into the format you enjoy reading most. in my case, that's in a collected edition format.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:12 pm

Seems like it's all more headache than it's worth.

turborip wrote:For many of these titles, they are hardly worth the paper they are printed on anymore, yet if we still enjoy reading them, why not put them into the format you enjoy reading most?

You are right, most aren't worth the paper they are printed on. So why spend even more to get them bound??? Just read the comics...

-slym (promises to never visit here again)