Hardcover; inflexible spine
Casebound; French link stitch
Strathmore sand stone wove writing paper
Dimensions: 5" x 8"
464 pages
18 signatures
Custom-made novel
97k words
Made with real Italian leather
Front
Open
Spine
This book is a custom order. Once the text was edited, I used InDesign for typesetting. The total page count ended up being 464 pages, ad I split it into eighteen signatures (most have six pages each, and two having seven pages each).
I used the French Link stitch method like usual for stitching, reinforcing the spine with glue and bookbinding mesh. From there, I glued on the end sheets and attached the text block into the cover which I made using black 92 lb paper and navy blue leather.
A fun little addition was the thin sliver of blue snowflake paper along the inside, around the black end paper. A big theme of the book is snow and ice, so it fit perfectly.
Tigerpetal Press is a small book press dedicated to publishing local authors and poets.