book of index cards
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- xrusos
I have a book idea where the text is printed on index cards that are bound together, but able to be ripped off to be independent index cards.
The easy solution is to scrap it all and just print the notecards and make a nice box packaging. But if I'm sold on the tear-off index card concept, can you help me figure out who to talk to about printing something like this? Other thoughts are welcome too.
- xrusos0
Has anyone ever even seen a book like this? Or something like this used for another purpose?
Also, if I had a stack of index cards printed, could I get Kinkos (or whatever) to bind them in a way that a person can tear out a page, without having the rest of the book fall apart?
- Dancer0
You mean perforated?
- xrusos0
Exactly. Something like that.
- MHDC0
a perfect bind might work well.
- iheartfun0
your going to pay to much for perfect binding when you are just going to rip them out anyway... might as well make it easy and do like the picture up there
- lackofcolor0
you could also have them padded.
here's a horrible looking website that tells you how to do it:
http://www.chicaandjo.com/2008/1…kinkos also does it.
- tesmith0
Padded and perforated will give you a cleaner tear off than wire binding.
- jaylarson0
Unibind book making machine + cards + paper perforater?
- xrusos0
The padded binding is a great idea. And I can work up a mockup in no time to see if it works or not. Thanks.
- xrusos0
Yes, the Chicago Screw is good as well.
So next is up is the printing. If the book is going to include, let's say 100 perforated index cards in a chicago screw bind, how should i have that printed? (obviously each page is unique)
- and I haven't decided on the binding yet, thanks for all your ideas! I may try them all.xrusos
- chris_himself0
however you want really, you will need to design a die to perforate and punch each card/page, as long as that's applied throughout you could insert all types of printing and stocks.