Saddle-Stitch Bookbinding Course
Gain mastery in saddle-stitch bookbinding to craft professional fanzines and small editions. Discover essential tools, smart paper selections, reliable stitching techniques, strict quality controls, and precise cost planning to produce tough, attractive books at a 20-50 copy scale.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Saddle-Stitch Bookbinding Course equips you to design, organise, and create high-quality small-run fanzines from beginning to end. Master page layouts, imposition, and sizing, plus handling tools, picking papers, folding, collating, stapling, and thread sewing. Build expertise in boosting durability, ensuring quality, and planning time and costs for smart, pro-standard productions.
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Develop skills
- Plan saddle-stitch layouts with proper page counts, imposition, and fanzine formats.
- Choose professional-grade papers and covers for smooth folds, crisp prints, and lasting durability.
- Apply stapling and thread stitching techniques to bind, strengthen, and finish short print runs neatly.
- Establish efficient workflows for small batches, covering folding, collating, and final trimming.
- Manage quality checks, timing, and budgeting for producing 20-50 copy saddle-stitched books.
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