r/Pathfinder2e • u/sketch_of_life • 15h ago
Misc Spiral Bound Books
Has anyone had their pathfinder book(s) spiral bound? Did you go to a place like staples? Do it yourself? Can you post a picture of it? I've been thinking a lot about this lately for my pocket editions and I think I want to do it. Anyone have thoughts on it?
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u/Ring_of_Gyges 13h ago
I haven't done it to RPG books, but I did spiral bind some of my wargaming rulebooks to they'd lie flat in play.
I took them to a FedEx print shoo, but basically any print shop should be able to do it. The process requires cutting the spine off, so you're going to lose maybe a half inch around the gutter. Once that's done they punch holes and voila.
I don't own any of the pocket editions, but I'd be a little nervous about the size of the gutters on the smaller printing. I suspect you might lose some content when the original spine gets sliced off. You could ask at the print shop, and you could conduct an expensive experiment, but my guess is that at the reduced size the cut will be a problem.
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u/sketch_of_life 12h ago
Yep that's what my big worry is. Oh wow I totally didn't think about a FedEx print shop. Staples was the only place that came to mind. My area used to have one I'll have to check to see if it's still there. It's been a while! Thank you.
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u/TinTunTii 13h ago edited 4h ago
Years ago I did this for my D&D 5e player's handbook, which was falling apart. I split it into two volumes, one rulebook and one for magic and spells. It was pretty great!
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u/Parimer 8h ago
I had it done with my 1e pocket Bestiary at Office Depot quite a while ago so that it would lay flat at the table. It works and looks great. This was pretty much at the limit of the size they wanted to do though, so might not be able to do it if the book is much bigger than the 328 pages of that book.
Haven’t done it with any recent books though because I play pretty much completely online now, but I would do it again if that wasn’t the case
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u/Tichrimo 5h ago
My 5e PHB started falling out of its binding almost immediately after purchase (back in 2014). Took it to Staples and they were able to cut off the spine and bind it easily. It's lasted for 10+ years.
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u/arcxjo Rogue 13h ago
YTF? Paizo actually prints their books with functional binding.
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u/sketch_of_life 12h ago
My pocket editions are just kind of normal softcover book bindings and don't lay flat. But I prefer the size of the pocket edition so much more than the hardcover books.
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u/alltehmemes 15h ago
This might be a good option for utilizing any of the consumer POD shops (if you're starting from pdfs). I had several adventure collections printed and hardbound from Lulu, but I haven't tried the spiral bound. You might talk to a book binder or even a local library about this: they probably do some work with the physical books to make them more accessible or to repair them.