Book Arts @ Syracuse University Library 

The Book Arts Web: Most comprehensive site for book arts resources.

The Bonefolder: an e-journal for the bookbinder and book artist

Book_Arts-L: Listserv for all the book arts. Link at the Book Arts Web in the sidebar on the left side of the page. Includes online archive going back to 1994.

The most comprehensive source of online information in the book arts is the Book Arts Web. For tutorials in particular see the "tutorials" page . This is also where you will find the Book_Arts-L listserv, an online discussion group with over 2000 subscribers. It is highly recommended as a place to ask question. The listserv archive is also online.

What is a book, the whatness of bookness, ...

• The Whatness of Bookness, or What is a Book
• Definition of the Artist's Book; What is a Book; BSO's (Book Shaped Objects); Art vs. Craft
• Is It A Book
• Discovering Artist's Books by Gwen Miller
• What is an Artist's Book by Angela Lorenz
• Minsky on Artist's Books
• A Century of Artist's Books, Chapter 1, by Johanna Drucker
• The Book Art Movement, 1974-1990 by Richard Minsky
• Defining Artist Books, by Ed Hutchins
• Why Book Arts Matter, by Kathleen Walkup
• Journal of Artists' Books Online Archive: Very interesting reading about the artists's book movement.
• Beyond Words - Artists' Books: An article by Ellen Firsching Brown in the Fall 2008 issue of Modernism magazine.

Podcasts

• Listen to Steve Miller interview noted book artists in unlikely venues about their work... From the University of Alabama MFA in the Book Arts website.

Online Journals:

• Book Arts Newsletter: Published monthly by Sara Bodman of the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
• The Bonefolder: an e-journal for the bookbinder and book artist: Published by Peter Verheyen
• Journal of Artists' Books (JAB): Published by Brad Freeman, founded in 1994, the only publication devoted exclusively to criticism in the field of artists' books. Contains artists' pages, interviews, critical and historical articles, and reviews of books.
• Umbrella: A journal for the book arts edited by Judith Hoffberg

• Artist Book News: Newsletter showcasing a variety of artist's books for sale.

Other Resources:

• Art, Books, Creativity Interactive: Examples from teachers, artists, writers, and more on each step of the book making process presented interactively. From the National Museum of Women in the Arts site.

Structures

Click here for Booklyn's Education Manual featuring numerous structures explained clearly.

Japanese / Asian / Stab Sewn Binding

• Bind-it-fast
• 5-Stitch Bookbinding Style
• Sewn Styles
• History of Chinese Bookbinding

Concertina / Accordion Binding

• The Magic Box: Fun folded box-binding by Edward Hutchins
• Accordion Styles

Flagbooks

• How-to for Basic Flagbook Structure: Published by Booklyn.
• How-to on photographic/single image based flagbooks: Article by Karen Hanmer, published in The Bonefolder, vol 2, no. 1, 2005.
• Flagbook Bind-O-Rama: Lots of examples of flagbooks.

Sewn Books

• Single Section Pamphlet Stitch
• Linked Stich for Multiple Sections
• Sewing on Tapes: Part of a larger tutorial on binding a complete book.
• Simple Wrappers

Enclosures

• Slipcase: Schematic for a simple "ten-minute" slipcase suitable for smaller books.
• Portfolio with soft flaps.