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Fandom: A League of Their Own

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Hello, my friends.

My post about printing my fic Mesmerize has much more notes than I expected, and now someone came to my ask box, asking for help in this case.

And I have to admit, that if you didn't do that before it can be overwhelming. So I will do an explanation for you, and if you have any question then, don't be afraid to ask me then.

I printed my fic with the website LULU.com. It's a site where you not only can print your own books, you can do photo books, calendar, note books etc.

Please have in mind that you shouldn't sell your fanfic ( no really, believe me, don't even try to make money with that shit, you will end in hell), we only want to print it.

AND I hope I don't need to tell you that you shouldn't take someone's fanfic and print it. NO NO NO .... at least not without asking... that wouldn't be nice from you... and I don't like assholes you know

THE START

download the templates for word, photoshop, gimp etc here: Book templates

Then you need to extract it, use here the in-built software or some free software like 7-zip

you'll see a bunch of files and folders now, but don't worry, you only need two of them

you need to search for the word template in the interior folder

and the hardcover template in the cover folder ( I worked with the hardcover, so let's take this as example)

THE WORD DOCUMENT

open the word template

copy your whole fic in there ( don't worry, mine had 450 sites, word can handle this, if there aren't to many graphics)

do a bit fine tuning, like the contents, or the heading for the chapters

insert some graphics, if you want to

export this as a pdf, see for further instructions here: word to pdf exporting

THE COVER

open gimp or any other software for editing

open the cover template as seperate layer

insert whatever you want to have on your cover

hide the cover template layer

save it as png

OR

use the canvas cover maker on the website ( this comes at a later point)

GETTING READY TO FINISH THAT SHIT

Now that you have the pdf of your book and the cover as an png we can upload everything to the site

open Lulu.com

we're going to create - print book.

When you scroll down, you have to answer if you want to publish it, or just print it for your own. ( and again I tell you DON'T TRY TO MAKE MONEY WITH FANFIC IT'S FUCKING ILLEGAL)

Then you choose the language it's written in and the category. Since there isn't one called "Fanfiction" I just choose "Fiction".

Then click on "Design your project"

UPLOAD YOUR BOOK

you have to upload that pdf you created earlier. It may take a bit time, if you have more sites ( like me 450 lol), and don't worry if it shows that the graphics are not ok. I ignored it, and I'm still happy with my book. I mean I didn't insert high resolution pics in there...

CREATING THE BOOK

next step is to decide, how your book will look like

You can decide what the interior color will be. I took color standard, bc I wanted it to have that green colors ( bc of Mesmerize is a story about some computers and viruses, so yes, a bit matrix style... just judge me)

I decided for coated white bc I love heavier paper

the book binding: this is a very personal decision. I prefer hardcover, so I choose that one

the last step is if you want it glossy or matte

then you should see the price at this point

DESIGN YOUR COVER

There are two possibilities

either you have already that png you created earlier

then you don't need to do more than open the canvas cover creator and insert your file

beware you need an account there

(just ignore it shows german, I have no idea why, my whole pc is changed in english...)

or you want to use the canvas creator( some of you know this already from wattpad)

but here I found it heavy to find out where the borders are, so you have to test and maybe change it in the end

LAST CHECK

It will upload now

and then you can see a preview of what your book will look like

if you don't like what you see, like the interior is shit, or you don't like the cover, you only need to change it.

But don't forget if you change the word document, to export it again.

If you're happy then with what you see you can add it to card

WAIT

You need to wait. I have no idea how long it lasts when you're from the US or another country. I only can say it lasts 2 to 3 weeks for delivering in germany.

but then : CONGRATULATIONS you hold your own book in your hands. And believe me: Even if nobody except for you should read it. You will be proud like hell on yourself ( and you can be, I mean you wrote a fucking story!)

CLICK THROUGH TO MEET THE CHARACTERS IN A VERY NORMAL WAY

Binderary week 2 book 1! Bound the infamous My Immortal, specifically the equally infamous community typeset by @renegadepublishing. I wanted to make the cover look a mix of classy and fun so as to possibly catch passersby unawares if/when they open it XD.

Some photos of my favorite pages included in the post--this thing is a travesty, y'all (complimentary, adoring). I have to say, reading the typeset version of this is only slightly more incomprehensible than reading the actual version of it on ff.net (which I did! Many moons ago, mostly for the fandom history of it all LOL). The folks who did the typesetting did an excellent job of making it somewhat readable while also making it just. The absolute Most.

Robb Stark had swept his entire hand of cards off the table, and Tyrion couldn’t see how to make a single play at all.

Its been a long time coming but I am very happy to show off one of the books I made for the annual Renegade Exchange! My giftee was @pleasantboatpress, and when I saw they had Royal Flush on their request list I knew *immediately* which fic I was going to bind. I had IDEAS. And then I got a little overambitious about it.

For this project, I was determined to use leather for the first time (this one uses bonded leather). I wanted full frame gold tooling. I wanted raised cords. I wanted fancy dropcaps. I sewed endbands myself for the first time. and I had a VERY SPECIFIC in my head that then demanded I draw my own art for the cover.

Truly, I love this story lots and I know manda does too! I was so excited to make a book from a story we both went crazy over.

Binderary week 2 book 1! Bound the infamous My Immortal, specifically the equally infamous community typeset by @renegadepublishing. I wanted to make the cover look a mix of classy and fun so as to possibly catch passersby unawares if/when they open it XD.

Some photos of my favorite pages included in the post--this thing is a travesty, y'all (complimentary, adoring). I have to say, reading the typeset version of this is only slightly more incomprehensible than reading the actual version of it on ff.net (which I did! Many moons ago, mostly for the fandom history of it all LOL). The folks who did the typesetting did an excellent job of making it somewhat readable while also making it just. The absolute Most.