CGM Bookworks
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Bookbinding (novels and journals), plus editing and formatting textblocks of my favorite open source novels. My Etsy shop name is CGMBookworks and my website is CGMBookworks.com. The rest of my time goes to teaching piano and studying Vedic astrology
I'm very pleased with how these turned out. Given that the original cover art for Pride and Prejudice involved a peacock, I think this cloth is a good match for that theme. #bookbinding
July 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm very pleased with how these turned out. Given that the original cover art for Pride and Prejudice involved a peacock, I think this cloth is a good match for that theme. #bookbinding
Here's "The Road to Oz" textblock. The illustrator, John R. Neill, got a little carried away with the ink in this book. Took some work to turn blobs of black back into line drawings. #Bookbinding
May 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Here's "The Road to Oz" textblock. The illustrator, John R. Neill, got a little carried away with the ink in this book. Took some work to turn blobs of black back into line drawings. #Bookbinding
My first set of signatures for poetry! Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses." I went digging and came up with illustrations from three different artists in early editions.
May 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first set of signatures for poetry! Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses." I went digging and came up with illustrations from three different artists in early editions.
Just wrapped up the "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" textblock. Getting a clean version of the artwork has taken many days. #Bookbinding
April 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just wrapped up the "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" textblock. Getting a clean version of the artwork has taken many days. #Bookbinding
Just starting a blog to go with my website, with much trepidation. Here's one of my first attempts from "The Hound of the Baskervilles"--talking about the work that goes into restoring vintage illustrations. #bookbinding
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Behind the Scenes: Incorporating Illustrations into Classic Novel Textblocks CGM Bookworks
Including original illustrations in a printable textblock sounds simple—just scan, drop, and print, right? In reality, it's a delicate and labor-intensive
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April 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just starting a blog to go with my website, with much trepidation. Here's one of my first attempts from "The Hound of the Baskervilles"--talking about the work that goes into restoring vintage illustrations. #bookbinding
cgmbookworks.com/incorporatin...
cgmbookworks.com/incorporatin...
Having learned a lot more about using Pixlr, I'm reworking the illustrations of all of my Oz books. It's a bit of a process, but I love the results. #Bookbinding
April 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Having learned a lot more about using Pixlr, I'm reworking the illustrations of all of my Oz books. It's a bit of a process, but I love the results. #Bookbinding
I've been indulging in my inclination to complicate things. I found some minor errors in my "Wizard of Oz" textblock, so I went in to correct them. I then realized that I now know how to improve some of the pictures, so I started doing that. A week later I'm finally done. #bookbinding
April 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I've been indulging in my inclination to complicate things. I found some minor errors in my "Wizard of Oz" textblock, so I went in to correct them. I then realized that I now know how to improve some of the pictures, so I started doing that. A week later I'm finally done. #bookbinding
Textblock editing, always a fun way to spend the afternoon. Although little things like this are very time consuming.
#Bookbinding
#Bookbinding
April 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Textblock editing, always a fun way to spend the afternoon. Although little things like this are very time consuming.
#Bookbinding
#Bookbinding
After days of battle with an uncooperative book publishing software, I finally went back to my basic method and finished the textblock for Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Several people have been asking me to get this done, so here it is.
#bookbinding
#bookbinding
April 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
After days of battle with an uncooperative book publishing software, I finally went back to my basic method and finished the textblock for Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Several people have been asking me to get this done, so here it is.
#bookbinding
#bookbinding
Finally getting The House at Pooh Corner up on Etsy. This and Winnie-the-Pooh are my most in demand books. Since I don't have the time to make many of them, I've added these textblocks to my Etsy store for aspiring bookbinders.
March 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Finally getting The House at Pooh Corner up on Etsy. This and Winnie-the-Pooh are my most in demand books. Since I don't have the time to make many of them, I've added these textblocks to my Etsy store for aspiring bookbinders.
A journal of woodland creatures for spring. Cutting the fabric to get a maximum number of cute animals wasted a lot of the cloth!
March 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A journal of woodland creatures for spring. Cutting the fabric to get a maximum number of cute animals wasted a lot of the cloth!
Textblocks for 8 public domain novels off to the printers - $$$. I wish I could do my printing on my home printer, but it just wears out too fast. Before I put a set of signatures up on my Etsy site, I always print it out and bind it, doing one more check of everything along the way.
March 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Textblocks for 8 public domain novels off to the printers - $$$. I wish I could do my printing on my home printer, but it just wears out too fast. Before I put a set of signatures up on my Etsy site, I always print it out and bind it, doing one more check of everything along the way.
I just had a revelation about structuring textblocks for novels. I don't need to worry about orphan lines! I've started examining paperbacks. Orphan lines all over the place. So, as long as I avoid the cardinal sin of leaving a widow line at the top of the page, things should look okay.
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I just had a revelation about structuring textblocks for novels. I don't need to worry about orphan lines! I've started examining paperbacks. Orphan lines all over the place. So, as long as I avoid the cardinal sin of leaving a widow line at the top of the page, things should look okay.
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Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
Here are samples of my latest textblock for L. Frank Baum's Oz books -- "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz." Now back to my ongoing battle to create textblocks for miniature books of several fairy tales, not an easy project.
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Here are samples of my latest textblock for L. Frank Baum's Oz books -- "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz." Now back to my ongoing battle to create textblocks for miniature books of several fairy tales, not an easy project.
"Pride and Prejudice" textblock for bookbinding with illustrations -- lots of illustrations!
March 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Pride and Prejudice" textblock for bookbinding with illustrations -- lots of illustrations!
As a student of Stoicism, I've been wanting to make my own books. I started with "The Golden Sayings" because it's a fairly easy one to edit. These signatures only took three days. Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" is a work in progress, but oh those footnotes!
March 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As a student of Stoicism, I've been wanting to make my own books. I started with "The Golden Sayings" because it's a fairly easy one to edit. These signatures only took three days. Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" is a work in progress, but oh those footnotes!
A friend commissioned a set of Winnie-the-Pooh books. So, naturally, I decided to combine three techniques that I'm not that great at yet -- wrap around spine labels, quarter binding and windows. I always seem to go for maximum stress, but they are finished!
March 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A friend commissioned a set of Winnie-the-Pooh books. So, naturally, I decided to combine three techniques that I'm not that great at yet -- wrap around spine labels, quarter binding and windows. I always seem to go for maximum stress, but they are finished!
Just finished preformatted signatures for Ozma of Oz, the third book in L. Frank Baum's Oz series. So many gorgeous illustrations in these books!
March 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just finished preformatted signatures for Ozma of Oz, the third book in L. Frank Baum's Oz series. So many gorgeous illustrations in these books!
Ever wanted to try making your own book? These preformatted signatures for Winnie-the-Pooh are a great place to start. Check this out at etsy.com/shop/CGMBook....
March 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ever wanted to try making your own book? These preformatted signatures for Winnie-the-Pooh are a great place to start. Check this out at etsy.com/shop/CGMBook....
This is my two-volume version of Dracula. This story is told via a series of journal entries, letters, and other documents. I've always wished that there was a different font for each person, just to keep track of what is going on. And then I discovered bookbinding . . .
March 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is my two-volume version of Dracula. This story is told via a series of journal entries, letters, and other documents. I've always wished that there was a different font for each person, just to keep track of what is going on. And then I discovered bookbinding . . .
Handbound Goth Journal
February 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Handbound Goth Journal
New Journal -- Pink Blooms and Butterfly Dreams
February 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New Journal -- Pink Blooms and Butterfly Dreams
Handbound Journal with Blue Floral Window
February 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Handbound Journal with Blue Floral Window