Digital Books
Editions
Modern 5.5 × 8.5 in editions of public-domain classics, set from the original texts. First up is Frankenstein, from the 1818 first edition.
Browse editionsClassic books, newly set, and the means to bind your own.
Digital Book editions of public-domain classics, plans for bookbinding tools, and Quire, a free tool that turns a book PDF into signatures ready to fold and sew.
What we make
Editions, plans and a tool for the bench
Digital plans
Bookbinding tools
Plans for the equipment a home bindery needs, starting with a screw-driven book press for pressing and gluing up text blocks.
See the plansFree to use
Quire
Upload a PDF, choose your paper and signature size, and download a print-ready file with fold lines and sewing marks.
Open QuireQuire · signature imposition
Quire puts every page where the fold needs it
Printing a book for hand binding means the pages can't go in reading order. Each sheet carries four pages from different parts of the signature, and the order only makes sense once the sheets are nested and folded. Quire works it out for you.
- Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A4 and A3 paper
- 1 to 8 sheets per signature
- Fold lines, sewing stations, collation and trim marks
- Your PDF stays on your computer. Nothing is uploaded.
One 16-page signature, four sheets
| Sheet | Front | Back |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (outside) | 16 · 1 | 2 · 15 |
| 2 | 14 · 3 | 4 · 13 |
| 3 | 12 · 5 | 6 · 11 |
| 4 (center) | 10 · 7 | 8 · 9 |
Nest the four sheets and fold them once: pages 1 to 16 read in order, and the thread shows at the center spread, pages 8 and 9.