KEEP THE STORY · CHANGE THE COVER
The First Chapter
Beginner Book Rebinding Kit
First Chapter price: $118. Join by email to receive a $32 code.
First release · Colors vary
One worn paperback, the specialist materials that are hard to buy one at a time, and the practical tools you'll keep using after book one.
- No Cricut or heat press
- No specialist book press
- Beginner tutorials included
- For standard paperbacks up to A5
The cart starts at $150. Apply your emailed code before checkout to pay $118.
What this kit makes
A new clothbound hard case for a paperback you already own. The paperback itself and any printed title decoration are not included.
What you still need
Your paperback, household scissors and a utility knife. Everything specialized is selected for you.
Safety
The rotary cutter, utility knife and glue require careful adult handling. Keep sharp tools and materials away from children.
What's inside
The difficult choices are already made.
Materials sized for beginner projects, plus the tools that make measuring, cutting, gluing and pressing more manageable.
Book cloth and endpaper colors are selected at random. The exact shades in your kit may differ from the photographs. The paperback, household scissors and a utility knife are not included.
Watch before you start
The rebinds people ask about most.
Full projects, real repairs and the small questions that come up halfway through.
Broken Paperback to Hardcover with Two Fabrics
Full rebind · Watch on YouTube ↗
Repairing a Broken Sherlock Holmes Book
Full rebind · Watch on YouTube ↗
A Corner-Cutting Tool Beginners May Love
Watch on TikTok ↗Everything is free to watch. The kit just saves you the shopping.
About Cloth & Chapter
It started with my grandfather's book.
My grandfather gave me a book. We read it together, and it stayed with me long after he stopped being able to read it to me.
Years later the cover gave out. The spine split and the front came away in my hand. Buying another copy never crossed my mind. I wanted that one back on the shelf.
So I taught myself to put a hardcover on it. Badly, the first time. Well enough, eventually.
I bought a lot of tools that year. Half of them I never used again. This box is the other half.
See you at the next chapter.