Instructions for printing, binding, and distributing the Little Library Magazine


PRINTING TIPS:

- It may be easiest to print pages one at a time (for example, print 10 copies of page 1, then flip the paper lengthwise and print 10 copies of page 2 on the back, and so on).

- Use 'Letter' size paper (8.5" x 11").

- Set the print orientation to 'landscape mode'.

- Set the scale to 100% and use 'borderless' printing.

- Flip the pages end-to-end when printing the other side.


COLLATING & BINDING:

1) Carefully fold each page in half and assemble your zine(s). Make sure the pages are in the same order as the 'reading version' of the zine, which can be viewed at https://wiki.hotcoffeehamont.ca.

2) Bind the pages along the fold line with staples, or poke three small holes along the fold and bind with thread/yarn/twine. 

Here's a nice guide to the 'pamphlet stitch' method of binding with thread:

https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/educational/bookarts/pamphlet.pdf

3) Be creative! You might decide to:

- use coloured and/or heavier paper for the cover
- add a doodle on the back cover
- use a fun kind of thread/yarn for binding

DISTRIBUTION:

1) Tiptoe around your neighbourhood under the cover of darkness, stealthily placing copies of the zine into the Tiny Little Libraries in your neighbourhood.