#Nir paperback

[niennanir]

Listen to your elders

So last week I posted abut the importance of downloading your fic. And then three days later AO3 went down for 24 hours. No one was more weirded out by this than I was. But while y’all were acting like the library at Alexandria was on fire I was reading my download fic and editing chapter eight of Buck, Rogers, and the 21st Century. And also thinking about what I could do to be helpful when the crisis was actually over.

So first off, I’m going to repeat that if you’re going to bookmark a fic, you really need to also download the fic and back it up in a safe place. I just do it automatically now and it’s a good habit to get into.

But let’s talk about some other scenarios. Last October I lost power for over a week after hurricane Ian. Apart from not having internet or A/C I did find plenty to do, I collect books so I had plenty to read, but maybe, unlike me, your favorite comfort reads aren’t sitting on a bookshelf. So let’s do something about that, shall we?

In olden times many long years ago around 1995 we printed off a lot of fic. It was mostly SOP to print a fic you planned to reread and stick it in a three ring binder. And that’s totally valid today too, but you can also make a very nice paperback with a minimum amount of skill and materials.

Let’s start with the download; Go to Ao3 and select your fic, we’ll be working with one of mine. This method works best with one shots, long fic tends to need a more complicated approach. Get yourself an HTML download

Open up the HTML download and select all then copy paste into any word processor. Set the page to landscape and two columns, then change the font to something you find easy to read, this is your book, no judgement. This is all you have to do for layout but I like to play a little bit. I move all the meta, summary, notes to the end and pick out a fun font for the title: 

No time like the present to do a quick proofread. Congratulations, you’ve just created your first typeset. On to the fun part.

Now you’re going to need some materials:  8.5x11in paper ruler one sheet of 12x12 medium card stock (60-80lb) scissors pencil pen or fine tip marker sheet of wax paper white glue two binder clips 2 heavy books or 1 brick butter knife

You’ll also need a printer, if you’re in the US there is almost a 100% chance your local library has a printer you can use if you don’t have your own. None of these materials are expensive and you can literally use cheap copy paper and Elmers glue.

Print your text block, one page per side. Fold the first page in half so that the blank side is inside and the printed side out:

use the butter knife to crease the edge. Repeat on all the sheets. When you’ve finished, stack them up with the raw edge on the left and the folded edge on the right. I used standard copy paper, because you’re only printing on one side there’s no bleed to worry about. Take the text block and line everything up. Use the binder clips to hold the raw edge in place.

Wrap the text block in the wax paper so that the raw edge and binder clips are facing out. I’m going to use my home built book press but you don’t need one, a brick or a couple of books or anything else heavy will work fine.

Once the text block is anchored down, take off he binder clips and get out the glue.

You can use a brush but you don’t need one, smear some glue on that raw edge.

Go make a margarita, watch The Mandalorian, call your mother. Don’t come back for at least an hour

In an hour smear some more glue on there and shift your brick forward so that the whole book is covered. This keeps the paper from warping. While glue part 2 is drying we’ll do the cover. Get out your 12x12 cardstock

Mark the cardstock off at 8.5 inches and cut it. Measure in 5.5 inches from the left and put in a score line with the butter knife (the back edge not the sharp edge)

Carefully fold the score line, this is your front cover. You have some options for the cover title, you can use a cutting machine like a cricut if you have one, you can print out a title on the computer and use carbon paper to transfer the text to the cardstock. I was in a mood so I just freehanded that beoch. Pencil first then in pen.

Take your text block out from under your brick. Line it up against the score mark and mark the second score on the other side of the spine

Fold the score and glue the textblock into the cover at the spine. Once the glue dries up mark the back cover with the pencil and then trim the back cover to fit with your scissors.

Voila:

I’m going to put this baby on the shelf next to the Silmarillion.

The whole process, not counting drying time, took less than an hour.

If you want to make a book of a longer fic, I recommend Renegade Publishing, they have a ton of resources for fan-binders. 

[mydaroga]

Nothing is Real Podcast Episodes Ordered Historically

I did something a little weird. NIR is probably my favorite Beatles podcast I’ve listened to, and I love how meticulous they are about laying out the history. So I got curious about listening to the show in the order it happened, not the order Jason and Steven are creating it--I totally understand why they’re doing what they’re doing, mind, it’s just that they’ve got enough episodes now that touch on specific incidents or dates I thought it might be interesting to reorder the episodes. So I have done that. 

If anyone sees a mistake, or cares enough about this to point out an organizational strategy that would make more sense, please let me know!

Under the cut, Nothing is Real podcast episodes in the order of the date covered by the subject matter. Episodes which cover topics rather than dates are grouped at the end; subjects that cover a range of time may overlap with other entries. I have not included subscriber bonus content but it may be added later as the site gets updated.

1.0 Introduction 1963 March: 1.13 Please Please Me [LP] April: 4.3 From Me To You November: 1.9 I Want To Hold Your Hand 1964 February: 4.1  The Ed Sullivan Shows - Part One;  4.2 The Ed Sullivan Shows - Part Two  July: 4.11 A Hard Day’s Night: The Album - Part One; 4.12  A Hard Day’s Night: The Album - Part Two December: 2.12 Beatles For Sale 1965 August: 1.1 Help! - The Album December: 5.13 Rubber Soul • Part One; 5.14 Rubber Soul • Part Two; 5.15 Rubber Soul • Part Three 1967 6.2 The Last Year of Brian Epstein - Part One; 6.3 The Last Year of Brian Epstein - Part Two  May: 2.6 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Part One; 2.7 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Part Two August 1967 - Feb 1968: 6.4 The Beatles & The Maharishi - Part One; 6.5 The Beatles & The Maharishi - Part Two December: 1.2 Magical Mystery Tour - The Album 1968 Early 1968: 2.2 Early 1968 August: 3.2 Revolution - Part One; 3.3 Revolution - Part Two; 6.6 Hey Jude - Part One; 6.7 Hey Jude - Part Two; 6.8 Hey Jude - Part Three November: 5.1 Side Two of the White Album: Part One; 5.2 Side Two of the White Album: Part Two 1969 [Basically the Breakup Series] 6.9 Allen Klein - Part One; 6.10 Allen Klein - Part Two; 6.11 Allen Klein - Part Three; 6.12 Allen Klein - Part Four; 6.13 Let it Be - Part One; 6.14 Let it Be - Part Two   May: 4.4 The Ballad of The Ballad of John & Yoko, Part One; 4.5 The Ballad of The Ballad of John & Yoko, Part Two October: 5.8 You Can’t Catch Me: Come Together • Part One; 5.9 You Can’t Catch Me: Come Together • Part Two 1970 1.3 Early 1970 March: 5.12 You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) April: 3.6 McCartney [LP] November: 3.8 All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 1 : The Road to ATMP; 3.9 All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 2 : My Sweet Lord; 3.10 All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 3 : The Album December: 3.1 John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band; 3.B.1 Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band  1971 May: 4.9 Paul & Linda McCartney’s RAM - Part One; 4.10 Paul & Linda McCartney’s RAM - Part Two  August: 5.3 The Concert For Bangladesh Part One; 5.4 The Concert For Bangladesh Part  Two December: 1.7 Wings 71-73 - Part One [Wild Life] 1973 April: 1.8 Wings 71-73 - Part Two [Red Rose Speedway] November: 2.5 Ringo: The Album 1974 2.9 1974 - Part One  2.10 1974 - Part Two 1978 July: 5.7 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - THE MOVIE 1980 1.16 1980 - Part One 1.17 1980 - Part Two  1988 4.7 The Traveling Wilburys - Part One; 4.8 The Traveling Wilburys - Part Three* (*Two) 2020 December: 3.B.2 McCartney III 2022 June 6.B.2 Paul Is Live

Compilations and Retrospective Categories

1.5 Songs The Beatles Wrote About Each Other - Part One 1.6 Songs The Beatles Wrote About Each Other - Part Two  1.11 Beatle Compilations 1.20 The Beatles at Christmas - Part One [1960-64] 1.21 The Beatles at Christmas - Part Two [1965-1969] 1.19 The Double A-Sides  3.11 The Beatles at Christmas: The 1970s - Part One 3.12 The Beatles at Christmas: The 1970s - Part Two

Historiography and Other Takes 1.4 Paperback Writers - Books About The Beatles 2.3 Paperback Writers 2: More Beatle Books 1.12 Other People’s Songs About The Beatles 2.1 The Road To Anthology [1968-1992] 2.11 The Beatles Anthology at 25 - The Making Of, 1992-1995 3.4 The Anthology at 25 - Part 3 - The Aftermath 5.B.1 The Beatles Get Back [The Night Before] 5.10 The Beatles Get Back

Interviews 1.14 The Mark Lewisohn Interview - Part One 1.15 The Mark Lewisohn Interview - Part Two 2.4 The Robyn Hitchcock Interview  3.5 The Kevin Godley Interview 4.B.1 Ram On Interview with Fernando Perdomo & Denny Seiwell 5.5 The Laurence Juber Interview • Part One; 5.6 The Laurence Juber Interview • Part Two

Very Special Episodes! 1.10 The Abbey Roadtrip 1.18 Paul Vs George - LIVE At Dublin Beatles Fest 1.22 The Review of 2019 2.8 Fifth Beatles 3.7 The Films of Ringo Starr, or, Ringo Movie Starr 3.13 The Nothing Is Real Review of 2020 4.6 Harry Nilsson & The Beatles  5.11 Nothing Is Real LIVE: The Beatles in Ireland 5.16 The Nothing Is Real Review of 2021 6.1 The Unmade Third Movies 6.B.1 The 1958 Echo Lake Home Tapes

[aroacehogwarts]

not necessarily a /hogwarts/ hc but i love the concept of autistic aroace enby newt scamander and autistic aro tina goldstein being qpps and stimming with each other all the time?

(We love headcanons from all over the magical world, but who says this can’t be a Hogwarts headcanon?)

Catch Newt and Tina in some remote corner of the library at Newt’s alma mater. Tina’s latest assignment requires some obscure texts that are only known to exist at Hogwarts, and she has received special permission by the headmaster and MoM to conduct her research for as long as needed. Newt comes as her assistant, (one who may be planning to sneak some of the rare magizoology books ne wasn’t able to read before ne was expelled into nir piles for Tina’s research).

The morning of their journey Newt leads Tina through King’s Cross, onto Platform 9 ¾, and onto that all too familiar train. Tina had only seen her qpp hand flapping this happily when ne was with nir creatures. Throughout the entire trip Newt recounts all of nir favorite memories of school as ne lies on the seat with nir head in Tina’s lap and Tina running her fingers through nir soft, brown curls.

When they finally make it to Hogsmeade they check into the inn and visit a few of the shops, only making it to Honeydukes within minutes of closing. They strategize about how they will tackle Hogwarts library’s seemingly endless shelves over some cauldron cakes before going to sleep. It’s a night that they both want to be close, but Newt feels a little overstimulated by that point. They crawl under the sheets and fall asleep to each other’s slow, soft breathing, not cuddling but just as intimate.

The next morning they have a hardy breakfast at the Hog’s Head. Newt overflows with questions for Aberforth about the creatures kept on the castle grounds and of course Aberforth’s goats. Tina can’t help but giggle. Their joy is infectious.

But, once TIna and Newt leave Hogsmeade and say goodbye to the thestral pulling their carriage, Newt grows quiet. On the front steps of the castle that was nir home for so many years, Tina offers her hand. Newt gratefully accepts it, and TIna pushes open the enormous doors, feeling centuries of magic infused in the wood and metal. Tina leads her qpp into the place ne loved and lost for so many years; but, since she has never been there, Newt joins her in the lead. Newt leads the way to the library, but Tina gives nem the confidence to do so.

They hadn’t said a word since entering the castle, but upon entering the library the mandated silence feels oppressive with so much excitement bubbling to the surface. Tina can’t help but let out a small a small “skree!” Immediately drawing the (even louder) censure of the librarian who appears out of nowhere. “How did she do that!? You can’t apparate in the castle.” “There was a theory while I was at school that she is an unregistered moth animagus.” Both are a little rattled, but they pass the librarian and enter the forest of books.

They spend all day in the library, sitting crisscross on the floor inside a book-pile fortress that only grows whenever either of them return from another search. Tina loves the feel of old parchment, and Newt loves the feel of Tina’s coat. They stim with those favorite textures through hours and hours of reading.

It’s when the shadows get long and Newt lights and levitates a few candles ”Our own little Great Hall!” that Tina screams again. She jabs at a passage in the enormous book balanced on her lap. Newt listens intently as Tina explains at an incredible pace while pulling over books from her inner piles. She’s found it! The answers they traveled across the world for! Newt pulls her into a tight hug, and she pulls nem in too. They stay like that for a long while, revelling in the pressure stim as well as the physical and emotional closeness. After a bit Tina reluctantly pulls away and copies the text from the book onto her own parchment. She stows it away and pulls out her wand to levitate a stack of books. Newt stops her.

“Don’t bother,” ne says. “The librarian will want to make sure every book makes it to the right place.” Tina is hesitant as that seems a bit rude, but follows her qpp’s lead. And ne’s right; when ne tells the librarian about their abandoned piles of books her face lights up and she disappears in the direction the two of them had come.

Before they leave, Newt takes nir qpp’s hand and leads her to nir favorite part of the library: the aroace safe space. There are some leather-bound books from the magical world, some muggle paperbacks, and lots of student-made pamphlets and zines about being on the aro and ace spectra. Tina is amazed by how much information and affirmation the aspec students of Hogwarts have; she wishes she had had the same at Ilvermorny. Before they leave they write pride-filled encouragements to anyone who finds comfort in this cozy little space.

That night they fall asleep holding each other close, feeling understood, accepted, and loved by each other and so many others.

- Ravenclaw Mod

[sgamebooker]

I drew "Nir's Great Adventure" and "Metamorphosis-kun" when I was in the fourth grade, when gamebooks were first becoming popular, and this is a questionnaire about using childhood drawings of this level for covers. Please answer the following questions for future reference. 

1 Kindle is OK 

2 Paperback is OK 

3 Both are OK 

4 Both are X

「漫画 Sゲームブッカー」で検索して出てくる「ニルの大冒険」と「変身くん」はゲームブックが流行り始めた小4の頃に描いたものなのですが、このレベルの子供の頃の絵を表紙に使用することについてのアンケートです。これからの参考にしますので、よろしかったら回答お願い致します。

1 KindleはOK

2 ペーパーバックはOK

3 両方OK

4 どちらも×

[khyatigautam]

Indistractable

Author: Nir Eyal

Paperback: 400 pages

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing; First edition (20 September 2019)

Language: English

Almost all of us face the problem of distraction looming on our heads in everything we do in life. It stares right in our face and pulls us back so brashly that we find it almost impossible to stand against its might. And the biggest thing distracting us, as we consider, is…

[niennanir]

Further questions about my post on making a fanfic paperback

1) When you fold the paper the blank part goes inside the fold This is what the page looks like if you folded it and were looking at it from one of the long edges. The short edge is where the glue goes.

2) Glue is water based and it will warp the paper. You can’t get glue on the paper if  you don’t leave part of the paper exposed. after you glue, you want to press the paper so it’s nice and straight.

I used my press because I was too lazy to go outside and find a brick, but I’m going to assume most people don’t have a book press

[niennanir]

hi!! im following your book binding tutorial and everythings going great, my only thing is the text is a bit far to the right would you know how to fix that for future books?

A lot depends on the software you decide to use for your 'typeset' (the layout of the book) But what everything boils down to is margins.

Any software that presents itself as a word processor has the ability to adjust the margins. If you're using Word, or Google Docs, or Mac Pages those settings are going to be in various places, and you'll need to consult documentation for your specific software to find out where those settings are. In the case of the Nir Paperback you have three margins that you're going to have to look at carefully.

The most iffy one is probably the margin between the columns, The Gutter. I knew I wanted about half an inch as a page edge margin so that means the gutter should be about an inch since that's where the page will be folded. On an 11 inch sheet of paper the least horrible gutter number was .95 inches. You can play a little hard and fast with the rules and if you want more than a half inch margin you can do that, just make sure your columns stay even.

The other place things fall apart is the glue edge margin, left and right. These need to be exactly the same.

You want a little wiggle room on the glue edge. Most of the time your glue edge is going to take up about 1/4 inch, so the above numbers, usually, get your text centered up in the middle of the folded page.

You get varying performance depending on your software and your printer so the best course is to print a single test page and fold it to see if you like the way it looks. You might need to tweak the numbers to make it the way you want it, but once you find settings that fit your needs, save them and reuse them on all your books.

I hope that helps, if anyone else has questions, feel free to drop me an ask.

[niennanir]

From the post on making a fanfic paperback

1) It is okay to screw up, If you screw up, you just do it over until you get it right

2) it’s very difficult to screw up entirely. Worst case you’ll have a crooked book instead of a perfectly straight one.

3) It’s okay to ask for help.