A Custom Service
Print & Bind your own words.
Turn any document into a complete, handmade book — printed, sewn, and bound from scratch, with a custom cover designed around you.
Print & Bind starts with whatever you've written — a novel, a dissertation, a collection of poetry, a family recipe book, your own original work — and turns it into something you can actually hold. I professionally print your pages, hand-sew them into signatures the old-fashioned way, and build a custom cover around the finished block using HTV (heat transfer vinyl) designs made to match your vision.
This isn't a print-shop paperback. Every copy is sewn by hand, page by page, the same way books were built before mass production took over — which means it's sturdy enough to actually read, reread, and pass down.
Good For
Whatever you've written.
Your Original Writing
Novels, poetry collections, memoirs, dissertations, theses — if you wrote it, I can bind it. This is where Print & Bind shines: turning years of work into something that finally looks like the book it deserves to be.
Fanfiction
Yes, really — but only with the right permissions. I'll bind fanfiction if you're the original author binding it for yourself, or if you have explicit written permission from the author. No exceptions, no workarounds.
Family Recipes & Keepsakes
Grandma's recipe cards, a collection of letters, a family history someone finally typed up — these projects are some of my favorites. Turning something fragile and scattered into one bound book that won't get lost.
What's Included
I handle the whole process.
- ✦Professional printing & typesetting — clean, properly formatted pages, not a home-printer job.
- ✦Hand-sewn binding — signatures sewn by hand for a book that opens flat and holds up over time.
- ✦Custom HTV cover design — your title, your art, your colors, pressed permanently into the cover.
- ✦Built around your content — sizing, layout, and binding style chosen to fit what you've written.
Pricing & Process
Built around your project.
Print & Bind projects start at $150 (my project minimum for custom work), with labor billed at $60/hour. Final cost depends on page count, cover complexity, and any add-ons like foil edges or premium paper.
Want the full breakdown? Consultation, estimate, deposit, production timeline, and what Cat Tracks shows you along the way — it's all covered in the Pricing & Process section on the Custom Orders page.
Not sure what you need? Reach out and we'll figure it out together. No surprises.
From the Bindery
See it in person.
Manuscripts, fanfiction, and custom Print & Bind pieces — browse the full gallery for inspiration.
Let's Work Together
Ready to start your book?
Tell me what you're working with, and let's figure out what it could become.
Get in TouchResponse time is usually within 48 hours.