Well, I made a new cover out of a book for my kindle paperwhite. Same method as last time, gluing the pages together into a solid block, tracing around the device and cutting the shape out with an xacto blade. Pressing and gluing again, making a notch for the on/off switch, and smoothing the inside edges with sandpaper. The first twenty pages or so came out neatly enough that I\’m saving them to use for grocery lists and notes.
The aftermath.
The result!
I\’ve run out of laminate sheeting which I was going to use over the cover, so the lettering doesn\’t peel off. Used packing tape instead. Some of it ended up with creases. And the spine got a little crushed under the stack I used to press it with. So it\’s not perfect. Still, it feels just like a book in my hand, though I haven\’t really tested it out by reading another e-book with it yet. Soon!
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I think it's so awesome that you made your own cover. It looks really good and you can personalize it as you want, plus it has that book feel to it!
I've never thought of doing this, what a clever idea. But like you I'm a bit horrified at destroying an actual 'book'.
That's clever! It never crossed my mind to do something like that even though the Kindle covers always wear out before the Kindle itself does (that's a good thing, I suppose). And then you end up having a problem finding the proper Kindle cover because Amazon has changed something up on the newer versions and the old covers sell out or end up being discontinued. I know that's not much of a problem to whine about, but now I have a solution. 🙂
Thanks, yes it was fun to do. I bet I could even change the design on the cover, the original is slick enough I might be able to pull the tape off again, haha.
I was okay with it eight years ago, when I cut the innards out of a book I owned, had tried to read and didn't like, and found it wasn't valued much online either (available on Amzn for pennies, literally). However now I feel differently so glad I had this cashbook on hand to reconstruct.
If you want to try it yourself, I linked to my previous cover job in the first paragraph- it has a lot more details and step-by-step how to. There's other tutorials online as well. I'd like to see how it comes out, if you make one too!
Oooh case envy! I love it! Even better than an actual book (and no books harmed in the making of it!) The cash book doesn't count. :)–Thistle
Yes- ! I was actually pretty happy to find that old empty cashbook just waiting for a use like this. My efforts didn't turn out quite as polished as I had hoped (if you have it in your hands it obviously looks tacked-together) but the more I look at it on the shelf and pull it off now and then (looking forward to reading more on the kindle when I whittle down more of the physical books on my shelves) I like it more and more.