Our Two Instruction Books

Tom and Cindy Hollander, owners of Hollander's Online Store, have published two books, Introduction to Bookbinding and Custom Cases (2019), now in its second printing, and an updated, second edition of Constructing and Covering Boxes: The Art and Craft of Box Making. (2020). They are both published by Schiffer Publishing and have received excellent reviews.

Tom and Cindy wrote their two books using a project approach which is based on the several hundred workshops in bookbinding and box making they have taught. Introduction to Bookbinding and Custom Cases teaches how to make pamphlet, flat-back, and round-back books.  You will also learn how to make a slipcase and a clamshell box to hold the books. In Constructing and Covering Boxes, you learn how to make decorative and useful hinged lid, clamshell, and divided boxes.  

Along with hundreds of color images illustrating the step-by-step processes, both book explains the basic tools, materials, and methods used to complete each project. In addition, complete measurements and formulas for making your own custom sizes, a gallery of Tom and Cindy's books and boxes, glossary of terms, list of resources, and many helpful tips are included in each book.