One of my favorite fantasy book series is the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. I always pined after the Subterranean Press editions, but at this time they are too overpriced. So what I did is set about trying to get my own set of trade paperbacks of the series and then convert them into hardcovers just like I like them.

The very first step I did was carefully break down the adhesive on the trade paperback after removing the cover with sandpaper. Once done, I re-enforced the spine with mull and PVA to add the extra bit of flexibility along with the desired strength.

Once done, I attached new endpapers and then prepared the spine and the front and back covers. For the covers I used marbled paper in addition with book cloth. I plan to keep the book cloth same for the entire series.

In addition I thought of gilding the edges with Auroschnitt and gold leaf. but that did not turn out as I expected, so I decided to just leave the Armenian Bole which was painted on as primer for the gold leaf on the top edge. I kind of like the look of the plain red along the upper edge.

Still pending is creating a wrap around cover for this book created using Affinity Publisher.