Print & fold your book at home
Two PDFs, a printer and a stapler. In about fifteen minutes you’ll be holding a real little A5 book. Follow the pictures.
Five steps to a finished book
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Print the inside pages
A4 Both sides Flip on short edge 100% scaleThey’re already in booklet order — leave “booklet” and “fit to page” switched off. No duplex printer? Print the odd pages, flip the stack, print the even ones.
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Print the cover
A4 landscape One side Card if you canFront, spine and back are laid out as a single wrap. Heavier paper feels lovelier, but ordinary paper works fine.
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Stack in order
Inside pages in a neat pile, all the same way up. Slide the cover face-down underneath — that puts the artwork on the outside once you fold.
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Fold in half
Fold the whole stack down the centre, like closing a book. Press the crease firmly with the back of a spoon. That’s your A5 shape.
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Staple the spine
2 staplesOpen the book flat at the very middle and staple through the fold — one near the top, one near the bottom. No long-arm stapler? Press onto a soft eraser, then bend the legs shut.
Optional finishing touch: trim a few millimetres off the open edge (opposite the staples) with scissors and a ruler. Instantly reads shop-bought.
If something looks off
Pages in a strange order?
Don’t tick “booklet” or “2 pages per sheet” — the file is already imposed. Print it as a plain double-sided document.
Edges cut off?
Set the print scale to 100% / Actual size, never “fit to page.” The bleed is already built in.
Two sides don’t line up?
Choose short edge (flip on short side). “Long edge” prints every other page upside-down.
Lost your files?
Your email link works for 30 days, then we delete our copy for your privacy. Save the PDFs somewhere safe today.
Hand it over and watch what happens.
You just made something real out of a stack of phone photos. Tag @memoricol if you share it — we love seeing them in little hands.