HOME LIBRARY ACCESSORIES & BOOKWORM GIFTSHere's how to make a simple hardcover book, to keep your e-books in.
A clamshell box, also knows as a drop-spine box, is the best protective storage for your books. Here's how to make one. And here's another tutorial!
Here is a series of video tutorials on building an upright bookcase, starting with a discussion of some materials.
Bookends made of spare books
Making mosaic and decoupage bookends
Easy bookends for kids to make
Covers to protect your books, with matching bookmarks and pens.
How to make a book weight
Make your own book and publish it!
How to make your own Miniature Books by Library ThinkQuest
Another Miniature Book Tutorial by eHow
How to Make a Book Stand
How to make a book tote bag out of blue jeans
And if you'd just like to make a lovely custom box to hold almost anything, here's a Youtube video on the subject.
HELPFUL HINTS
Bringing your bookshelves back to order, by Unclutterer
Five ways to limit book clutter by Simple Productivity
20 Ways to Get Free or Cheap Books, and Give Away Your Old Ones by Zenhabits
What’s the Best Way to Store Books? by Real Simple
Book Care by Tappin Book Mine
How to Store Books by eHow
A Book Collector's Glossary by Tappin Book Mine
... and from LibraryThing forums: "Any bookend works much better if you glue or just place a bit of that shelf liner that is like a rubbery mesh. You know the kind I mean that keeps things from sliding around."
DID YOU KNOW?
The sizes of books