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This was my second binding and casing of "Kohelet 3:16 (Call Me a Cab) by @linearao3

It is, without a doubt, one of my favorite pieces of fiction in any fandom. The use of Judaism and liberation work as plot and setting for a modern Star Wars AU is just...ugh, it. is. so. good. Everyone's queer, everyone's Jewish, the author provides helpful and detailed author's notes (formatted for printing as footnotes with a couple of appendices) to give context. It's just exceptional.

It was the second binding and casing because I'd typeset it before I understood, y'know, margins. I was also attempting to impose it myself because I'm a fool. These days I rely heavily on bookbinder js because I love myself. I'll eventually put up some pictures of the first bind because it was a good lesson. I will also probably re-bind it (again) because the colophon info isn't correct, specifically regarding the inclusion of end page art. I wound up not including GizSkyriser's piece (found right here, it's so good, please go look and tell them how good it is) since my printer isn't capable of edge-to-edge printing. My plan is to use it on the book jacket that I'm still designing. Furthermore, the colors of the text bubbles were kind of wonky upon printing, so I'll need to reassess that.

I used pomegranates on the cover due to their important symbolism in Judaism, particularly in the Sephardic tradition and their use during Rosh Hashanah. Often associated with the concept of righteousness, pomegranates are said to have 613 seeds, which correspond to the 613 mitzvot of the Torah.

I used an image of Lady Justice on the title page for similar reasons, given the themes of the work.

There are several less put together projects between "Do Not Go Gentle" and "Kohelet," but these are the photos I have on hand. I say that, because I'm really very pleased with how this turned out. I had a vision and I (more or less) executed it to the best of my ability, having precisely zero useful graphic design skills. Still, there are things I want to change/update as I get better at typesetting, so I imagine there will be another post about a different iteration of this in the future.