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Thought I would share how I got it done, in case others are thinking about it.
I went to FedEx/Kinkos and asked them to cut the binding off, then spiral bound the books. Decided that each one would be too small, so went with 3 in each bound book. I left the covers on, meaning you have a nice spot to see where the books end. The finished product is about 1/2 inch in thickness and the guy shaved the covers a little to make them fit into the binding better. I had them put a clear plastic cover on the front and black and thicker piece on the back.
My plan is to take a label of some sort and put the book numbers on the front so I'll know which one is which. I will probably do the Reign of Winter AP too.
The cost is about $20 bucks, you could probably save a little by combining the books into one volume or add a little by doing them in pairs, as there is a cost for each binding.
Once you get the binding removed, I suppose you could put them in a three ring binder, to give them a bit more protection.
I am probably eating up the savings for being a AP subscriber, but I think the end product is worth a bit more and it gives me a campaign source that opens flat, instead of having to fight the binding.
I've thought about dropping the AP subscription and just buying the PDF and printing them out, because I have access to several color laser printers, but I like the idea of getting the heavier stock in the book. Plus then I would lose my 15% for the other purchases and in the end maybe break even.
Just a question - Why not just print out the PDFs (which you already get as a subscriber)?
Alternatively, why not just play using the PDFs on a laptop or a tablet (I do both)? Works great on my Galaxy Tab 2.
Just seems odd (and just a bit extreme to me) to cut up those beautiful books just so they lay flat for use when there are easier and cheaper alternatives.
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Just a question - Why not just print out the PDFs (which you already get as a subscriber)?
Alternatively, why not just play using the PDFs on a laptop or a tablet (I do both)? Works great on my Galaxy Tab 2.
Just seems odd (and just a bit extreme to me) to cut up those beautiful books just so they lay flat for use when there are easier and cheaper alternatives.
Personally, I like having a hardcopy that I can highlite mark up as needed.
Granted, I wouldn't sacrifice my physical copies to do this. Print outs are more than sufficient.
-Skeld
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Sorry, didn't realize that people were responding to this.
Basically, I became a subscriber after Skulls and Shackles, so I bought those books and have no PDF copies.
Like Skeld said, I wanted something printed out but the books were a bit odd to work with. So I was trying to figure out how to make them more user-friendly. The covers and everything are in there. Basically, the biding edge was cut off and then the entire thing was spiral bound. So I have the full color books in a pretty easy to use package.
I have Reign of Winter now and I am thinking maybe three ring punch might be better, then the entire series could be put in a 3" 3 ring binder, maybe 4" or you cold take one book out and keep it in a smaller binder for when you take it to a gaming session.
So, any pictures of the S&S document you made?
Did you rearrange the contents at all or just bind them in order?