Southern Lights by colourwhirled (@colourwhirled-writes)
My fourth Zutara fanfic bookbind! Clocking in at 769,274 words, I knew that binding Southern Lights was going to be a challenge (to give you an idea of how long that is, the famously long War and Peace comes to only 560,000-587,000 words, depending on the language it's in). In the end, I had to split the story into 3 volumes - this first volume is 872 pages long, and covers chapters 1-30.
After formatting the text (texts actually), I set about trying to design the covers. And I tried and tried, but I wasn't happy with anything I came up with. Finally, I decided that I would do a cloth binding, and then I could add a dust jacket once I made a cover design I was happy with. It's not super obvious in photos, but the vinyl I used to make the title and designs is color changing! Depending on the angle and light, it can range anywhere from a light gold-green to teal to blue to indigo (the colors of the Northern/ Southern lights!).
This is by far the biggest book I've bound so far (and it's only 1/3 of the story), and so it posed some new challenges compared to the other fanfics I've bound so far, but I'm enjoying learning and improving my skills.
Don't be intimidated by the length - this is absolutely a fanfic you should read if you haven't. Thank you so much for letting my bind your story @colourwhirled-writes! Two more volumes to go!