This is the book as is.
Each little folded part is one “signature”. Each signature is one piece of paper, folded, then the edges chopped off. If you look closely at decently bound books, they are all assembled this way.
I just realized that the first purchase I ever made as an adult (over 30 years ago) was my paper cutter. I still use it. It has cut a lot of little books.
Still to do: bind book.
- Clamp pages
- Drill holes
- Stitch binding
- Make cardboard cover
- Glue end-papers into cover
Actually, there is still a step before these. I need to go through all of the hiragana transcriptions and English translations to double check them, then print out another copy on good paper.
The book is designed in LaTeX. My code is embarrassingly sloppy, but it works, so I may not bother fixing it.
I will post the PDF after I check it over one more time later today.
Thank you @Belthazar for the logo idea. The logo, of course also refers to the famous zen monk hanging over a precipice.