I Made the Percy Jackson Books Even Better

In light of the new Percey Jackson series coming to Disney plus, I decided to put my amateur bookbinding skills to the test. In this book project, I turn a used set of paperback" Percy Jackson and the Olympians" and rebind them into a leather-bound book set.

0:00 Intro
1:42 Text Block
3:08 Cover
5:27 Leather
8:08 Silly Little Ad to Pay My Silly Little Bills
9:20 Time to Dye
12:00 Book Assembly
13:03 Silver Foiling
15:38 Final Book Set

[JessLess]

If you see any misspellings on the covers.... no you didn't..

[nilyaajrim]

When I say that I screamed at the top of my lungs when you ripped the cover page, it would be an understatement...

[calebgoodman]

This is just personal preference but I always preferred those “busy” covers. Though I will admit the more minimal covers do have a sophisticated air to them that I still find really appealing. They look really impressive!

[spades]

I just wanna say that as a fellow artist and fanfic/book obsessed girl, youve really inspired me and got me into book binding, and ive used many of your tactics and ideas to make some of my own 😁

[adoniscreed]

Jess: This brings me no pain...
Me: I wonder what she is about to do...
Jess: rips front cover off
Me: THIS BRINGS ME AN UNFATHOMABLE AMOUNT OF PAIN!

[ShruthiGowrishankar]

what's so cool about these covers is that an collector's edition was just released for the Lightning Thief and it looks crazy similar to these

[seineevee]

Ah yes, Battle of the Labyrintht, my favorite PJO book…

As a longtime Percy Jackson fan and Jess Less fan, this was extremely enjoyable and very cool to watch!!

[Kai._.Angel.]

The minute you said “I like the Percy Jackson movie” I was in pain, distress, sorrow, I was having a full mental breakdown down

[Basilo]

No one:

Jess: "now we have a nice and curved spine much like what my doctor said right before I got diagnosed with scoliosis"

[christine]

The uneven blue makes it look like water which is perfect

[adamkovacs]

I just love to see these books getting a well deserved leather re-design. I'm also an amateur bookbinder (got too excited watching Martina make so many books) and I did my first book in the first lockdown (because why not?) with no tools. Sort of. I used everything I could find at home that looked like a good substitute xd

[k_pufflz]

11:50 just giving impeccable TARDIS/River Song journal blue that awoken something in me

[kingghoul]

OH MY GOD I LOVE THE PJO SERIES! Irnoiclly enough I'm dyslexic and ADHD myself and Greek at that, all three factors actually kept me from reading the books till late in my 8th grade through 9th grade years of school. But, once I did I was hooked!!! I do have to say some things in the books haven't aged well but the author owns up to that pretty well and it isn't done on purpose. But I cant wait for you to read them!! Honestly great books and Percy has guts, that little kids is Per-sassy though and though!! I come to your channel for your creative content and I consider myself a part of many fandoms, no matter what you chose to make art for I think it'll be thoroughly fun an entertaining or at least it should be for you! Anyway thanks for the great video!!!

[EcstaticTeaTime]

1. Those covers are awesome. Glad this appeared on my feed.
2. Thief is one of the words I have dyslexic moments over. I had to look it up. So in addition to the extra T in labyrinth, you have the E before the I in thief. Wabi Sabi. They're beautiful. They're yours. Reading them will be worth every moment you spent with them already (I say only ever reading the first one.)

[WCLCooke]

You'll love the books. After that, the sequel series is Heroes of Olympus. You could bind those too if you wish.

[nicothenecromancer]

As a big Percy Jackson fan even though ripping the covers hurt the end result was genuinely worth it and STUNNING

[sachsoup]

I honestly would never shut up on how much I love your bookbinding vids. I honestly want to bind a book someday, and I thank you for getting me into this wonderful craft!

[_rat_]

0:43 SAME I took Latin for 5 years instead and I was a Harry Potter kid who refused to read PJ. That was a thing. I would also get like pissed off when my cousin would talk about it and something in the mythology wouldn’t be accurate! But now I’m a senior in highschool and halfway through lightning thief and I’m obsessed.

[bluefood.half-blood]

As much as i love the original covers, these covers are beautiful 😍 they look so professionally done. And as someone who's read Percy Jackson more than once, these covers really do represent the feel of the stories

[mjpete]

Tremendous added value to a paperback book editions! I have read the Percy Jackson books several times now and I have soft and hardcover! I have read hundreds of paperbacks and I do wish I had invested in the hardcover editions, but I don’t have enough storage space for the books I own! I believe that you did a wonderful job making these covers! Truly amazing and so beautiful!