Try a class at Center for Book Arts. Kinda pricey, but once you've learned how to bind your own books, it becomes a valuable skill.

Having them permanently bound (like a book) is expensive. A lot of libraries use specialty folders. Different companies offer them in a variety of covers and finishes.

http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/acatalog/EPE_online_catalog_Magazine_Binders_30.html

I don't know anything about bookbinders in NY, but there are companies out there that will bind your magazines if you mail them in. http://www.denverbook.com/magazine.php

Now I want to have my old back issues of Architectural Record bound... Curse you! Hahaha!

Try a small print shop. They often can assist. I know that Xerox used to have a product that resembled case binding on the outside. The inside was actually a metal bracket that clamped the contents. You selected the color/size that was appropriate. I liked it because if I ever wanted to change it I could take it back and they could "un-clamp" and redo it. I believe it was called perfect bind.

This is cool architexas but it can get expensive... But the ready to use magazine binders I see in sites are mostly in a kitchy pleather cover. yeah and I also agree that this is urge is contagious...

Hi, I have done this. Yes, it can get expensive, but it is also a function of the type of binding (leather or cloth) and extras (gold leaf, etc.) I use Book Arts in DC, and there are several companies closer to you, in Brooklyn.

The most cost-effective way, however, would be to contact your local library or university. They often have to have books and magazines rebound, and of course, PhD students get their theses bound. They will know of economical places to rebind your magazines.

Happy reading!

Heckman Binders are now part of this group?!: http://www.thehfgroup.com/

Just in case anyone in the Seattle area is reading this post -- Seattle has a great bookbinder that will do this sort of project. http://www.arsobscurabookbinding.com/

:-)

I'm a librarian. We no longer bind any magazines, partly due to cost, and partly due to the extreme unlikelihood that we want to keep any of our magazines (in the era of databases) long enough to make it useful.

You can look "bindery" up in the yellow pages or online to find services. The are getting more rare.

On the other hand, there are notebooks with metal strips that slide into the magazines (like a bookmark) and then are suspended on special posts at each end of the strips, available through specialty (online) companies like Demco, Gaylord, Brodart, and Highsmith. We use these for our Consumer Reports subscriptions, and ours came from Highsmith, so I'd try them first. (They are plain grey fabric notebooks, about 4 inches thick, that hold a year of most magazines, more if they are thin.)

kinkos does it.

you can always re-cover (?) the binders with paper or fabric of your choice

You can try C&H on Long Island (http://www.chbook.com/). They do a lot of small, custom jobs.