About

Phoenix has worked with books for over fifteen years, ranging from conserving old books to constructing entirely new ones from scratch. They’ve been in fandom for twice as long. When they learned about the fanbinding community – a group of people who make fine bindings of fanfic for fun – their reaction was, “holy crap, I can’t believe this perfect intersection on the Venn diagram of my interests exists!” And so Ex Cineribus Books was born.

As a member of the Renegade Publishing Guild, they believe fanfic is its own unique art form worthy of celebration and preservation. Fanbindings are one way to do just that: not only is everything that comes out of their shop crafted with durable, archival-quality materials rated to last for decades, but physical books can’t be held hostage to the whims of data servers or company buyouts. Ex Cineribus helps to bring what can feel like an ephemeral craft into the real world. After all, sometimes it’s just really nice to hold a book in your hands!