All-New X-Factor doesn't really cross over with anything except for AXIS, and, unless you're also specifically looking at binding an AXIS book, I would not recommend just having the 3 AXIS tie-in issues separately (they flow pretty well into the final arc, if memory serves).
So my recommendation would really just be All-New X-Factor 1-20, in order. Unless you also wanted to put in Gambit 1-17, but that's not really that related. Or unless you wanted to make a much larger collection that served as "X-Factor by Peter David Complete Collection, Volume 3+", which would include X-Factor 33-50 and 200-262, She-Hulk 31, Nation X: X-Factor, and All-New X-Factor 1-20. That's 104 issues.
DG, regarding your Green Arrow books....how do the covers of the Longbow Hunters look in terms of keeping the book open, given that they have cardstock covers? Would you be able to provide pictures?
When cardstock covers are involved I always scan them, remove the cardstock, and then print them out. You can bind those cardstock covers, but they tend to make the book always open to that point, so I prefer the scan & print method. For Longbow Hunters though I used the trade, so it wasn't an issue there. But I did scan & print for the Shado min. Here are some pics of that and a Longbow Hunters cover from the trade:
I scan at 300DPI with the descreen turned on, and I print on the 24lb paper at Kinkos on their laser printers.
I was able to win the Batman: Aftershock and Road to No Man's Land on eBay. I'm excited to check out the build of the custom bound book and hope soon I'll bind the Hitman and/or X-Factor series!
I haven't had any books bound yet, but have been prepping a bunch of runs for it. Hoping to send out Superior Spider-Man and the following Amazing run next week. Before that, however, I'd love to get some input from you guys!
I'm planning two volumes for Superior, with 698-700, then 1-15 for the first; and 16-31 plus the 2 annuals for the second. I think all of it in one, even without 698-700, would be way too fat.
For Amazing, I intend to include all of Spider-verse (chronologically! making this more than one volume) I will be including ASM 1-18, and every single tie-in, with the exception of Spider-Woman 1-3 (I don't care for Hopeless or Land). Would I be missing anything without them?
Also, would it be necessary to include ASM 1.1-1.4?
So I've been reading about this and am fascinated. I've always wanted a collection of Automatic Kafka. How much does this process cost?
The pricing can vary quite a bit depending on a lot of factors: how much work you do yourself, if you do art on cover versus cloth covers (the type of material used can affect price), extras like head/tailbands or ribbons, the type of binding, as well as the number of books bound at once (a lot of binderies have price breaks as you get more books bound.) So it can be as cheap as $18 per book plus shipping if you do everything yourself and do a no frills art-on-cover bind, or much more expensive if you use a service to handle everything and then get a more "deluxe" type treatment.
I run a service that does all the work, our pricing is here: http://comicbindingpro.com/pricingandprocess
And I use Houchen bindery, their pricing is here: http://houchenbindery.com/wp-content...ok-Pricing.pdf