I'm curious about some books from films that I've seen, and would like to craft both on the inside and out. The list I have right now includes:

• The Red Book of Westmarch from The Lord of the Rings
  

• The Shepard's Journal from Atlantis: The Lost Empire
  

• Journals 1-3 from Gravity Falls
  

I can find photos and reference for the exterior of the books easily, and I am working on blank versions of these, but its the interiors of the books that's a bit more tricky. All of these books are thick, and are full to the brim with content. The problem is finding that content. I know that not all of the content for these books is available to find, and that I'll have to take creative liberties, but I also know that there is information about the content in these books out there.

I've begun my research on them, and am filing away images and blog pages, but I wanted to extend my reach to this community as well, since all of these books will be bound in leather. And speaking of binding, for the book binders out there, how would you go about binding these books? Most of them look case-bound, but I'd probably modify them to be bound with a hidden longstitch. What do you folks think?