Open that 3x3 grid. It looks like a tiny, confusing chessboard. Place the leather in the top-left corner. Then fill the second row with three pieces of paper.
Wait. That’s wrong. Actually, put the leather anywhere in the middle row. Then put the three papers in the bottom row. No—just kidding. It’s one leather in the top-left, three papers in a line below it. You’ll see a book icon pop up. Click it. You’re a publisher now.
You just made a book. It’s blank. That’s the best part. You can ruin it creatively.
Why You Actually Want This
Books aren’t for reading. They’re for enchanting. Combine a book with an anvil and some lapis lazuli, and you get a magic spell on a stick. Or a sword. Or your pickaxe.
Ever had a pickaxe that breaks after ten blocks? That’s a noob move. A book with Unbreaking III makes it last forever. Or at least until you fall into lava.
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Books also let you make an enchanting table. That thing looks like a wizard’s toilet. You need two diamonds for it. But the book is the brain.
