Not to my satisfaction: handcrafted notebooks

I decided to try to do personal notebooks from printing paper. I am not satisfied with the result.  I should not have taken the duct tape for the binding part.  It give the back of the notebooks a feel that I don't like.  Next time, I will go with the traditional method of book binding.

I took the side that was the best looking, so don't freak out if they look being inversed.  It was intentional.  I am not satisfied with them but I wanted to have the best looking photo for them.