 Many amateur historians have created more technical overviews of "historically accurate" girdle books.However, being such a specialized technique, the girdle book lacks the attention given to more popular medieval binding methods in the enthusiast community

Notable exceptions are the Girdle Book Project, a collaboration between Margit Smith of the University of San Diego and Jim Bloxam of Cambridge University Library and Smith's monograph.The project seeks to "[bring] the girdle book to the attention of professionals working with books as librarians, curators, teachers, book dealers and collectors, and hand bookbinders, may increase appreciation of a book format, which, though small in size, has some importance, but is now almost forgotten."