When I made my daughters autograph book, I Puchased at Micheals a packet of white 8 1/2 x 11 scrappbook paper. I then cut it down to 8 1/2 x 8. I then took the stack to office depot and had them spiral bound the side that was 8 1/2. the 1/2' gave me that much to play with, so when I take the sprial out, I will cut the sprial with holes, and put it in a 8x8 scrapbook. one side autograph and photo on the other.
for the covers as a protector, office depot had clear semi hard 8 1/2 x11 sheet. i cut it slightly larger then the pages.