Cheapest A5 Notebook Suppliers

Rakuten

• Deli for AliExpress - Suggested as a cheap option for A5 notebooks.

Not Recommended Brands

• Moleskine - Notorious for being bad for fountain pens at a premium price.
  • "Avoid Moleskine. They provide subpar paper at premium price…"
• Midori (MD)
• Maruman MNEMOSYNE
• Paperblanks
• Moleskine - Paper bleeds even with a dry pen.

Recommended Brands

Fountain Pen-Friendly Notebooks

• Leuchtturm1917 - Great paper quality for fountain pens.
• Rhodia - Cheaper option compared to Leuchtturm1917.
• Fabriano EcoQua - Cheap and has paper quality that does not let ink seep right through.
• Clairefontaine - Makes its own paper known for being fountain pen-friendly.
• Miquelrius Opaque
• Oxford Optik - Fountain pen-friendly and widely available.
• Apica
• Exceed brand notebooks from Walmart - Inexpensive and fountain pen-friendly.

Other Recommendations

• Typo - Recommended for A5 notebooks.
• Papier
• Waterstones
• Tesco - Known for having lovely quality notebooks.
• The Works - Offers a variety of designs for notebooks.
• TK Maxx - Usually has end-of-line notebooks with unique designs.
• Etsy - Recommends filtering local artists for unique notebooks.
• Candem market - Suggested for amazing notebooks.
• Paperchase
• Dunelm

These recommendations provide various options for A5 notebooks based on quality, affordability, and fountain pen-friendliness.