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I always wondered how the library does it.
I'm sure there a science to it...I dunno.
I've been doing that with paper covers for ages. Unfortunately, my library doesn't... the book I just finished (Philip Roth's Goodbye, Columbus) was practically ripped in half before I checked it out... with what appear to be dog tooth marks on it.
I don't have problems with the covers, so much as I have trouble with the pages. Since paperbacks are (or were) cheap, the publishers used cheap paper. It soon turns brown and brittle. My original paperback "Fahrenheit 451" I have to re-read with great care. Any pages I dog-eared in the past, those corners have crumbled loose.
And in my house, it's cat teeth marks, not dog teeth marks...;-)
< Since paperbacks are (or were) cheap, the publishers used cheap paper. It soon turns brown and brittle>
Yep.. I have some like that.. but the covers are not good too.
I must admit - they only thing I will cover is a text book... all the rest.. no way... One thing I do is stack them on their sides - you get more in the bookshelf and the dust does not get into them as much....
My (paperback) desk thesaurus has about 3 layers of covers that have accumulated on it over the years.
I have a problem with dust jackets of hardcovers.
Considering that's where they print the pretty pictures, the jackets are the first to get torn (or lost).
.... but me being a SF and Fantasy freak, I judge a book by its cover.
...and some of those are classics! I have framed a couple of SF covers, just so they don't get torn.
<I have a problem with dust jackets of hardcovers.
Considering that's where they print the pretty pictures, the jackets are the first to get torn (or lost).>
I always take them off when reading, and especially when lending !
