What's the best way to protect your books?

[Zero In]

I have books that I treasure. Most of them are paperback though. I'm having a real difficulty on deciding how best to wrap the book. I wouldn't want cellotape marks on the books later on. I also wouldn't want those self-adhesive types cause if you want to change it, say if it gets stained, it would be impossible to do so.

So, any suggestions?

 

[kt]

laminate it.

 

[Zero In]

Now, how the heck are you supposed to put a book into a laminating machine. and besides, if the cover gets stained, you can't change it!

 

[ed21x]

actually i keep my small paperback book in a ziplock bag when its in my back pack so it doesn't get destroyed, and just take it out of the bag during times when i read it.

 

[OulOat]

Eh, your books are screwed anyways. The pages will slowly turn yellow and get brittle. It's the acid in the paper, it's what manufacturers add to make it cheaper to make. Libraries are already having this problem. It's sad when books printed a hundred years ago are in better condition than books printed 10 years ago.

 

[her209]

Put it in a vacuum.

 

[Zero In]

What's a ziplock bag?

And I thought that if you make sure you dust the books regularly and that if you keep them away from humidity and sunlight, it won't turn yellow?

And isn't vacuuming a very expensive process?

 

[JW]

What's the best way to protect your books?

Keep Arthur Andersen the hell away from them.

har har.

-jw

 

[brtspears2]

Short of not using them....

You can always use a bookcover and store it in a controlled envoriment.

 

[BillGates]

Buy a scanner, and start tearing pages!

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: Zero In
What's a ziplock bag?

And I thought that if you make sure you dust the books regularly and that if you keep them away from humidity and sunlight, it won't turn yellow?

And isn't vacuuming a very expensive process?

you can get vacuums for about 60 bucks that will do the job very well... just keep them vacuum sealed whenever your not reading them...

 

[Zero In]

How to deal with all those pesky silverfish? Just caught one the other day.

 

[NewSc2]

Originally posted by: ed21x
actually i keep my small paperback book in a ziplock bag when its in my back pack so it doesn't get destroyed, and just take it out of the bag during times when i read it.

you know, i'm picturing that right now, and sorry to say that just looks really nerdy

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: JW

What's the best way to protect your books?

Keep Arthur Andersen the hell away from them.

har har.

-jw

good one there...