BlsdMama Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Please? I'm willing to spend a small fortune on library supplies if it means I can protect our investment. They're SO used and read, and then re-read, and carried around and about that I desperately need to come up with armor for my books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I assumed you meant bOOks and I was going to say, Eat a low-fat diet, exercise, and get mammograms. :D Sorry I can't answer your real question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I assumed you meant bOOks and I was going to say, Eat a low-fat diet, exercise, and get mammograms. :D Sorry I can't answer your real question. Heh. Kevlar? Works in either context. :) I'm afraid I'm not much help, either. Beyond no reading in the bathtub, I haven't found a good way to protect books from being used to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 :lol: I thought the same thing as OC Mom! I thought "Boy, hers are really popular!" You can get clear tape for the spines http://www.amazon.com/Scotch%C2%AE-Book-845-Inches-Yards/dp/B000Y9FBVU You can also get protectors for the covers. http://www.gaylord.com/listing.asp?H=7&PCI=128315 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 My MIL worked in a library. She has, from time to time, reinforced the bindings of our well loved books with clear packing tape. I think libraries often do this? At any rate, it does hold books together that would otherwise fall apart here...at least for much longer. The other day I was looking at one of my son's books and trying to figure out how the pages were still in there at all and I realized it was one my MIL fixed. She does it neatly. I tried once and had wrinkles in the tape. Other than that--a well loved book that has come apart irretrievably is just replaced here. I often keep those "broken" books though for sentimental reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 When my ds took a PE class in K at the ps (participating in some classes is an option at our school), I volunteered in the school library, covering the books with clear contact paper. There's a trick to cutting the contact paper just right, but I'll bet you could Google something like "how to books contact paper" and find out how. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I would rather have books falling apart from being loved to death than in perfect condition on my shelves. That said, it's got to be hard in such a large family, and things are probably "loved to death" more quickly than in smaller families. When I notice a book wearing out, I get clear packing tape and repair it. Up the spine and around the edges of the front and back cover give it a lot of durability. There's no reason you can't do this with softcover books as they come into the house. Also, buying hardback books when possible will help, but that can get pricey. Also, I get very irate when people leave books laying open face down. My kids know I hate this. Any scrap of paper is an acceptable bookmark. Right now, we're pressing some of our first spring flowers which we'll laminate in clear contact paper to make bookmarks. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) . Edited February 22, 2011 by Aubrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchara Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 When my ds took a PE class in K at the ps (participating in some classes is an option at our school), I volunteered in the school library, covering the books with clear contact paper. There's a trick to cutting the contact paper just right, but I'll bet you could Google something like "how to books contact paper" and find out how.Cat I do this. There's youtube videos and such, if you google it. I just get contact paper from Walmart or the office supply store, in the rolls. Since I started doing it last summer, are books are lasting a bit longer. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 I hate when I buy books from you all here & they're pristine. :glare: :lol: LOL, so in this discussion I got a little more than I bargained for. Glad I didn't ask you how to protect my TEApot.... I dropped a bowl on it the other day and it got quite a ding. What a conversation that would have made. :001_huh: The quote above - it also makes me WONDER when I see those after I buy used. Buying used helps alleviate some of the guilt, but how in the world does a library protect their books?!?! Certainly they have more readers checking out and abusing their books than just my little 'ole family. We're on our third edition of some books. It just seems like such a terrible thing - not caring for something properly so that you have to purchase more and waste resources - both the book and the money, kwim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Clear Contact Paper. I cover them with it. It's simple, easy and inexpensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I've ordered materials to cover my most-used books from Demco, a library supply company. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 We protect our books by putting them in our minds. :D Seriously, I get upset when I see books laying in the middle of the floor, but cracked spines, folded pages, books open and facing down on the table, snagged pages, even chewed corners... it means they're serving their purpose. Well, maybe not the whole chewing thing, lol. For the record, my mother would faint if she read this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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