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 Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:33 am
YAY, my first thread here ^.^ anyway, better hop to it:
~How do you take care of your lovely volumes, series, friends: books?
~Care to share your tips, tricks, or advice on taking care of your books?
~Paperbacks: frayed edges making you ill? mad what do you do to protect your fragile friends?
~Where do you store/keep your reads?
Discuss, discuss my friends 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:06 am
abbyisolde YAY, my first thread here ^.^ anyway, better hop to it:
~How do you take care of your lovely volumes, series, friends: books?
~Care to share your tips, tricks, or advice on taking care of your books?
~Paperbacks: frayed edges making you ill? mad what do you do to protect your fragile friends?
~Where do you store/keep your reads?
Discuss, discuss my friends 3nodding 1.) I tend to just try to keep them out of the rain. Mostly, when my friends and I hang out it's away from my house, so, I don't have to worry about other people damaging them. 2.) Keep your windows closed! -.o I have a couple of watered-up books now 'cause I didn't... gonk 3.) Keep people away from them. 4.) Mostly where I can find space D:
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:52 am
Yes, water= damaged, wrinkled, wobbly pages D:
The horror.
And I'm very paranoid about lending books to my friends. Very. mad
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:05 am
I have so many they're in boxes in my basement. I've learned to use plastic boxes that are watertight, since my basement flooded once and a whole box of childhood books went moldy. gonk
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:56 pm
OliviaFalconer I have so many they're in boxes in my basement. I've learned to use plastic boxes that are watertight, since my basement flooded once and a whole box of childhood books went moldy. gonk how awful.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:55 pm
I really should purchase a new copy of Sleepers. I read it so much and handled it roughly so much that it is pretty tattered by this point. Oh well.
A lot of my childhood books, and other reads that need to be kept for various reasons, are stored in plastic containers that find themselves in the attic.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:21 pm
I should get these plastic containters. lately I've been paranoid about my precious books. domokun
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:06 pm
I like to take care of my books too, but I wouldnt know were to find stuff needed to help. The problem with me is when I see someone touching my books, I would freek out fast and hard, I even slaped a friend of mines hand when she picked up my book.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:02 am
Sora Hunter I like to take care of my books too, but I wouldnt know were to find stuff needed to help. The problem with me is when I see someone touching my books, I would freek out fast and hard, I even slaped a friend of mines hand when she picked up my book. Just like me eek
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:18 pm
All I can suggest for book care is waterproof containers for those that are not on display on your shelves, keep them out of direct sunlight, and try to keep them in a coolish place (some types of paper used for pages "cook" in heat and yellow even faster than they would over time). Also, be careful how you stack books in long-term storage. Paperback (and even hardcovers) can get seriously warped if they're stored at an angle.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:58 pm
I usually just keep them away from any source of water, and always make sure they're put down properly so the covers don't get all bent and curled...
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:19 pm
Despite the fact that I am reletively protective of my books, they still get damaged, usually because I get told by whomever I'm with to leave my book in the car while we eat (waits take forever), go to the movies, et cetera. Well if it's the same book enough times (I reread books a lot), eventually the books are going to get bleahed by the sun and the heat will warp the pages. Sometimes damage happens while the book is just sitting in my purse while I walk to work, or am at work.
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