No More Cracked Spines! How to Break Books in
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- THE ULTIMATE BOOK HACK! NEVER CRACK YOUR BOOK SPINES AGAIN!
There's nothing worse for us bookworms than cracking and creasing the spines on our beloved books and I'm here to tell you that there's a way to break in your book and to train the spine so that you don't need to anymore!
Apparently librarians have been doing this for years, which makes me wonder, how did it take me 30 years to learn this #bookhack!?
Every book has lots of glue and sinew and other products that keep the spine and the pages together in the books, but over time, without proper care they can harden. When you go to read the book, this results in spines cracking and creasing as well as sometimes pages to even potentially fall out.
BUT! If we use the technique in the video, not only will you lengthen the shelf life of your books, you will also be able to spread them wide, right into the middle pages without causing any damage to the spines of your books!
ENJOY this life changing hack...it changed my shelves and my life!
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When I was in grade school we would get a new text and the whole class would help condition the books📚. Fun memory.
I’m so jealous Linda! I wish I learned this back in school!
I remember doing that too!
Holy shit, memory unlocked.
I creased the spine 😢 I probably wasn’t gentle enough. RIP brand new book
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yep me too
Coincidentally, I'm using this tutorial on the same book!!
I was in complete denial but THIS WORKS WONDERS! I did the thing and was turning the book expecting a huge crease but IT WORKED no creases and still wide open!!!
It's the spine curling/arching/warping that freaks me out the most. I'm careful enough to not worry about full-on cracks. I'm reading 1100 page monstrosity Hawaii by Michener right now and the increasingly concave spine I feel on my fingers legit stresses me out. Not sure whether this hack would mitigate curling as well...
I have learned about this recently. I am absolutely going to try this "spine training" thing, since I have been trying to read my paperback books for years as carefully as possible, yet I have always ended up cracking the spines of my older books. This may just be a life changer.
Last time I read an old paperback I put clear moving tape on the spine and that worked pretty well. I’ll have to try this with new books.
Interesting. And yes, give it a try!☺️
The damage happens on the inside. The packing tape will help when the book starts to fall apart, but ...
I tried to read my books as carefully as it was possible as well. But since I know about this, my shelf and books are literally celebrating. (Great video btw, the most detailed I've seen so far and the upside down spoiler free strategy is incredible I'll use it, thank you 😁)
I’m the same! Life changing hack! And yes! Hopefully people who try this don’t have to learn the hard way and can just do it upside down instead!
THANK YOU. I have the whole Harry Potter series with plaid spines and I’ve been trying to collect those ones for months and I finally have all of them matching. I didn’t want to crack the spines, and Harry Potter books tend to be anywhere from only 300 pages a book up to almost 900 pages, so it can be difficult reading them and spreading the book open without it cracking, but this trick worked!
It’s breaks my heart seeing the spine of my books broken. But now it won’t be a problem thanks to you.
Been using this method for forever now and just love it no more cracked spines!
How long does it take you for a book about as lengthy as the one in the video? I'm not sure if I'm doing it way too quickly because most of the actual training he does is sped up (understandably so)
Thank you sooo much! It definitely worked! Even on textbooks!
Thank you so much! I’m gonna try this one for curtain. I’ve bought recently a 4 book series in paper back, the 3rd has more than 500+ pages and I’m having a hard time reading it without cracking the spine! This is gonna hopefully help me a lot!
thanks a lot!! i had this math book which kept closing and in order to keep it open I thought I had to break the spine which makes it weak n all but after this video my problem is totally solved and now it remains open and I didn't have to break the spine!
Thank you. I prefer hardbacks but paperbacks are more affordable and I always have difficulty reading them.
It does work🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks so much! I'm a perfectionist and it pains me so much to see my book spines cracked!!!
I’m in my 70’s and have been doing this since high school. It works
Did they have books back then ?
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Thank you so much ....it truly is life saving...I don't have to go through the pain I used to go through when the book's spine cracked.... saved me big time 🙂 Thanks a lot again
So happy to help my friend - this one changed my life too!!
Very informative. Thanks for the help.
I have the 13th edition of Machinery's Handbook, copyright 1946, with the original dust jacket. The front dust jacket inner flap has as a heading on top, HOW TO OPEN A NEW BOOK, it provides five, inch and a half, square size picture illustrations showing those very steps that you did, and under each picture is a corresponding word description of what's taking place. It also explains you want to repeat the process three times. They're using a hard copy as the example, which makes sense, seeing most books of that era were hard copy.
So yes, this knowledge has been around for a while, at least in the period of the 1940's, and even earlier, I suspect? I've known about this method when I purchased the handbook 10 years ago and have always incorporated it on new books, but since this was knowledge from the 1940's era (80 years), I always took it for granted that this method was common knowledge to the general public? Who knew?
YOur reading space looks fantastic and has a dreamy atm.!! can you make a video on that..!! Creating reading space!
Thanks for the idea!
Absolutely amazing !!!
After you have trained the spine, consider creasing the front and back cover pages. Some paperbacks have a pre-crease line for this.
This makes the book work more like a hardback and takes all the stress off the glue.
Make the crease about 7mm from the back (may be different depending on book size).
Another way is to crease the cover right where it hinges on to the spine.
NB! Always train the spine before creasing the covers, since the stress taken off the spine by creasing can be so great that it makes it difficult to train the spine.
If you have difficulty bringing yourself to do this, try it with a book that isn't very important to you first. Once you notice the difference I guarantee you keep doing it!
Please explain what you mean by saying to crease the front and back cover pages. I don’t understand. Is there a CZcams video showing this? Thanks!
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@nankc1 you know how hardcover books have a little dent between the spine and covers that makes it easier to open? I think they mean just like that you kind of fold your cover a couple mm from the edge. I've never done it before though so idk how reliable this method is.
Yes - look for that vertical pre-dented/creased line on the front and rear covers of many soft-cover books... And if there isn't one there as printed, I always take a metal ruler and set it firmly pressed down at that perfect distance from the spine (which varies depending on how far the block text of the main pages of the book is indented, right? If the text is printed very close to the inner edge of the page, you'll want to make that front/back cover fold as close as you can get it, so from 3 or 4 mm up to 12 or so - again depending on the "build" of the particular book 😉) and use the ruler as a guide to run let's say the back/rounded edge of a butterknife works well, make your own guide/indentation. And if you do want to use this folding technique, definitely do that step first of making your own indentation if there isn't a line already, as otherwise you're guaranteed to get messy folds on those covers!
awesome! Thank you. I had never heard of this. for years i thought the less stress to the spine would help preserve my books didn't know I was actually doing the opposite. will be conditioning my books from now on.
I came across your videos previously.I liked your channel.
He us casually doing this on my most favorite book ever :D I feel so happy :'D
worked in the library in my old home town.. yeah, we did this to all new books.. even hardcover.
I have a "How to open a new book" illustration from the 1940's, and it shows pictures of it being done on a hard copy book, which makes sense, because most books of that era were hard copies.
thank u so so so much for this!!
I bought a book a few days ago, and it was from the first edition of 2009. The glue disappeared a bit on the edges but it was ok. But the thing was hard. So I did this thing and it worked. But i did got some "wrinkles" on the spine, and maybe a pushed a bit too hard on the low part. But it was a sacrifice i was willing to accept (after crying myself to sleep for it) if it means I don't have to use Hulk like strength to read it
Thank you!
I wish there was a way to uncrack the spine on a paperback. There probably is. I just want to get rid of the creases on the boom spine so it looks nice and clean
Wait... you can't read upside down?! :) Anyway, nice trick, thanks for sharing it, I'll try it next time. But I can't imagine librarians really do it with hundreds or thousands of books, I would go crazy...
Hahaha, so would I!
Wish me luck I’m going to do this for the whole SOIAF series
Omg aah it works thank youu 😍😍😍
How do you protect a hefty textbook 900 pages paperback ? Do you tape the spine when it’s brand new ?
OMG THANKYOUUU
Oxford classics used to have the best spines -- never cracking. But their new ones crease easily.
Does this work on older books as well?
this method cracked my books spine
Would you recommend this for a 300 page paperback book?
or not necessary
i do this and EVERY TIME WITH EVERY BOOK its either its creased or i cant open it enough to reas
Weird question but will this help in any way with pages that go wavy? If not how can I did this??
Can you do the hard cover the same way?
Just a bit of extra info. If the book binding process was cheaped out on then this technique won't work. In the last few years overall quality of books being released have degraded significantly. Many corners are being cut by publishers. Low quality paper and ink are used and they skimp on the glue so it dries out and causes thick books to crack the moment you even try to open them.
They're tryna make everyone into ebook users... damn shame
That might explain why this hack never works for me
I have just started to get into reading again and have bought my own books instead of going to a library. I thought the spinal cracks were normal, luckily I have only read through two books before going to the internet to see if it was normal or not, does anyone have any tips on how to relieve the cracks in my books? No pages have fallen out, there is just a noticeable crease down the spine.
once a books spine is cracked there’s nothing you can do unfortunately :(
There’s nothing wrong with a cracked spine. It shows character! But I don’t know that you can reverse the cracks. At least you found this trick early in your reading journey!
You cant do much, however just a little thing I do with my old ones is get a marker and color in the whitening, usually the inside of the cracks are white. A lot of those book covers were black so I got a black marker and put colored them, it sounds a little tacky but trust me just that little bit of color does wonders for the way it looks, especially from afar sitting in your bookshelf.
Great video! Has this been more difficult to do on smaller books?
Not at all! Just got to make sure you don’t overdo it and it will work on every book!
I did this method and now my book spine is now got lines all over it please help me fix this
broke it anyway 👍
It's funny when my wife was reading I seen the spines of her books, she cracked them all, I said holy cow have you ever heard of condition the spine, obviously not haha, her and I definitely grew up differently haha
Imma just go cry over all my favorite annotated books that look like absolute shit
Not for long! Time to salvage all the new additions to your shelves💪🏼
Who remembers this
My friends and me used to smell the new book that the smell was better than perfume
Thank you so much for sharing!
You’re welcome!!
how about hardback leather-bound books?
Can i do that to a 300 page book ?
I have 1 question. Why some books open all the way to the sides, even without this technique. You can just put them flat on the bed, no need of holding it with your hands.. Like our school textbooks I remember, then theres a 1000 page book i have hitchikers guide to the galaxy. While so many paperbacks like the six of crows, we need to hold them and read?
Quality (paper and glue) and good design. I make books - with sewing and PVA glue they can open not only flat but much more, and will not crack.
i knew it but for hard covers book
Me who has been reading upside down as a kid because I thought it was a flex.
I have 4 to 500 books in my personal library at home. I have zero time to this tho 😂😂 but good for those of you who buy 1 or 2 books a time 🤗
Why didn't on work on mine?
Is there a reason why this wouldn’t work?? I tried this on the unwanteds and it just cracked the spine 2 times
same
My book cover is opening up without me even touching it. How do I prevent that?
probably just get a heavy object and put it on top of it.
im getting my NFPA 70 book on tuesday 4/20/21 and i really want it to last me longer than my last book which i unknowingly cracked the spine on day 1 and my index pages were falling out a year later
Hopefully this solves that problem and for all future books!!
@@danielgoldman8017 oh yes it made a huge difference thank you! I never knew I even had to do that. That would have been great to know in grammar school
I have no idea why they don’t teach it at school. It’s something most librarians know about too. They’re sleeping on this one
@@danielgoldman8017 I was thinking about the same thing
Should I do this the first day I buy a new book
Yes!
Jep cracked it
As if turning it upside down would stop me from reading it hahah
Hahahaha! Maybe do it blindfolded then to be extra safe 😂
It didn’t work 😭 my solitaire books spine is dead
The covers lift up
NOOOOOOO I CRACKED ITTTTTTT
I wouldn't have looked this up if my colleague hadn't destroyed my book by cracking the spine. One minute I look away from my book and the next it's in someone else's hand with a chunk of pages dangling off of one end of the spine. 😔
Oh I would have gone ballistic! Did they apologise at least?
@@bookwyrmroo5704 No. He had the strangest reaction. It was like nothing happened. Just talked to me about something random.
Many people don't value books whatsoever.
Idk if this is just me but my Percy Jackson books are so fcked up like the spines are white with cracking 🤣
Nooooo😭
Does this work for comics?
Better question, will this work on my Kindle book?
You a cuber? I see that Gan in the top right.
Hell yeah! Good spot!
Bro this is not working on my 900pages books
It will, just take it nice and slowly. But the bigger the book, the more that spine is going to have to bend anyway
It cracked for me 😭
Same
😂im reading anime manga and flipping book upside down is not working bcoz there are pictures
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How can that final spread be considered a readable spread? These cheap 20cm paperbacks are simply unreadable. I only read 23cm books now
*runs and checks paperbacks*
My books look perfect 🤔 what do you do with your poor books?! 😱
Nothing! In fact, I read so gently to avoid cracking the spines, but sometimes it can’t be avoided...until this!!
@@danielgoldman8017 True. Still, the only damaged books I have are second hand, so I'm proud of my delicate reader skills XD
You must be wearing gloves made of cotton wool while you read 😂
@@danielgoldman8017 How did you know? :D
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This is absolutely not worth the time and effort, and if not done carefully will cause the exact problem you want to avoid (try stepping through an 800+ page book, twice). Just read the book! Be a bit gentle with the page opening, especially earlier on. The act of reading will automatically wear in the spine. People are way too obsessive about this hobby. Of course if you have unopened books on your shelf for long enough for the glue to go brittle (10+ years) before you read them, cracking the spine is not your main problem ;)
Just so you know your audio is screwed up to the point where I almost didn't watch. Sounds like you're super far away
wasn't like that for me
he did sound normal
You know what i am horrifies causee all my HARRY POTTER books have a cracked edge...only if I knew about this a bit early then I would not have to regret now..🥲