how to break in a new book [CC]
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- This method improves the flexibility of books (especially glued paperbacks and hardbacks) and prevents the spine from breaking!
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I weirdly like the slight yellowing on the edges of the pages for some reason. I think it looks cool. It also makes the paper feel softer somehow to me? Idk lol I'm weird
Exactly!
I wasn’t even aware people hated it 😮
For me it gives a nostalgic feeling, because all the books from my parents and grandparents were like that when i was younger
Yeah same they feel precious
I don't mind it aesthetically but you feel when you see it that the book is deteriorating, which is a sad realization.
I have a paperback 1995 Anne of Green Gables set. Books 2-7 were in mint condition and had never been read, so they were stiff. I was frustrated because I had cracked the spine of book 2, so I went looking for a solution. I tried this method on book 3 and I was amazed at how well it worked. I did it three or four times very carefully. I was worried it would do a number on the stiff 30-year-old glue, but it surprisingly didn’t. I am so relieved. I’m still irritated by the cracked book 2 spine, but when you think about it, I would have cracked countless more spines if I hadn’t cracked that spine and gone looking for a solution! Thank you for this video.
I hate breaking my book spines so i'll try this next time :)
Me too, it's the worst 🙁 Let me know if it worked for you!
Thank you for this video. I just ordered myself like 30 books (16 of them have arrived already) and I've done this to a few of them and it helps me hold them without causing pain in my hand.
they should teach this in school, i don't know how i managed to live 20 years without knowing it.
anyway you have beautiful hands
Hello i just wanted to say this helped me so much. I always struggled with reading since i hate seeing broken spines.
Furthermore i used this on my school text books that always ended up falling apart!! It has worked amazingly thank you so much!!
Just the video I was looking for!! Thank you so much, this was a huge help!
This is amazing! I'll try it right now. Thank you
Worked famously, thank you!
Thankyou I got book from a friend as a gift, now I can read it and keep it for far longer since the spine wont break down as easily
This is so helpful!!! Thank you for doing this, I never knew!
Thank you, I'm happy that it's useful! 😊
Thanks for making this video. It is very helpful.
Wow!!! This worked like magic
It helped a lot
Thank you
I have ruined a lot of my paperbacks, but it's an evidence that I read them lol
But now I kinda regret it, I'm going to he more careful with my new books from now on
This was actually very useful! I'll try it next time I start a paperback!
I didn't know that about the paper yellowing, I thought thought it was something that happened over time, like from the air or the oils on skin degrading it. Very interesting and cool to know. I have a fair number of vintage and older books (about 20 from the 1800s and more from the mid-early 20th century and 80s/90s that are old library or well circulated books) and they are all yellowed like this, but they also have a rougher texture to begin with, not that smooth satiny texture a lot of cheap prints have nowadays. I think those ones are actually from age and less from the acidity.
It's getting more difficult to find nice thick, creamy pages that feel buttery smooth in books these days unless you buy a good quality hardcover. I often opt for it evwn though it's so much more expensive and space consuming because I really dislike the feel and look of those almost slimey gray cheap pages. Thinking about it now I realize they remind me of a tablet or computer/e-reader screen with their colours and texture and I don't like it, I want that tactile experience and the darker, more off-white pages strain my eyes less. Even e-books are getting those colour schemes and using awful fonts now, so I always have my blue light filter on to yellow the pages and change the settings within the software if I can.
I've learned something. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! ☺
Thanks! 📕
Thanks for this! Very concise and straightforward. Easier than I anticipated. Are there differences in binding qualities that tend to crease more than others? Or is this applicable to all paperbacks for the most part?
Planning to donate a rarer English translation to my library once I'm finished with it (if they'll take it), wanna keep it in shape.
i was doing it all wrong and too rough, thx for your time with video tutorial.
Thanks !
thank you
helpful. thank you1
How would you do this with thick comic books? I have a the walking dead compendium of 1000 pages and I don't want to get spoiled while breaking in the book
Wow! This was so helpful.. I never knew this .. 👍
That was my reaction as well when they showed us 😄
I’ve seen other videos where people take a few pages from both sides and push down instead of one side at a time like you’ve done here. Does it matter if you’re doing one side at a time compared to both ?
Just got a new premium bible with leather binding - same procedure recommended? or something else?
how would i stop the front/back cover on a soft back book from bending
Book ASMR!
Wooow this is a whole new science to me ! 😅 I used to hate spine breaks , but now I don't actually mind 🤔 ...but thanks anyways for the videos
Well-loved books have a charm all of their own 🥰
I had no idea you could do something to prevent the spine from breaking, that's so helpful. You do this for hardcovers as well, and is t he re any difference in the technique?
I'm glad you find it useful! Hardbacks are done the same way; indeed, most hardbacks nowadays have glued spines like paperbacks. Sewn hardbacks are actually even easier to break in, you don't have to be as careful with the pressure. Hybrid bindings should be handled carefully like paperbacks, though.
Can you suggest me the Book which I should read to care of Books in Library.
Wow so useful! I never understood why English paperbacks are so fragile, there should be a margin between the spine and the 'bending point'. Idk If I managed to explain myself xd
btw I'm ochopi
Hi ochopi! :) I think I get what you mean, kind of like the gap when you open a hardback spine? And thanks, I'm happy if it's of some use!
I assume if a new book already comes with a flexible spine that can open comfortably wide, it's not necessary to do this?
Yo this might be a dumb question but does leaving a bookmark in the book have any effect on creasing or other possible damage
I think it mostly depends on the thickness of the bookmark, the material (for staining or leaving indents), how far and forcefully you shove it into the book and how much pressure is pressed on the book when it's in.
I mostly use thin paper bookmarks with a glossy water resistant coating (not gloss paper, more of a protective plastic film) for this worry and have left them in for years (accidentally lol) and noticed no staining or leaking onto the pages. I have a few favourites I use. 🙂
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Can you do this on books that aren't brand new as well?
If you read them very carefully trying not to bend the spine like she showed in the beginning, I would imagine yes. It would probably look very nice too since the pages aren't as forced together now so it would look very relaxed and pretty.
What if the books aren’t new? Would it still work on older paperbacks?
I tried this on a never-been-read, 30-year-old paperback book (Anne of the Island) and it worked! Just be very gentle when doing it and do it a few times.
i'm the weird psycho that actually likes it when the spines are cracked, i feel it makes the book more loved haha. although i do hate when you try to close a paperback and the top cover stays open slightly. so annoying!
1:28 I hear ya sister
That's my budgie 😂
@@minnie2410 I think they mean they can relate to buying books they don't need :)
Oh my god, you are right! 🤦🏻♀️🤣 I can be so dense sometimes, sorry!
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Oh how funny, I just bought these same books.
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You sound like you have a uk accent. Ne way, ty for the info.
Oh thank you! 🙈 I'm happy it helps!
My "natural" accent is actually quite bad (from school) but I've been doing some exercises in diction, it's nice to hear that it's helping!
How can someone have a 'bad accent'?? I fully don't understand. PS very cool video.
Yeah this method didn’t work, now there’s a long visible crease along the side of my book, same thing as reading it normally, if not worse
5 minutes to explain a 30 second procedure 🤣
It takes her two minutes to get to the point !