[Wendy] also wore her mother’s long bathrobe and had this crazy-looking fur thing wrapped around her neck. It had eyes, paws, a tail and everything. “Animals are for loving, not wearing,” I told her. “I know it,” said Wendy, “but this thing is very old. It belonged to my grandmother. And in those days they…More
Using Brodart Book Covers; Or, How to Protect Your Investment in 6 Easy Steps
Brodart (or, for Canadians, Brodart) is not the only maker of those handy dust jacket covers you see on library books, but they’re the classic. And their “How to Apply Brodart Center-Slit Book Jacket Covers” instructions come in both English and French, so that’s cool. Book covers are a relatively cheap way to protect the…More
How to Ruin Perfectly Good Books
There are enough books in the world to keep my bibliophilia happy forever – and probably yours, too. Unfortunately, waaaay too many of those books are what the bookselling industry generously calls “reading copies” – because reading is all they are good for. It doesn’t much matter what you do to your books if you…More
Dani Alexis 