Too Big for Their Britches: Books That Can’t Keep Their Covers On

by Travis Jonker | Blogs
Oct 27, 2014 | Filed in News & Features
If you’re around books a lot, you know there are certain titles that just have a hard time keeping it together. I’ve found that the worst offenders have: High page counts Glossy pages Large trim sizes Which kinds of books have all of these? Your Guinness, your Ripley’s, your LEGO. Add in frequent circulation and [...]

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If you’re around books a lot, you know there are certain titles that just have a hard time keeping it together. I’ve found that the worst offenders have:

High page counts Glossy pages Large trim sizes

Which kinds of books have all of these? Your Guinness, your Ripley’s, your LEGO.

Add in frequent circulation and you have a perfect spine-breaking storm. Pictured above is The Smart-O-Pedia – a great book that has reached its breaking point more than once.

How do you handle this? Take preventative measures? A particular binding that’s unbreakable? Book acupuncture?

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