A comment on a cooking blog got me thinking about book spines

I was reading a recipe post (for sourdough, if you're curious) and someone wrote 'the spine of my cookbook is completely shot from laying it flat'. It made me realize how many people don't know you can rebind a book you love instead of replacing it. I've fixed three family cookbooks this month alone, all with the same split spine issue. Has anyone else noticed a specific type of book that always seems to need the same repair?

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evah402d ago

Actually, you can often fix split spines without a full rebind.

dylan2652d ago

Often fix" is way too hopeful. A split spine means the book's structure is already broken. You can glue it or tape it, but that's just a patch that fails again. I've seen so many "fixed" paperbacks split right open after a few more reads. It's putting a band-aid on a broken bone.