You let the pages dry flat" is the move. I switched to that method and yeah it takes forever but the smell is way better and they lay flat. The coffee strength thing is real too, I just use whatever's left in the pot from breakfast and hope for the best.

What makes you say that though, @john648?

Bone fragment shot into the display case" is kinda hilarious, not a big deal.

Wait wait wait, you threw it in a delivery bag for TWO MONTHS? Like with other stuff jostling around in there? That's insane. I can barely get a PVA repair to last through me putting a book in my backpack gently.

@simoncarr the real gamble is trusting a seller's "test run" video when they could have easily swapped parts to make it look good temporarily.