From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:26:16 -0500 (EST), kludge@panix.com (Scott   
   >Dorsey) wrote:   
   >   
   >>Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >>>Given the problems with trade paperbacks with "perfect" bindings back   
   >>>some decades ago (at least two of them, having split into large pieces   
   >>>on first reading, dissolved into individual pages on second reading),   
   >>>assurance that the book in question is well bound is comforting.   
   >>   
   >>Remove remaining hot glue (it may just crumble away if the book is old   
   >>enough) and recement with a flexible urethane adhesive like 3M 08061 or =   
   >Goop.   
   >   
   >I hate to say it but, if I am not keeping it, recycling it seems to be   
   >the simplest solution.   
      
   This is sometimes the best solution, for example with all of those Gor   
   books.  But there are books worth preserving for newer readers.   
   --scott   
      
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