The Tolkien Coming of Age Club - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 03-04-2003, 11:45 PM

OK, first Helen makes her own "covers" for her books. Then she makes her own boxes for the "box sets". Then she probably builds her own bookshelves. Next comes building a house to keep all these books. Then a library to keep all the duplicates....where does it end?!!

My paperbacks are on their own, I'm afraid. They fall apart, or not. But I am on a mission to have all of my favorite books in nice, hardbound editions, and I would love to be able to make my own plastic sleeves for the dust covers. The store-bought ones are so expensive, and hard to find.

I don't think I could bring myself to coat those dust covers with contact paper, though it is a pain to try to keep them "mint".

03-04-2003, 11:45 PM	#11
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	OK, first Helen makes her own "covers" for her books. Then she makes her own boxes for the "box sets". Then she probably builds her own bookshelves. Next comes building a house to keep all these books. Then a library to keep all the duplicates....where does it end?!! My paperbacks are on their own, I'm afraid. They fall apart, or not. But I am on a mission to have all of my favorite books in nice, hardbound editions, and I would love to be able to make my own plastic sleeves for the dust covers. The store-bought ones are so expensive, and hard to find. I don't think I could bring myself to coat those dust covers with contact paper, though it is a pain to try to keep them "mint".