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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: re: Advice for preserving paperbacks
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Date: Wed, 11-Jul-84 08:40:25 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 11 08:40:25 1984
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 published on
high-acid paper) is beyond your means, de-acidification certainly is.
	This may seem like a sorry state of affairs (and it is) but you must
keep in mind that paperbacks were meant to be a read-and-throw-away form, and
not something that is to be preserved for years to come.
	The only advise I can give is to try and keep your books in a cool,
dry (the higher the humidity, the faster the degeneration) room. Also keep them
out of strong light, especially sunlight. That's about all you can do. Other-
wise just pray that your favorite books remain in print so that you can buy new
copies when the old ones wear out.

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA)

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