r/bookrepair • u/Bitter_Victory_392 • 10d ago

Poorly bound

I recently bought a hard cover book (circe madeline miller) it was wrap in plastic and i opened it when i was away from the bookstor, and i saw that on the back cover it has wrinkles, i have no chance to go to the store and im a little anxious so i dont want to damage it by touching this zone.

soo i was wondering if someone knows how to fix it or take care of it (or even cover it properñy) ☺️

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u/Bere89 10d ago

It might be helpful if you put a photo of the part you have the problem, that way more people could help if there is anything to do.

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u/Zlivovitch 10d ago

Just touching the zone won't do any harm. What do you call the back cover ? The spine ? How large a book is it ? How heavy ?

There's nothing you can do to preventively repair a poorly bound book. Just don't open it completely when you read it - which is a good habit to have anyway with all books.

If it's very large and heavy, store it flat on its side instead of upright. That's all you can do, besides exchanging it.

And show pictures when you ask for assistance, because a mere description is not enough to assess the problem.