I wanted to start restoring books as a hobby and found this one on EBay for only $20. Just wondering if it would be more of an advanced project or if it’s okay for beginners. Or any advice on restoring or if it can even be restored😭

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so for science, we had a choice to make a children's book and so I took that route seeing as I recently got the stuff I wanted for bookbinding but I need to type things out but I wanna apply a background and I can't seem to find an app to do that for free

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apps I've tried are google docs, Adobe, and word microsoft

My 92 year old cookbook was damaged in a flood. Luckily, the water dissolved the glue so I was able to separate the endpapers from the cover and textblock in order to take the book apart and get everything dried out quickly. The endpapers are mostly undamaged, but they do have some wear from being almost a century old. I was thinking that I could back them with another piece of heavy paper for added strength and durability, but I was unsure if that's the best option.

I have an original version of "Old French Fairy Tales" by Comtesse De Segur (The Countess of Segur) written in 1920. It's cover is falling off, being held together only by a single thread, and the illustration on the front is peeling and discolored. I am debating on whether to pay someone to restore it, or if i should put it away somewhere secure and leave it be. What do you all think i should do?

Side question: In the same book, there is a strip of another book used in the binding. Do you think i could identify it just by the words present on it? I know that in 100+ year old books, they often used scraps of used paper in the binding. I am putting this here because i couldn't find a suitable subreddit. It seems to be a book of Southern U.S. history, based on the places mentioned.

I am a fairly new book mending person at a library. I have a Coverbind 5000 thermal binding machine that been awesome to use, but it suddenly doesn't heat up anymore. I would imagine it's a fried component inside, but I wouldn't know which one. Can/should it be repaired? If so, is it something I could do myself or would I send it to someone? Additionally, when it was working, sometimes, seemingly at random, it would burn the spine label on books. I can't nail down why and what circumstances cause them to burn. Any ideas?

Hey.

I've been collecting older books for a few years, mostly 1800s science books. And have learnt the odd restoration technique here and there from someone I met at a book swap two years ago.

I haven't done any major, major restorations, only simple rebinding, page replacements, inner spine replacements, etc. I've never tried colour fixing.

But recently I got a book from 1966 that was in complete disarray- basically being held together with rubber bands. So I fixed it up and I impressed myself with how well it has come out.

But it's got loads of water damage and fungal growth, so I'm wondering if it's possible to fix this? My friend is unsure because the book is newer than what they like to restore.

My initial thinking is that since it's so new, would careful application of diluted bleach work? But then again, I can't find much information on this.

Any ideas?

Hey everyone just joined to get some insight. Where do you all have most success selling your rebinding services at? Thanks in advance to any help as this newbie tries to get going!

Hi there, I'm a library technician with a particular interest in museums and archives. I am wondering where one can get a certificate or diploma in Book Conservation in Canada?

I’m not sure this is the right forum, but I’m looking for help in restoring my friend’s flood damaged yearbooks. She didn’t think she could save them and they’ve been left to mold too long. I dried them best I could, but I’m not sure if it’s possible to restore at this point. Any instructions or videos I found only talk about books that are freshly damaged. Any chance to help her out would be a nice gesture after losing so much in a flood. Thank you!