Take Care of Your Book

A book as we've been told is like a friend. You should take care of your book even if it's an old one, to always have it in perfect shape and non damaged one. A book is not a toy neither a bug smacker, as people do sometimes. So read the following steps and your book will look as good as new.

Steps

  1. Once you buy a new book or pick it out of your library, make sure you hold it backwards, from the side you open the book and not from the side you hold while reading.
  2. Open your book gently and avoid opening it more than 100 geometrical degrees.
  3. Don't use a highlighter or any kind or pens for bookmarking. Instead of that, use a simple bookmark. You don't need to buy a fancy bookmark, an old piece of carton or anything thin clean and solid helps.
  4. Eat or drink after reading your book. Or take a break eat and drink then wash your hands. This doesn't mean you can't eat before reading, just remember to wash your hands before even touching your book.
  5. Your book is your book; Don't give it to someone who simply asked you to borrow it. Only allow someone you trust VERY well to read the book next to you. Even if you trust someone you can't just give your book to him/her to read it in his/her place. There are other people in his place too, Do you know or trust them?
  6. The best way to keep the book better in its shape is in sleeping position on a horizontal surface. Standing position seems more practical and logical to you. In fact by time if your book was in standing position, the glue on your book will be tiered and its papers will come off. Only if your book is squeezed in the library your glue can last for a longer time. Remember sleeping position can keep the book the way it was forever.
  7. Open your book and dust it every month, every two months if you're lazy.
  8. After dusting it keep it on a safe and high table for more than an hour.
  9. Place your book gently back in your library and not in a hurry and brutal, fast squeezing way.
  10. If you saw photocopy points and black drops, know that they will permanently stay on the page. You're not Mr. muscle or Windex and you can't use Tip-ex or any kind of cleaning product or pen from your school pencil-bag.
  11. Make sure the library, the room or the place you put your book isn't humid. Or else your book will be wavy.
  12. If you're reading your book outside of your house, read it while sitting and not while you're passing the street, the parking or anywhere while walking or pretending you're reading in front of the public. You'll end up crashing a car a street light, an old lady or anyone.
  13. Wait until you come out if your bathroom or toilet to continue reading it. Reading on the toilet can cause serious bottom problems and the bathrooms are usually humid.
  14. Place the book in whenever it was and don't leave it on the table. Otherwise you'll forget it was there, your sibling, little cousin or anyone can harm it.
  15. Enjoy your forever new book.

Tips

  • It is important to open the book every month or two. Because it's made of paper, by the time paper in a closed place can have insects that eat paper (the color or the insects are black or turquoise)
  • If you really want to mark a line in your book. Use a pencil and underline the words very light.
  • If you want to mark a whole paragraph or a line, use parentheses from the beginning of the sentence till the word you want.
  • Take good care of the binding. Don't keep your place by putting your book upside down when open; use a bookmark. Similarly, don't fold the front or back cover of your book back.

Warnings

  • Don't photocopy it a lot.
  • Don't eat or drink while reading your book. Always wash your hands if you ate something.
  • Keep your book away of children, sun, humidity.
  • By saying humidity the followings are count too:bathroom, shower, bathtub, swimming pool, sea (you can travel with a book in a closed bag), rain,hailstone, kitchen . . .
  • Don't put or leave your book on your bed, living room sofas, chairs.
  • Don't use a highlighter or a pen.

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