Considering how straight forward this is. It’s annoying they don’t make books like this in the first place.

While this may seem like a great idea at first, it has its downsides. Tape will not only get increasingly more difficult to remove over time, it will also yellow. I would personally recommend using mylar or polypropylene sleeves specially made for books instead. If you wish to achieve something closer to using tape and don't mind a permanent solution, clear, acid-free contact paper will cover your books in their entirety without yellowing. At the end of the day, your books are your own and you're free to do as you please.

Wow! I am gonna do this now! Thank you! I always hated how the edges of my books started to bend and look so sad:( thank you!

I also do this, and when I saw ur video I was like "Thank God I wasn't the only one" people thought I was a freak🙌

Books are so expensive, especially when we ordered it from overseas. But I don't really care. I'm really pissed off when people returned my book in such an ugly condition. Spoil, cracked spine, edges folded, and even worse when that book is lost, or they lend to another person. They say" oh, come on... It is just a book. Why have to be so pissed off with that stuff? " omg. I want to knock his off. Books are so precious for me.

I used to do this in the 80s and 90s but I've regretted it. The stickiness of the tape eventually wears off and the tape begins to come off. As others have mentioned, the tape already adds thickness to the edges of the book which may cause problems when displaying them on the shelf. I use either self-adhesive plastic or those special adjustable plastic covers especially for paperbacks to protect my books.

this is the most effective, 'extremely simple' tip i ever heard and gonna stay with me forever. gave life to the books. you are a genius to comeup with that idea.

been using this same technique ever since I started to love books and my mom taught me that method 🥺 It costs you less plus it provides much protection than plastic cover does tbh

I would be curious to see how yellow and brittle that tape gets after 10-20 years. Anytime I find scotch tape on old collectibles it is falling off and looks awful. Any of my old books or ones I wanna protect I use different size archival bags for books, comics, manga, and magazines. After a while I know pretty much which bag will fit what size of book. If you’re not planning on keeping the books for life than I guess it’s not really an issue unless of course you want to try selling them one day.

TBH when I knew you put tape on your books I was like "umm.. I'm not sure about that" but when I tried it on my book it changed everything, now I don't have to constantly check the edges of my books just to make sure it doesn't bend or anything, IT HELPS A LOT! Now I put tape on some of my books just to make sure it doesn't get damaged or anything 😊🎉💜

i used to cover my books using plastic cover and this is a great alternative esp since you'll still be able to feel the whole cover of the book. thanks for sharing.

After reading a book, I re-seal it using a clear plastic with self adhesive.. Then when I'm planning to read it again, I'll read it in e-book version. I like the idea of putting tapes but when the book reflects in a light, you will clearly see the tape and for me it's a bit ugly, but the sides are safe and that's fine.

I watch this video every year.

Bought a book today. First thing i searched for was this. Great idea , thanks!

I have doing this for years and I feel so validated!🥰 It works perfectly, Try it out!

i'm so thankful for this! YOU HAVE SAVED MY PAPERBACKS LADY

I learned tape on books from my high school tutor way back. It's been 10 years and my books are still in good condition.

I wish I would've found this video sooner! I tape just the corners of my books because those seemed to get the most damage, but I always seem to get a lip of tape from it not folding over the edge properly. If I had found this video sooner I could've made my books look a lot better. Oh well, live and learn. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

Thanks for sharing exactly the video I was searching for! I think I'd seen taped books all of maybe twice in my life, and as the idea had kinda stuck with me, I wanted to work around avoidable mistakes by getting tips on the best way to do it. I'll be taping probably about 100 books in my lending library!

Your tape cutting trick is actually amazing... I would have overlapped the tape and then cut the whole corner if didn't watch it😅🤣 Thank you so much!😄

Thank you so much!!! I was so worried about the edges of my books!! I am definitely going to try it!!❤

Lovely idea sister...saved my books...much love ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you for this video, this is exactly what I was looking for. Although, the covers of my copies of Dune and The Hobbit were already starting to peel, by following your video I was able to rescue them.

I tried it and I absolutely love it! My books were slowly getting damaged but when I taped them, they aren’t getting damaged anymore! I used the wider tape not the thin one (that was all I had).

Clever girl, I was thinking to do this but was worried I might mess it up, so I had a search on KZfaq and found this little angel :) Great video, thank you!❤️

I was unable to find other resources that touched on this topic. Thanks so much!

Your personality made me laugh throughout the video. Thanks for the taping tip too. Damaged covers drive me nutty as well. 🙂✌

I had these problems and didn't know what to do but ever since I saw this, you saved my books from breakage

I'm gonna probably do this now! I didn't even know it was a thing!

Could you do an update video or something like that that would show how the tape holds up after a few years?

Plastic cover looks good and feels good if you use a thin gauge plastic. Also with thin plastic cover, there's no need for tapes to keep them in place. It hugs the book like a second skin, while also letting the book cover “breathe“. This is a trick I learned from librarians. Another reason why I don't use tape is that I might sell my books in the second hand market later. I will not get any price leverage if I essentially "damaged" the edges. And tapes browns too, they'll look so bad in 5 years.

This clumsy guy could do it! thanks to you, beautiful hands 👌🏼

Be right back. Tape-an ko muna books ko. Thanks for thiiiiiiiis!!! 😍💕

omg julien!! road to 1k!!! congrats 💞😄

You helped me so much! Thank you, dear! ❤️

I have the problem that often the matte film ont he cover starts to peel up on the edges, I'll definitely give this a try!! Thank you so much

Awesome idea❤️🔥 never thought of this 😊 .. Thanks for this ❤️

Thanks. You are a life saver ❤️

thank u so much .. i was thinking what to do with this problem ... n i found ur video ... it really helped me a lot tysm...

Nice suggestion, good tutorial, and entertaining commentary.

I love this idea!

I watched this video a long time ago and thought to myself, "Nah."😂 But idk why i went back to your channel and searched for this. I'm going to try it now😂

That diagonal cut is a good trick

It helps to use beefy tape, like Trex tape or gurilla tape. Thick clear stuff that doesnt tear easily. Iv put it on old used books and it really makes them feel new if you do a good job in the taping. A good tip is to get a razor or xacto knife and cut the bubbles if you happen to get air pockets, and smooth them out.

I love the way you look🥰

Great job and great explanation. A valuable video. I will do this, as well. Thank you.

Ohhh I do the same to my books and even stationery product you can say in colours cover it protects .😁😁

Thank you. I usually use tape and was just thinking of trying plastic cover but after hearing you here I think ama stick to my tape

thank you soo much❤ we are almost back in school and my whole life literally my mother would cover all of my notebooks and textbooks but now I cover all my textbooks I also wanna cover my notebooks but my mother told me to just tape the edges the problem was I don't know how to do it and if I ask her the tutorial she would think I'm an idiot so I'm suppperrrrrr grateful to you tysm❤

I love this, I probably do this!!! ♡

Haha, yeah i feel you on that. Taping books is important if you want to preserve them short of having a lamination machine for hard cover book covers. If you have expensive books like i do, i like to keep them mint so they have that new feeling and some of my books i would like to pass down to future kids, so the tape is very important.

Thank you for the advice, I did this before but I peel it of immediately

1:37 That's how I feel if I don't put a plastic cover on my books. It feels like I'm soiling the "naked" book just by touching it with my bare hands. So the first thing I do when I buy a book is put a thick plastic cover on it, so that it not only protects the the corners and edges, but also the print of the cover. I don't mind not being able to touch the cover, since constantly touching it will ruin it.

I worked at a library years ago and we used clear packing tape.

great idea... I am going to do this

Sorry to post this but there are disadvantages to taping the edges of the cover : 1) you will have trouble slotting your books in and out of a row of books on the shelf, the extra thickness of the tape will get caught by the neighbouring book's edge as you slot it in and out ... 2) the sticky substance of the tape will seep into the cover and make it yellow faster, unless you don't mind that ... 3) the tape's sticky substance may dry out on the other hand, so you may be left with ugly peeling tape and end up having to remove it but removing it after so long may tear the cover or make the print colors different on the taped side from the untaped side ... So pls don't tape the books you really love ... just put them behind glass on a book shelf, be careful when handling them ... if you really wish to read them while travelling, maybe buy a second hand cheap copy for reading on the go and buy an extra brand new one for keeping as a collection ...

I have been doing this since my childhood from class 5. I'm glad that an unknown girl taught me this in the school library who became sister to me later.

This is such a brilliant idea and I haven't even seen any other videos of this on KZfaq. I hate when the covers fold and split too. I am considering doing this with my books but I am scared that if I for some reason change my mind about it, I wouldn't be able to get the tape off without ripping something. Do you know if having some type of tape on the spine will keep those ugly spine creases away when you break the spine to open the book? Kind of like libraries put on paperbacks.

and now i'll do this too, thank you!!!!!

I also don’t like the absence of the real texture of the book cover whenever it’s covered with plastic.

This was very useful .Thanks

I thought I was the only one who taped their books! LMAO!

Great video and great information

I've seen numerous ppl say they have the problem of contact lifting off the edges of their books. I have been contacting my books for a good 35 years and never encountered this problem. I would still recommend contacting the full book over this taping method. There are several methods for contacting, all of which require a 'practice makes perfect' approach.

You're very funny. Very entertaining. Thanks.

I just got a lovely huge lord of the rings all in one book and this will really help to protect it 🙏

I watched this video to late lol. I don't think it would of helped anyway but my dog got a hold of my book and ripped the front cover to pieces lmfao 😭

Same feeling here

Thank you helpful to someone else but not the video I'm looking for

I am the kind of person who wants to protect my books at any cost and I had been doing this method for a long time. Its really nice (even though it have some small negatives 😇, but I just close my eyes towards them) . At first when I do this technique everyone teases me a lot. I even doubted myself whether am I little bit overprotective. But now I am actually happy to see that a lot of book lovers here also want to do something like this to protect their books🤩

what with the middle part which gets creased after opening the book many times.

W subscriber and new booktuber also. Love you vlog

Done this too all my life, since the day i got my first John Grisham☺️

Once a friend borrowed a manga from me and when she returned, it was literally in a horrible condition, the paperback's cover was almost torn and it was just... eww. I thought about buying a new one and throw that one but ykw that was quite expensive and i always buy mangas by saving my pocket money.. thanks for the video now i don't need to discard it anymore 💗

I change my plastic covers, like every 2 years they're still good. But gonna go bare once I get a proper book shelf. I'm gonna try this method but I'm gonna use a translucent washi tape to match the texture of covers😂

I do the same! You amazing. Highfive ✋

Hey thanks

Do you put plastic covers on your couch too?

I prefer mylar covers but still tape is not a bad idea at all! I love nothing more than a hardback book wrapped in clear mylar plastic. So satisfying

Thank you from Algeria 🙏

What do you do to protect the spine of the book

Thank you.

I think you used transparent tape where the mat finish tape is called invisible tape.

Will it be useful for hardcovers?

Literally searched for this video just to know I'm not the only one doing it haha. 1:51 is so me. 🤣

Wow that was amazing, I mean the voice was so cute haha and those glasses looks perfect on you. Thanks for the content anyway.

Do u also do this to hardbound books?

hi :)) is the tape removable without damaging the paper? Thank uu!! Been watching ur vids eversince and i got really inspired by this vid huhu mwaa

Thanks a lot💕

I used tar tan tape is that okay?

Hopefully you use acid free tape or else it will look really bad after a while

thank you!!!!!!!!!!

The white tape is for photocopying as it removes easily afterwards

Thankyou for this hindi nako gagamit ng plastic cover makakatipid nako hahahah

Hello ! Can you show that book now? 🙏

hey I just wanna ask if what are the things that need to do to avoid tanned pages or the yelowish of the books

I recommend you to use a washy tape so,when u want to sell the books u can just take the tape off whitout damaging the book (that's what I did😁)

Lol. That’s my problem

I recommend to use adhesive book cover instead 🥰