Routine cleaning will rid your surfaces of any baseline dust that’s collected on shelves and the spines of books.

Dust doesn’t care if your shelves are alphabetised or your spines are straight. It drifts in, settles soft as flour, and ...

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Expert-approved methods to clean dust, dirt, grime from old books. Plus, how to disinfect them to get rid of mold, mildew, or insects. Our editors independently select these products. Making a ...

How you shelve your books can help the binding last Experts recommend using bookends to prevent tipping, which can strain spines over time, and storing especially heavy or oversize volumes ...