with the earliest printed book found in China. Victoria Wong, lead conservator at the Knight Library, removes the adhesive from the spine of a book on Oct. 30, 2024. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald ...

For book lovers everywhere, the familiar discomfort of beginning a new paperback and facing the daunting task of breaking the spine for a proper read is all too common. Initially, when you ...

you'll no doubt know the pain of starting a new book and knowing that you'll have to break the spine if you want to be able to read it properly. When you buy a paperback book, the spine is rigid ...