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16 Jan 07 - 02:18 PM (#1938513) Subject: BS: Best way to smell used books online From: Thomas the Rhymer Thing is... I never buy a book I haven't scented up right proper. And... the internet is woefully insufficient in the transmission of smell. Is it just me... or do really good books smell better than ordinary books? And... if we must rely on the sensory snufflings of others... are you catching my drift?... whiff all due consideration... do we sniff with the same synapses that sneeze to the sent relapses? Do you remember smells before you smell them again? ...guess ya gotta just smell a book for it's cover sometimes... so oder yours today... ttr |
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16 Jan 07 - 05:44 PM (#1938788) Subject: RE: BS: Best way to smell used books online From: Joe Offer It's a problem, Thomas. Sometimes, I order books online that are said to be in perfect condition, and they arrive smelling like Mold City. I haven't found a solution for this, so I have masked the problem with perfume. I use perfume ads from magazines and newspaper ads as bookmarks, and it helps a lot. Any other ideas for fixing smelly songbooks? Can I nuke the mold to death in my microwave? Does this have anything to do with the Milling Kildew thread? -Joe-
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16 Jan 07 - 05:57 PM (#1938802) Subject: RE: BS: Best way to smell used books online From: skipy I have just put a book on ebay & warned that it is a little musty. Skipy |
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16 Jan 07 - 06:02 PM (#1938811) Subject: RE: BS: Best way to smell used books online From: MartinRyan Warned? You should charge a premium! Regards |
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16 Jan 07 - 06:19 PM (#1938831) Subject: RE: BS: Best way to smell used books online From: Thomas the Rhymer Hi Joe... uhh... nowhere, really... "I've been here, and... I've been there, and... I've been in between." -Peter Sinfield Ryan... he said musty... not musky. But my eyes are still misty... therein lies the passkey...;^) ttr |
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17 Jan 07 - 03:25 PM (#1939762) Subject: RE: BS: Best way to smell used books online From: Dead Horse What a novel idea, Do you actually rub your nose on the paper in order to release its pheremones? I should imagine that rough paper and the shiny sort could then be classified as Friction and Non-friction respectively. |
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17 Jan 07 - 03:28 PM (#1939765) Subject: RE: BS: Best way to smell used books online From: JeremyC You know, smelling used (or new!) books would be a good idea. I remember when I purchased Alan Moore's "Watchmen," my complaint was that, while the book was excellent, it smelled really bad. I don't know what it was--ink, glue, paper? Some combination? But man, it smelled terrible. My hardshell guitar case also had an awful smell when I bought it. I guess the moral is that you should smell things before you buy them. |
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17 Jan 07 - 04:54 PM (#1939835) Subject: RE: BS: Best way to smell used books online From: Folkiedave I bought a library from the house of a smoker. You could tell. |
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17 Jan 07 - 11:52 PM (#1940162) Subject: RE: BS: Best way to smell used books online From: Stilly River Sage I advertise some things I sell on eBay as from a home of a non-smoker, but I never thought to list the books that way. Good idea. I don't think I'll say they're from the mildewy Puget Sound area. . . :) SRS |