> SW> biography and cookbooks) by spring.  Meantime, I'm Brodarting
 > djs
 > SW> like crazy, since it seems that a Brodart cover on a
 > beat-up dj
 > SW> makes a book much more likely to sell--the whole book
 > doesn't look
 > SW> so tatty any more, you see.
 
...
 > Never heard that term before, Sam. Can you explain the technique?
 >
 
I know, I know!    ;-)
 
Brodart is a brand name for the plastic-and-paper dust jacket protectors that 
you most often see in libraries.  Gaylord is another manufacturer. 
 There are several different designs, some with plastic only and some 
with paper.
 
A common design has a sheet of plastic or mylar and a sheet of paper which 
have been glued together at the top, with the paper folded over a bit to make 
a clean edge.  The other edge is open.
First measure the book in order to select the proper size cover.  Start with 
a nice flat surface and a couple of extra books, plus a burnishing tool like 
a Bic ballpoint pen (good because the barrel is made up with little flat 
surfaces).
 
Place the Brodart/Gaylord dj protector with the long open end at the top and 
the folded closed part toward you.  Put the plastic side down and the paper 
side on the top.
 
Now you can lift the paper and slide the dustjacket in, with the bottom of 
the dustjacket resting in the nice reinforced manufactured folded bit.  
Center the dustjacket in the protector, since (unless you bought longs) the 
flaps will probably stick out a bit on the short sides. 
 Be sure that the bottom of the dustjacket is all the way down into 
the fold on both sides, that it didn't get folded up anywhere (especially 
likely if what you are working on are merely fragments of the original 
dustjacket).
 
Once the dustjacket is in position, weigh it down with the book you're 
covering and the extra books.  Re-check the position to make sure that the 
dustjacket didn't slip when you put the weights down.
 
Now, here's the tricky part.  Fold the paper down so that the fold is even 
with the top of the dustjacket.  Fold it gently by hand and then when you 
have it right, use your burnishing tool to crease the paper.  Repeat process 
with the plastic.  If using a Brodart cover, take off the tab which covers 
the little sticky place at the center top and stick the stick-em strip to the 
paper which will be underneath.
 
Unweight the sandwich of dustjacket and protector and gently fold the whole 
thing where the dustjacket itself is folded (the flaps and spine).  Then tuck 
the cover-plus protector back around the book. 
 Voila!  You're done.
 
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