What pressing can and can’t fix
Pressing improves a lot of things. It doesn’t fix everything — and we’d rather tell you up front.
Straight answers about pressing, cleaning, and sending your books.
Pressing improves a lot of things. It doesn’t fix everything — and we’d rather tell you up front.
Dry clean, press, spine-roll correction, blue-light treatment — what each one actually does.
If a slab is the goal, pressing first can help — sometimes a lot, sometimes not at all.
The trip to your presser is the riskiest part. A few dollars of packaging protects a much more valuable book.
Some books gain a lot from pressing. A few are better left exactly as they are.