I like all kinds of books, from a beat-up, small and faded paperback, to high-end leather-bound volumes. The best are the books that use premium materials, and paperbacks are the other side of that. About half of these, I rescued from a thrift store as they’d been sitting there for weeks. The busy chain-thrifts, I suspect they’ll toss what doesn’t sell. I do know they treat donated books really, really badly, so I never donate to the ARC.
Anyway. I just had these stacked up while I was moving some other books around and took a quick photo. I do have more small paperbacks, but this is the majority of them. Larger paperbacks are spread throughout my library and I replace them with hardbacks when the opportunity arises.
I haven’t done his to all of these books, but any one that I read, I have to give it that smooth, contact-paper feel. I learned how to do this from the librarians at Drake Junior High when I was in the seventh grade.
It seems that many primary school students also protect their textbooks this way. However, they usually buy ready-made plastic covers that fit the size perfectly, so there’s no need to cut them themselves. But for a small-sized book like yours, it’s probably not easy to find a cover that fits.
Ready-made covers would be helpful! The effort to do them the way I cover them now is worth it, but I’d be okay adopting ready-made covers as well. Good to know they are out there, but I would have to look into how they fit as not all books have the same number of pages.
sorry for the late response.
one kind of the adjustable book cover I have found is to let one side open or unsewn, allowing you to freely adjust the fold according to the thickness of your book.
Since I don’t know how to post an image here, I inserted it into a new post on my blog. here is the link https://theyanns.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/an-useful-adjustable-book-cover/
I’m glad that I now know that there are so many different options; it is amazing people don’t use book covers more often.