There's this thing called Paperback Paradise, a page dedicated to photoshopping vintage paperback book covers with funny, ...

Give your old books a new lease on life. Transform your old books into new and exciting items. From decorative pieces to functional accessories. Perfect for crafters and book lovers alike, these ideas ...

Weeding, or culling old, damaged or outdated books, is standard practice in libraries. But in some cases it is being used to remove books because of the viewpoint they express. By Elizabeth A. Harris ...

As a graduate student in Laramie, Wyo., in the 1990s, Sarah Mentock spent many weekends hunting for bargains at neighborhood yard sales. On one of those weekends, she spotted “The Lord of the Isles,” ...

HAMPDEN, Maine (WABI) - “I just saw a lot of beauty in the covers,” explained Larry Clifford. Judging a book by its cover. Larry repurposes old books by turning them into what he calls Biblioquilts.

The book covers look like well-worn paperbacks you’d find on a spinner rack in a secondhand shop, but these aren’t actual novels. The creased and worn covers for films like “A Quiet Place,” “Do the ...

CORRECTION: A photo caption in an earlier version of this article gave incorrect information about Barbara Heritage’s job. She is the director of collections, exhibitions and scholarly initiatives at ...