There is a new kind of tape (called "Book Tape", I think) from Scotch. The local library uses it on the spines of their circulating paperbacks and I was curious enough to ask about it. It should stick better than most products. I got a roll from Staples, but they had to order it from a catalog. Elaine Oakes > Many thanks for the tip. In addition to labeling, I have found the edges, > corners of my "paper" books becoming tattered and torn. The only solutions > I could come up with were........don't use them. That doesn't work. Use > them........cover them in clear contac paper. Also good to keep labels on. > I covered with contac paper right over them. Aren't we geniuses? > > Elaine suhre