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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "bzbee" <bzbee@bellsouth.net> To: <TNMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] New Labeling Trick I've discovered.... > Saw this at WalMart the other day and wondered what I could use it for....now I know. Thanks........... > > theshadow wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > I don't know if any of you has trouble putting titles or labels on the spines of your paperback gen. books---you know the kind that you buy which are about ¼ ~ ½ inch thick and usually have a black or dark brown strip of tape running down the spine of the book? Well, I like to label my books on the spine so I can identify them easily but have had difficulty finding a pen that would write on the spine---or that would be light enough for me to read on the dark tape. I've tried various colored pens (both paint and ink), putting on white sticky paper, cutting labels in two, etc. and eventually the tape comes off the spine as the glue gives way and I'm left with no label and a sticky spine. > > Well, AH-HA, EUREKA, EGAD WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT SOONER.....you know all that stuff! I was noodling around this morning and spied my Liquid Paper Dryline contraption, decided to see if it would leave a decent strip of white for me to write on---and YES! it works beautifully! I've had more fun this morning relabeling all my little books with little spines!<LOL> One word of caution, practice a couple of times on a piece of paper or you might get sea-sick looking at the wavy line on the spine!<G> However, if this happens, just go back over it with the contraption and make another white strip. I don't think it will ever come off---so be sure you really want to call your book by that name! Well, actually, you could just "strip" right over it again and..... > > In case you haven't seen this little miracle thing, it is called Dryline Grip Corrector, by Paper~Mate, and is liquid paper in strip form. It says it is "correction film" and that is really what it looks like when you put it on paper----a thin line of white film that you can write/type on. Mine is in a lt.blue "see-through" case with a lime green "finger hold" on top and round button in the grip. I originally bought it because I thought that it would take the place of my "liquid paper" bottle which always dries up when I need it the most---and it does! It is not expensive and it is a gem-dandy little thing-a-ma-jig! Hmmmmm.....I'm beginning to see endless possibilities for this thing----CD's, diskettes, personal items........ > > Jean > > P. S. Oh, before I offend someone out there who thinks I am "selling" something, I am not! I have no shares of stock, my last name is not Papermate, Dryline Grip, or Liquid Paper---I am not even a smidgen of financial interest in the maker, producer, or distributor of this product. Just wanting to share my "new find" with other folks like me! >