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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You scored a great deal at a yard sale on a few books you've had on your reading list, but when you got home and thumbed through ...

One of the world's most extensive collections of old books is covered in dust. Can IT technology help clean it? Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research ...

When was the last time you cleaned your books? I don’t mean half-heartedly running a duster over the spines—I mean taking a vacuum brush and maybe even a damp cloth over the sides and covers. Despite ...

Dust doesn’t care if your shelves are alphabetised or your spines are straight. It drifts in, settles soft as flour, and turns the top edges of novels into chalk lines. We’ve all had that moment when ...