BookGuard Stretchable Clear Book Repair Tape, 12.7 meters (15 Yard Roll), 25.4mm (1 Inch)

Very good product. I only take out one star because of the thickness: it makes it less appropriate to repair many single pages inside the books. But for reinforce or repair the covers or the first page connection to the cover it is just perfect: robust and flexible.

As a bibliophile with a young child, I find myself fixing books pretty often. I’ve tried clear packing tape but it has a tendency to rip and longer term get brittle so I tried this stuff. I’ve also used linen hinge tape which is great but not transparent for fixing pages and picture books. This is like the tape libraries use to reinforce bindings and tape on book numbers! Very strong, but still flexible. Working great for torn pages, spines and board books that ripped at the binding. Great for preserving and restoring your (or your tot’s) favorite books!

Our toddler loves his books and many of them are showing signs of wear and tear, with flaps coming off, pop-up bits coming apart and spines disintegrating. We bought a roll of this and have found it to be perfect for breathing life back into his much loved books. So far the fixed books seems to be standing up well to further toddler attentions. Far superior to our previous efforts to fix with sellotape.

Repairing books but I thought the tape would be non-acidic adhesive paper

This tape looks great, does the job and is easy to use.

Backing a book