bookfixing
nounUK /ˈbʊkˌfɪksɪŋ/
US /ˈbʊkˌfɪksɪŋ/
Bookfixing is when someone fixes or mends a book so it can be read again.
The librarian spent the afternoon bookfixing the torn storybooks from the children's section.
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2. The craft or trade of repairing damaged books, including rebinding and page mending.
She learned bookfixing from an old craftsman who had repaired books for fifty years.
3. A session or event where people gather to repair books together.
The community center held a bookfixing on Saturday to save the flooded school library.
4. The act of correcting errors or fixing problems in a written work before publication.
After the editor's bookfixing, the manuscript had far fewer mistakes.