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ep1c_gamer69 t1_ixyb3cz wrote

If you are mainly concerned about something like book lice, you can basically bake your books at a low temperature for a few hours. Libraries do this with special ovens, but in theory you should be able to do it at home.

There has been this post on this subreddit a few weeks ago where some comments explained how to do it (also there was a wild discussion about book scorpions, but that's something else...)

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Professional_Mood_10 t1_ixzvoq3 wrote

Please do not do this. One of the fundamental keys to conserving books is to maintain even heat/moisture. Baking books in a home oven is not only a massive fire risk due to the nature of the heating element, but you will shorten the lifespan by a lot. Old book pages already get crumbly when they lose moisture over time. Do not hasten the process by further removing moisture and exposing it heat. You will also damage the binding, melt adhesive, etc. this way.

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zedatkinszed t1_iy0gwzv wrote

Oh FFS. Stop posting this jackarsery. This is how house fires start. It is not safe to put book paper in a home oven.

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