'I love the smell of used books in the morning'

Richard from AbeBooks gives a primer (in a soothing and authoritative English accent) on the chemistry behind 'old book' smell, which so many bibliophiles love. There's actually a perfume shop in town that's tried to capture the scent in a perfume.

As far as the video, it's nothing that librarians don't already know, but it's a great intro for the general populace to the reasons books decay and the need to keep them dry, away from sunlight, and cool. How many people out there store books in their attics and basements, for example? And then well-meaning folks donate the boxes of mouldy, insect-ridden books to the library for allergic librarians to sift through. :) Hey, it's happened to many of us. This was shared via Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing as retweeted by Lauren Flattery. Thanks for the link!

Okay, time to shut the windows and go to bed. Good night.