I use a knife to remove labels.  I have my "favorite knife" that I  
like to use, it's just a small one, almost like a paring knife.

Goo Gone is my go to solvent for removing the sticky residue left  
behind once I peel off a label and sometimes I even put some Goo Gone  
on the label itself to soften it before I use my knife.  Just be  
careful of getting the paper cover too wet.

https://googone.com/original-adhesive-remover

Cindy Smith
Limerick Public Library


Quoting Ann Spinney <[log in to unmask]>:

> Does anyone know of a tool or safe solvent for removing the  
> super-sticky labels that vendors slap over the ISBNs on book covers?  
> My fingernails are getting worn out.
> A question for a Friday afternoon, I guess. Thank you ~Ann
>
> Ann Morrison Spinney, PhD
> Assistant Dean of Learning Resources
> Northern Maine Community College
> Presque Isle, ME
> (207) 768-2734
>
> I honor and acknowledge the Wabanaki Nations, on whose land and  
> resources the city of Presque Isle is built
>