How to Remove Stickers from Glossy Paperback Book Covers

Stickers are a pain to remove, but on glossy paper book covers, they'll look like a cinch. This article will teach you how to remove one.

Steps

Make sure it is completely wet around all the sides of the sticker alone. Be careful that it isn't the 70% rubbing alcohol variety, as those can be less potent and therefore won't remove as easily.
Rub the sticker until it begins to discolor.

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Take the other end (by now you're wet end has probably turned dry or has lost it's fuzzy end altogether) and dip it into the rubbing alcohol. Repeat the wetting process for this end of the swab/ball.
It'll begin to remove. Peel it back slowly and at a slant, working backwards as if to reach the opposite diagonal's corner portion of the sticker.
Reapply and re-work area of the sticker with another wet cotton ball, if it stops becoming detached from that point, or if the sticker doesn't want to remove cleanly from the area.
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Clean the area of the sticker, once the sticker has been completely pulled up, with another cotton ball and a little bit more rubbing alcohol. You may still see pieces around the cover where the sticker was where the glue hadn't been completely removed, or where the rubbing alcohol couldn't completely get a full grip far enough through the sticker's inner threads to reach the glue that stickers use.
- You may even choose to use some cotton swabs to do this portion of the task.
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On top of discoloring the edge of the sticker, if not done properly, you may end up discoloring an edge of the book cover. Be careful exactly how far over the sticker you choose to rub.

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