The University of Hawaii Library did basically the same thing when it was
flooded. They used bushes.
Karl

"daniel peterman" wrote in message
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I have always had good luck just hanging wet books on clothes line out
doors on a nice sunny day. They will never be quite the same again,
maybe a little wrinkly.
You live in Bakersfield so finding a sunny day should be no hard task.
Works for wet cats also.....