Like most authors, I've been putting my books in the oven and cooking them. I've even put some in the freezer too. It turn out that freezing them is the best!

So why exactly am I doing this?

No, it's not because I've spent all my money publishing my book and now can't afford food. My cover peels!
Let's take a step back. When I was decided how I wanted my book to look, I opted for a super matte cover. This is a laminate that is placed over the top of the printed cover and removes the shininess while giving it a nice smooth feeling.
The problem with this laminate is that that it peels.
Oh, and not just the odd book.

Every.
&%£$ing
Book.

So when presented with this situation, I decided the best thing to do would be to peel the laminate off.
This worked in that it removed the peeling laminate (Awesome!). The problem was it also removed part of the cover (WHAT!?).

I put my scientist head on to solve this one and quickly realised that the solution would be temperature: I just didn't know if it needed to be hot or cold.

The answer is cold, people. Don't put books in the oven, they really don't like it!

The cold makes the adhesive in the laminate brittle and (we're going to get technical here) less sticky. This meant that I could easily peel the covers off. Huzzah!
The only problem is I now have to do this to all of my books....

I'm sure the trials and tribulations of the self published author will continue.