The short video describes why new and old books smell differently and what you can do to prevent it.

References

• Woher kommt der muffige Geruch alter Bücher?, Wissenschaft im Dialog 22. Mai 2016.
• Charles W. Schmidt, On the Smell of Old Books, Analytical Chemistry 2009, 81(21), 8656. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac902143z
• Matija Strlič, Jacob Thomas, Tanja Trafela, Linda Cséfalvayová, Irena Kralj Cigić, Jana Kolar, May Cassar, Material Degradomics: On the Smell of Old Books, Analytical Chemistry 2009, 81, 8617–8622. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac9016049