Whats the big deal about friggin contact? It's like gladwrap, impossible to deal with and never does what you want it to.

There was nothing better as a kid than covering your own books.
First with brown paper. Then, cutting out pictures of your favourite band or whatever from magazines and making a collage on the front of the book.
The subject stickers ALWAYS came from the Womens Weekly magazines

Then to finish, re-cover the top with plain se-through plastic.
How did you cover your books as a kid?