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Susan Soleil: Master Bookbinder

By Joyce Kryszak

Buffalo, NY – For all the ease and expanse of digital information, all those zeroes and ones could never replace the musty splendor of a cherished book. But keeping those old tomes in top condition requires special attention.

Susan Soleil tends to those needs. The professional artist is master bookbinder. But she might be more accurately described as a Book Doctor. And she's spent decades tending to her patients -- and their families -- with the precision and compassion of a skilled physician.

Click the "listen" icon above to hear Joyce Kryszak's conversation with Susan Soleil.