I placed a 40 year old book with strong spine slant in my book press. I am not certain how long I left it in there; I forgot about it for a while. The book was in the press for at least around three weeks.
I removed the book from the press and then flipped through the pages several times, backwards and forwards. By flipping through the pages, the spine is loosened up again, and I can assess what the spine's natural slant is. The book now has very minor spine slant. The book press did not remove every last trace of slant, but around 90% of it was removed. I can now conclude that book presses can be used to greatly decrease spine slant, but the books need to be pressed for a few weeks.
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