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APwilliams88 t1_iuer29k wrote

I don't care what other people do with their books. I like to keep mine in decent shape because I payed for them, and would just rather take care of them. I don't treat them like they're delicate either. They get their usual wear and tear from reading.

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Sliver_wolf_1999 OP t1_iuesr8r wrote

That's fair. Of course I want to keep mine in good shape, but I don't feel that dog-earing it (like I said in my post, just the top corner) ruins them, if that makes sense. I don't fold it through the text, and if I read it enough to the point it rips, of course it makes me sad. But also that rarely happens to me

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APwilliams88 t1_iuetc94 wrote

I just use bookmarks. I used to lose them all of the time, but as obvious as it sounds I never had the idea of just putting the bookmark in a later section of the book while I was reading until I saw someone else doing it, haha. Once I'm done reading I just take the book mark out of the wrong section of the book, and put it where it belongs before I close the book. I find I never lose them now that I do that. If I just sit the bookmark down somewhere then there's a decent chance I'll lose it, ha.

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belladonna_nectar t1_iufmbbv wrote

Funny, you never know how things you do automatically can inspire others. I thought that this is the standard way of using bookmarks

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Sliver_wolf_1999 OP t1_iuethpv wrote

.... I've never freaking thought of that!

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APwilliams88 t1_iueu0j5 wrote

😂 Yeah, it seems obvious, but my smooth brain didn't think of it either!

Dog earing isn't too bad though. I was listening to a podcast once, and a guy on there said that while he was reading IT by Stephen King he ripped each page he finished out, and threw it away because he wanted the book to get smaller as he went on. That's some psychopath stuff, haha.

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belladonna_nectar t1_iufmhth wrote

I saw a post of books cut in pieces, so that the owner doesn't have to carry a whole heavy book. Still not sure if it was a joke

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ehuang72 t1_iujc4cr wrote

I heard about someone who would tear off a few chapters of a paperback (that they own obviously!) so that they can pass the torn part along to friends and family who also want to read it and are eager to start !!!

This was years ago and I still cringe at the thought!

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belladonna_nectar t1_iujde0v wrote

Lol, this made me laugh. Well, they can do whatever they want with their property, I use bad books as a flower press, despite having two real flower presses lol, so I'm no saint either

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ehuang72 t1_iujdy13 wrote

Only bad books though, right? I like my books in good shape but not as if untouched!

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