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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
If I needed to remember something for a test, I'd write it down on a piece of paper. I always found that easier to study later than trying to find the "important" parts inside a book.
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Some people can work that way, but others really can't, and I tend to think their education is ultimately more important than that one copy of the book. As a student, I could work either way, but if marking the book meant keeping a certain level of concentration or retention, then I did what was necessary (in pencil).
But I did try to use
light pencil.
What do you think about the fact that galleys exist partly so that authors and editors can mark up near-final copies of their work? Blues exist entirely for that reason.