Did you use bookmarks with paper books?

[kindlekitten]

my Grandmother was a librarian, there was absolutely NO possibility of me EVER dogearing a page! I would use tiny bits of paper as I found that the weight of the book would prevent them (usually) from fallling out. the little slips from fortune cookies are actually almost perfect. then I discovered sticky notes. I would just leave it in my last read page and if for some reason the book closed, I dropped it or whatever... at least I knew my last read page. and it never fell out

[Laine]

I would buy pretty bookmarks (no tassels or dangly beads because of the cats) but then I'd fall asleep while reading and never get to use them.

[LesleyO]

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

I consider one of the great advantages of the Sony readers I have owned (previously PRS-505, now Daily Edition), is that no matter how many e-books I may have in progress when ever I get around to opening them again I go right to the page I left of, even if days later. Before with paper boos I used book marks, just what ever was handy; the receipt fro grocery shopping, any business card that was handy, a torn off piece of napkin, ...

I agree; the Kindles have the same function! Great not to have bookmarks that tend to fall out -- or Post-It notes, which I often used to use in paper books, and eventually lost their "sticky!"

[Shayne Parkinson]

I have quite a nice collection of bookmarks. Some were gifts from friends; one or two are hand-embroidered ones I made myself. But somehow they're hardly ever to hand when I need a bookmark. So I usually use a scrap of paper torn from an envelope, or whatever else discardable is nearby.

[Terisa de morgan]

Yes, I use bookmarks at paper books. No dogear, please In fact, I collect them and it's my favorite travel gift for a group of friends who read a lot, like me. I used the normal bookmarks, but after I lost one I've bought at Prague while I was running to catch the bus, at the books I take out I only use bookmarks like this: Magnetic bookmark. They're very popular now at the museums.

And I continue reading paper books, so I continue using them (but least than before). Indeed, not using them is what I miss when I'm reading at my ereader. And I usually have two or three books reading at the same time.

And about electronic reading, my ereader remembers where I'm reading at each book.

[lene1949]

I hand-embroidered several bookmark to use for my books... I'm from Denmark, and had never heard of 'dog-earing' a page... That's shocking!

[BookCat]

I used to cut old birthday and Christmas cards into bookmarks, trying to keep the pattern logical (never cut a pic of a cat in half - my cards usually have moggies on them!). These would end up various sizes for different types of book.

I hated losing my page, and wouldn't dog-ear, even though most of my pbooks are from car-boot sales, jumble sales or charity shops.

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by Ravensknight

I used bookmarks quite extensively back in the paper days :-) I actually bought some anime playing cards, Tenchi Muyo to be exact, just to use as bookmarks. They looked cool, were small enough to cart around, and with 54, it didn't matter if I lost them by the handful, just so long as I had ONE available as a bookmark.

With my 505, the bookmarking feature is essential since my wife and I hand it back and forth...

I love Tenchi Muyo, and just hearing about your playing cards makes me want to pop an ep into my DVD player... but I'll have to refrain, as I'm supposed to be studying!

I NEVER dogear the pages of my pbooks, but then, I'm one of those obsessive-compulsives who washes her hands before reading, so no shock there. I have a few fancy bookmarks, which I use sporadically, but mostly I use whatever is handy - lottery tickets, plane tickets, pictures, whatever. If I don't have anything handy, I just remember the page number I stopped at. I have an excellent memory for numbers, but interestingly, not for dates!

[Ea]

I use card board bookmarks that the library handed out for free some years. There were some nice designs, and I ended up with quite a collection I don't find the fall out easily (unless I handle the book clumsily). I've had a few bookmarks of the type that are sort of like a giant paper clip, but I've found they tend to tear the page. And ordinary paper clips leave marks in the paper. I've also used post cards, but they are too big and tend to fall out easier than the narrower bookmarks.

[LDBoblo]

I used business cards, post-its, shopping receipts, and a 15cm stainless steel ruler.

Paperclips worked too, but had to be careful that they didn't have rough ends...not many things more annoying than ripping the hell out of a page while trying to remove a paperclip.

[astra]

1 book at a time, always used bookmarks.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

my Grandmother was a librarian, there was absolutely NO possibility of me EVER dogearing a page! I would use tiny bits of paper as I found that the weight of the book would prevent them (usually) from fallling out. the little slips from fortune cookies are actually almost perfect. then I discovered sticky notes. I would just leave it in my last read page and if for some reason the book closed, I dropped it or whatever... at least I knew my last read page. and it never fell out

Post-it sticky notes are great!

But they can only be used a few times before they lose their stickiness.

[TallMomof2]

I rarely read a pbook nowadays but when I do I use post-its mainly because the pbook is most likely something technical and post-its are great to use as bookmarks and also to flag important pages.

When I read fiction pbooks I used a variety of methods but usually it was some random scrap of paper with magazine subscription cards being the favorite.

[Elvira]

I would find scraps too, or a piece of an envelope etc.

I would have HEART ATTACKS watching someone make a dog ear by folding down the top corner of a book... It would physically hurt me!!

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by Elvira

I would find scraps too, or a piece of an envelope etc.

I would have HEART ATTACKS watching someone make a dog ear by folding down the top corner of a book... It would physically hurt me!!

Haha, me too, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who gets heart attacks seeing that! I would also get a panic attack when I'd lend a book to a friend and I'd see them handle it roughly.