Simple Poll- Do your mark (annotate) your books?

[1611mac]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Me too. I was always last on the office book rotation, because no one wanted it after I finished mangling it. I would split them down the spine into manageable bits of about 150 pages more or less. Dogear and usually they got wet somehow. Then put it back together with a rubber band. Needless to say, I was seldom loaned a book!

[Nyssa]

I don't make notes, but I use book marks ALL of the time. My reading is very sporadic throughout the daytime, so I often have to bookmark my spot for next time. This is especially true if I'm reading two books at once.

[Filark]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

I don't make notes, but I use book marks ALL of the time. My reading is very sporadic throughout the daytime, so I often have to bookmark my spot for next time. This is especially true if I'm reading two books at once.

Nyssa, don't your Kindle 3 and Nook & Kindle apps keep track of where you are in each book you're reading?? I thought that was standard for all ebook readers (and apps) now -- or am I just spoiled?

Or do the bookmarks help when switching between readers somehow?

. . . just curious!

[twowheels]

I would have preferred a "rarely" option, rather than "sometimes". I've highlighted a few choice quotes to refer to later, and bookmark some pages if I'm passing back and forth in the same book, but those are both quite rare circumstances.

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by Filark

Nyssa, don't your Kindle 3 and Nook & Kindle apps keep track of where you are in each book you're reading?? I thought that was standard for all ebook readers (and apps) now -- or am I just spoiled?

Or do the bookmarks help when switching between readers somehow?

. . . just curious!

Oh, yes, the Kindle does keep track, but I play around w/ my Kindle a lot. I have gone back a few pages to re-read something, or switched to the TOC to see how many chapters I have left, or gone to the Kindle store to put another book on my wish list, plus various other things w/ Calibre, so I use the bookmarks as a precaution.

I do not really use either of the apps anymore, but I keep them both, JIC.

[wigm]

Since I'm only reading ebooks lately, my notes go on a separate file.

[ficbot]

I never, ever marked paper books. And I don't see much point in marking up fiction. But I have been reading a ton of non-fiction lately and am finding the highlight feature on the Kindle very helpful. I am keeping a file of inspirational quotes from these books. And then when I am done I just delete the book off the Kindle and have a 'clean' copy on my computer...

[wyndslash]

i don't mark books that aren't mine. that's just rude. for my own books though, it would depend on what type of book it is.

[HarleyB]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Me too. I was always last on the office book rotation, because no one wanted it after I finished mangling it. I would split them down the spine into manageable bits of about 150 pages more or less. Dogear and usually they got wet somehow. Then put it back together with a rubber band. Needless to say, I was seldom loaned a book!

Do you have a twin sister living in Australia?
I once made the mistake of lending a book to someone who did exactly that. I was in shock when she returned it in 2 pieces, pages torn and with several chapters and half the cover missing. She seemed oblivious to my distress at the state of the book.
Fortunately I saw it on special a few days later and purchased another copy. I have never lent her a book (or anything else I wanted to see again) since that dreadful day.

Incredibly I still consider her a good friend.

[Justy]

Originally Posted by 1611mac

hummm interesting.... I'm somewhat new here and I thought the focus of the forums was eBooks..... not paper????? (I was really referring to eBooks)

For eBooks I do use bookmarks, my Cybook Gen3 taught me that bookmarks are always a safe idea. However, as none of my eBook Readers have a keyboard I don't take many notes.

[CazMar]

Originally Posted by ATDrake

If I want to make actual notes, that's why Post-It notes were invented, and I have a stack of the kind with the lines. I would not write or highlight inside an actual paper book, because I like mine to stay reasonably pristine, and also, resale value considerations.

Nothing I hate more than getting books out of the university library with underlining, usually in red pen (!) or highlighting in some colour which prevents clean photocopying or scanning. Use post-its or even the small colour stick-ons for marking lots of references. I just can't disfigure my own books with scribble.

[Cyberman tM]

I voted sometimes although the correct answer would be "very very rarely".
I'm not used to marking books, but I certainly will do this in the future if possible.

With pBooks this wasn't useful (horrible handwriting), but with eBooks it doesn't hurt anyone(or anything) and might be useful if I want to check something later when I have more time or access to my PC.
(When reading technical books for example.)

[shanghaichica]

Bookmarks yes. I haven't yet but due to the nature of ebooks I would annotate them if I needed too. I never annotated physical books.

[amward]

Originally Posted by Justy

I was raised that books were for reading and you mark the pages with a bookmark. Any notes about the book should be put into a notebook or on notepaper that could be put into the book. My parents would even frown on bending over the corners to mark pages and made sure we knew how to read a book without breaking the spine. Most of the books I own have been read many times and still look almost new.

Are you my long lost twin??

[Uddered]

I'm a scribbler. I write on the margins of my books. I buy them myself, so I get the right to write on them when it's necessary. Methinks MY books feel much appreciated when I grace the pages with my loopy penmanship. Also it's like corresponding with the authors, only they never bother to reply.

I underline and mark with asterisk and exclamation points certain passages that I like. As PTerry says, "Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind." Ha ha ha!

I use books to mark other books since I have got to read several books at the same time (grad school habits).

I like sniffing pages too, and this is what I'm missing on the ebooks.