I do neither. I use any piece of sufficiently stiff paper I happen to have around (bookmarks purchased by someone else, playing cards, used train tickets, whatever).
I never understood that… I remember when I was in elementary school there was a sign in the library that said something like “Don’t dog-ear your books… you wouldn’t like it if someone folded your ear over, so don’t do it to your book.” What?
You’re suffering from the typical ear fallacy. Some people have much stiffer cartilage, or something; I don’t find it uncomfortable, but I’ve met people who’re caused actual pain by it.
With library books, I think the concern is more about wear-and-tear on shared property. Some of us leakily generalize this to “folding page corners is bad”, even for non-shared books. When it’s your own book, you can do whatever you want.
Personally I find folded page corners less effective than bookmarks for quickly finding my place, especially if I’ve folded many other page corners, which makes the currently-folded one less visually obvious. But perhaps I’d learn to be better at that if I used it regularly.
I made one when I was bored, long ago when my grandmother still ran her store and my uncle still ran his immigration law firm on the third floor, and when I was obsessed with knot theory, out of computer paper, tape, and a lot of hard pencil. I still use it, and it cost me next to nothing.
EDIT: If requested (however unlikely) I will happily deliver a picture, and either a push or a bouillon cube (your choice).
EDIT THE SECOND: it was requested! http://imgur.com/a/kxanI
I do neither. I use any piece of sufficiently stiff paper I happen to have around (bookmarks purchased by someone else, playing cards, used train tickets, whatever).
I tear out a blank page from the nearest notebook of sufficient size, and fold it as necessary.
Or just fold the corner of the page over.
While I respect your right to do so, I find such a concept aesthetically horrifying.
I never understood that… I remember when I was in elementary school there was a sign in the library that said something like “Don’t dog-ear your books… you wouldn’t like it if someone folded your ear over, so don’t do it to your book.” What?
That’s not particularly uncomfortable.
You’re suffering from the typical ear fallacy. Some people have much stiffer cartilage, or something; I don’t find it uncomfortable, but I’ve met people who’re caused actual pain by it.
With library books, I think the concern is more about wear-and-tear on shared property. Some of us leakily generalize this to “folding page corners is bad”, even for non-shared books. When it’s your own book, you can do whatever you want.
Personally I find folded page corners less effective than bookmarks for quickly finding my place, especially if I’ve folded many other page corners, which makes the currently-folded one less visually obvious. But perhaps I’d learn to be better at that if I used it regularly.
It’s a permanent mark that easily leads to tearing.
I made one when I was bored, long ago when my grandmother still ran her store and my uncle still ran his immigration law firm on the third floor, and when I was obsessed with knot theory, out of computer paper, tape, and a lot of hard pencil. I still use it, and it cost me next to nothing.
EDIT: If requested (however unlikely) I will happily deliver a picture, and either a push or a bouillon cube (your choice). EDIT THE SECOND: it was requested! http://imgur.com/a/kxanI
Yes please! :-)
Done! Do you want a bouillon cube or a push? Think wisely.
What kind of push?
This kind!
I feel like I want the last few minutes of my life back.
That leaves a permanent crease, which I dislike. (Likewise, I prefer to use pencils—preferably soft pencils—rather than pens to take notes.)