/lit/ - Literature

tape them to your chest

Also, I'm not even sure what might help. Some type of case to keep them in while they're in my bag? dunno...

put them in sandwich bags first

>>1560091
Sandwich bags? But the shape of them would do the same thing to book corners that my bag does. Just fresher.

tupperware?

Seriously, go get some of the thick, clear packing tape. Cut and place it along the edges. It's stout enough that the corners won't bend.

This is what paperbacks are made for. If you want a book to last forever get a more permanent edition and keep it in your "library."

Adds character, makes you look like a boss because it appears you've actually READ the book. Man up!

>Hello /lit/. What do you use to protect your books you carry around?
A messenger bag? I take the bus and usually throw one smart book and one easy book in there (ie Chomsky + Catch 22 or something)

book glove?

meh?

thebookglove.com/book-cover-zipper-p-199.html

I like it when books get a little old: pages creased and turning a slight cream colour, the edges of the cover torn and frayed slightly.

However, I don't damage books too much - except I have trouble with pages falling out from time to time or the spine breaking. But I carry them around in my hands or in my bag and they're pretty well protected.

>>1560239
>I like it when books get a little old:
Agreed. Adds character.

>pages creased and turning a slight cream colour,
>pages creased
wha- what?

>the edges of the cover torn and frayed slightly.

NEVER

OUT WITH YOU

Anyone done something like these? Any good? I don't have any of the supplies they want you to use...

ehow.com/how_5312367_make-clear-vinyl-book-protector.html

instructables.com/id/Book-protector/

A few years ago I was getting pissed that my books would get ruined in my backpack. I buy used books, and I like to keep books in good condition.

I picked this plastic carrier up for like $4 and it works perfectly.

Surely your library reinforces their books?

I try to get hardcovers, which makes this a simple matter of not taking the dust jacket with you. Otherwise, I guess a small plastic bag inside your normal bag.

I'd say lose this attitude that a book is some kind of special holy object, and forget about it. If I finish a paperback or whatever on a bus, I leave it there for someone else to read, so why should I give a fuck if it's a bit foxed?

>>1560074
I just put them in my messenger bag like the hipster I apparently am.

The day my books stay open without me having to hold them open is a good day.I intentionally pick out the worn out copy if i got a choice at the public library

Get a Kindle and buy a leather cover with it.

Problem solved.

>>1561419
>Get a kindle

>>1561424
Is that photo you and your boyfriend at an after hours poetry reading?

Hmm. Get a Kindle and carry all the books around in one slim device or...

>>1561204
Carry your books around in some fucking tupperware.

Really classy, /lit/.

Get a Kimble.

I have a leather/plastic-ish cover for my books. It's not that handy though, because only some books fit. It's very similar to the one in the image. The feel of the cover is fantastic, and it really keeps your book preserved.
Although, books have to be read. And I like well-read, thumbed-through books more than brand new ones. It gives that ancient feel of epic.

in your face, Kindlefags.

>>1561484
>It gives that ancient feel of epic.
>in your face, Kindlefags.

That false, ancient feel of epic? Oh, okay, cool.
Delusion can be cool.

>>1561484
>aesthetics over substance

I use a fingerless glove to protect my sony e-reader