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17342684 No.17342684 [Reply] [Original]

I don't care if they make sense. Just post /lit/ stuff that makes you seethe. I'll start:

>when the author's name is in a much larger font size than the title
>when the book was cheaply printed and the pages go abruptly from faintly printed gray to dark over-inked letters
>when anyone makes literally any comment about the number of white male authors on your shelf
>when a book has too many endnotes (IJ exempted)

And obligatory:

>used book has been dog-eared

>> No.17342693

>>17342684
>the book is cheaply bound and pages start falling when you read it
Fuck you poésie/gallimard for being the only French affordable poetry editor with a nice catalog for doing that.

>> No.17342795

I want to add another based on a separate thread I just saw: bookshelves organized by color. That shit is fucking wack

>> No.17342806

>>17342684
>floppy paperbacks

>> No.17342808

>>17342795
literally nothing wrong with that if you do it in your personal library, you don't need a system to help find back some specific author or book unless you got thousands of books (which probably isn't the case)

>> No.17342810
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>>17342684
>when the name of the hack who wrote the introduction is in a much larger font size than the author's name

>> No.17342892

anime girl threads

>> No.17343011

>>17342892
That is the most /lit/ anime, though.

>> No.17344417

>>17342892
Get out

>> No.17345386

>>17343011
what anime is it? >>17343011

>> No.17346615

>>17345386
Miss Bernard Said

>> No.17347457

>>17342684
>used book has been dog-eared
My used Leaves of Grass was heavily dog-eared by the previous owner, but it made it convenient to flip to all the best poems.

>> No.17347468

>>17346615
Has a manga too
https://mangadex.org/title/20619/miss-bernard-said

>> No.17347727
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>>17342684
The "Penguin Deluxe" combination of:
>paperback
>deckled edges
>french flaps
Each element would be fine on its own, but combining them makes for an ugly book that looks like a hermaphroditic cross between a paperback and a hardcover. I have no idea why this format is so popular. Some of the Penguin Deluxe editions have really nice cover art, they should have just used them for hardcovers.

>> No.17347735

WHEN THE INTRODUCTION SPOILS THE PLOT

edit: oops, caps

>> No.17347773

>>17347727
God I hate deckled edges. They always bend over.

>> No.17348509

brb