/lit/ - Literature

sounds good to me.

..... it still makes me cringe.

Indeed. It's my valuable dollar I cringe from wasting.

not if there are pages missing.

Fuck that. I want to smack people that damage the spine by laying the pages face down on a flat surface.

1. rip a page from a book of poetry
2. put it in your pocket
3. die on the streets in Australia
4. ???
5. PROFIT

>>491290

I believe they call that poetic justice.

>>491288

>>491291

*Bah dum tsh*

Yes. Use .pdf files instead.

the physical font and margins and paper and binding and cover are generally unrelated to the message and ideas, true, but that doesn't mean they aren't also an art in their own right

Work in a library or a second hand bookshop for any length of time and your respect for books as physical objects will diminish rapidly.

Would not had the problem if they used a e-reader instead

when i read a book, if i like it too much i'll just keep reading it until i've read the fuck out of it. it's quite satisfying

There is something to be said for Dog-earing a book, nuzzling bookmarks deep into it's cleft, twitching a highlighter around in it, and otherwise deflowering the virgin.

>>491358

see >>491300

I like the physical book. It's where I keep my fucking words.

Also a new book has smell and smell is the most powerful memory trigger. If it becomes one of your favorites, the smell alone will remind you of what you loved about it.

I don't intentionally trash books, and certainly if a particular book is very expensive or has a particularly nice binding I'm very careful about damaging it, but I'm generally pretty rough on books. My favorite books get read and re-read until they just fall apart.

>>491316
>or a second hand bookshop
Ah, bull! Many of the books I buy from small bookseller that were printed in the 60s and 70s are in better condition then the new books manhandled by the public and employees at places such as Borders or Barns and Noble.

>>491517
I agree, some books' pages just have an awesome, clean smell that clicks into your memory. I've described this to people before, & didn't get anything but 'you're crazy' responses.

>>491569
I have certain default smells so I often think things like "this book smells like American Psycho".

Back when I read The Lord of the Rings,(Yes I read it first because the first movie was coming out, suck it fags) my sister and mother wanted to read it as well. Then as it got re-read it started falling apart. No biggie, it's what happens when you use stuff, I thought. Turns out they just treat books like shit, because all of the books I own now are in prime condition.