2006-11-06 18:04:17 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
good lord no!! I treat all my books as though they were priceless artifacts!
and I don't lend them to people who do otherwise!
2006-11-06 22:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if they are so poorly bound you can't really get the pages open. And then I only flatten them, never actually fold them in half.
Breaking the spine of a modern paperback is an invitation for the pages to start dropping out.
2006-11-06 18:40:56 · answer #2 · answered by anna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I've never folded my paperbacks. I always use one or two bookmarks to insert between the pages I stop reading. One simple reason, I don't want to disfigure any page of my books.
2006-11-06 20:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a bit anal when it comes to paperbacks - I can't stand it when the spine gets bent. Sometimes this leads to very uncomfortable reading, as I contort myself to try and read pages that I can't open too far.
It's one of the reasons why I am always reluctant to lend books (the other being that I don't get them back, of course! grrr!) - when I have done so in the past I am often appalled at the state they come back in.
2006-11-07 05:36:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would I?
Folding a great work of art is like folding someone's life; destroying that which they most need.
When you get to a certain page in the book, you'll see a huge dent in the story; when you get to a certain time in someone's life, you'll see a time of sorrow. It's as if someone folded the book that is their life.
2006-11-06 18:22:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do and I'll also admit to folding the corner of the page over to mark the place I've got to!
2006-11-06 18:43:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean fold them back until the spine breaks? If so, then no, I don't do that.
Do you mean fold down the corner of a page to mark my place? Guilty.
2006-11-06 21:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never. I also hate to see people folding the corner of pages of books as well!! Use a bookmark!!
2006-11-06 18:20:14 · answer #8 · answered by Shane 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course.....I even carry them in my back pocket, the sweat makes the cover soft, I even fold the pages as a bookmark. Otherwise I would lose the bookmark!
2006-11-07 01:35:11 · answer #9 · answered by battle-ax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I would either remember where I stopped or use whatever (book marks, bus tickets, receipts, even photos) to mark my pages. I'm even known to wrap my paperbacks in plastic bookwraps so they wouldnt be torn easily...Yeah, I know...I am a freak...Sorry! Hehehehe...
2006-11-06 18:21:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God NO!! I'm a writer (as yet unpublished) and if I ever saw anyone dog-earring the pages of one of my books or folding the spine or (God forbid) using it as a coaster, I fear I would have to smash their faces in...
Anyone who's interested, some of my stuff is in the blog section of www.myspace.com/blaarts
Cheers!
2006-11-06 19:25:51 · answer #11 · answered by blaarts 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋