Do you fold the page or use a bookmark

[ColourPurple]

Never fold! I don't want my books looking tatty. Usually just end up with a makeshift bookmark of some kind, usually a receipt or train ticket.

 

[Aod]

i have a Kindle now so that's sorted. when i'm reading a physical book though, i just remember the page number, i find it very easy.

 

[Lunatic Dreyfus]

I usually have several books on the go, but I have only one real book mark. I just use Royal Mail 'sorry you were too slow' cards for the others. I have plenty knocking around. Perk of the job.

I could never fold a page though. Defacing a book in that way makes me uncomfortable. Food stains on the other hand, bolognese sauce especially... that's cool.

 

[semi-pro waster]

I used to remember the page number(s) until I was about 12 or 13 then started using bookmarks although I can't remember why I changed, it might have been due to having several books on the go at once. I never fold the corners of my books - while I'm not particularly precious about how my books are kept (they're meant to be read and enjoyed after all) it's just not something I do.

 

[marl]

I fold the pages. Memory is too bad to remeber page number and generally I'm too lazy to use a bookmarker.

 

[gee3000]

I use a sheet of toilet paper.

 

[Bennie-Mac]

I set the book face down so the table is my bookmark.

 

[Nix]

I've got lots of free bookmarks, so I use those.

 

[Linda]

20 year old Garfield Bookmark, still in mint condition, I guess being sandwiched between pages of a book preserves book marks.

If I have 2 books on the go I use the nearest receipt or scrap of paper

 

[Werewolf]

I set the book face down so the table is my bookmark.

*lets out a small ook*

You shall be amongst the first to be put up against the wall, and hung by your ankles when the Secret Order of the Librarians take over...

 

[Bennie-Mac]

*lets out a small ook*

You shall be amongst the first to be put up against the wall, and hung by your ankles when the Secret Order of the Librarians take over...

Pah i fear no Librarians! The day they come for me will be their last...

All will be slain by heart attacks from witnessing the poor spine condition of all my books. MUWAHAHAHA!!

 

[Vanilla]

I sometimes fold. Otherwise I tend to use peoples business cards as bookmarks

 

[EdGey]

Books? This is 2010.

 

[Rainmaker]

Books? This is 2010.

So? PCs, Kindles et al. are useful tools but nothing will ever replace a real, physical, lovely bound paper book. They smell lovely and are great to handle and read.

 

[Jingo...]

I like the feel of a page, and the knowledge I can put it down next to a swimming pool lounger and it's not desirable to nick/won't get wet etc

 

[cHk4]

I eat the pages I read.

 

[Deadbeat]

Does nobody else go commando? I don't use bookmarks, fold the page, bend the spine or mark my place in any way. I just open it again and continue reading. Sometimes I make an effort to remember the page number, but I always forget it before I pick the book up again so it's pretty pointless.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Books? This is 2010.

And yet I don't think any other media form will ever entirely supplant the pleasure I get from reading a physical book. Few things in life are simpler yet more satisfying than relaxing with a good book on holiday. Maybe the physical sensation of holding a book doesn't matter to you but I'm afraid reading text on a screen just doesn't give me the same feeling at all, it's fine to absorb information up to a point but it is lacking as an experience.