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chernobyl kinsman
Mar 18, 2007

a friend of the friendly atom

Soiled Meat
the proper way to read a softcover is to bend the left-hand pages of the book around so that the edge touches the spine and the right-hand side is flat. this prevents damage to the spine at the cost of your covers curling outwards a bit, though the pressure of storing the book on the shelf generally correct this

keeping both sides of the book flat is uncomfortable and for newbies, while intentionally cracking spines is the behaviour of barbarians

Ornamented Death posted:

What's the gooncensus on dipped or sprayed edges?

garish

chernobyl kinsman fucked around with this message at 13:33 on Apr 1, 2016

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chernobyl kinsman
Mar 18, 2007

a friend of the friendly atom

Soiled Meat

sit down man

chernobyl kinsman
Mar 18, 2007

a friend of the friendly atom

Soiled Meat

HopperUK posted:

Curly book covers are way worse than broken spines, in fact. Broken spines are a sign of love.

curly book covers don't make the book fall to literal pieces in 10 years though

chernobyl kinsman
Mar 18, 2007

a friend of the friendly atom

Soiled Meat

Enfys posted:

Maybe you should organise/sell your book horde instead of paying to store them someplace you can't find or read them.

for real what is even the point of owning books if you dont pile them all up in the centre of your den and curl atop it every night like a low-rent dragon

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