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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > I fucking hate dust jackets
 
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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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Smoking Crow posted:

They are the worst. They always get in the way and make it really hard to hold the book. If you lay them down somewhere, they always get squished and ruined. Why do publishers keep the scourge of dust jackets alive? Just end this please

just scotch tape them and don't be a bitch

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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Smoking Crow posted:

You ruin a book by doing that. A book is more than the sum of the words within them, it's an object full of beauty

Cut off the front cover of all your dust jackets and wallpaper your reading room with them

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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Smoking Crow posted:

You ruin a book by doing that. A book is more than the sum of the words within them, it's an object full of beauty

Cut off the front cover off all your dust jackets and wallpaper your reading room with them

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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See look, even the forums know I am right and emphasized it with a weird double post

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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I don't know how y'all put tape on your books but a little piece on the inside flap isn't gonna destroy the book

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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If it's a new book over 500 pages you gotta get it hardcover because it gives a tangible sense of accomplishment to read it

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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ulvir posted:

these days I judge people by whether the spine of their books show wear, and if they've got those ridiculously tacky and overdesigned hardcover versions of classic books

I actually mastered a style of reading paperbacks without bending the spine because I think bent spines look ugly. I read paperbacks by sort of peeling back only the page I am currently looking at.

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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Smoking Crow posted:

the bible wasn't originally in hebrew

Yeah everyone knows Jesus spoke American

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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SpockandRoll posted:

Face palm.

Is this a facepalm for you or for him because Crow is right bro

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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Smoking Crow posted:

I'm in university and I have to explain that the Council of Nicea didn't pick the books of the bible to other students

I thought you didn't like fantasy novels

*puts on cool guy sunglasses*

*rides of on a horse of pure reason*

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Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

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I am angry

angry about book covers

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