How do you keep your...

[-Carlos-]

...hardcover book jackets in place? I use rubber bands. You?

 

[Madeline]

I take them off while I read and put them back on when I finished.
(Is that what you mean?)

 

[Lily]

I either take them off when I'm reading or I buy the plastic covers and good tape from work and cover them.

 

[-Carlos-]

I take them off while I read and put them back on when I finished.
(Is that what you mean?)

Yes Madeline.

 

[MonkeyCatcher]

I also take them off when I'm reading. It just gets too annoying trying to push it back up into place all the time.

 

[Baddie]

I also take them off when I'm reading. It just gets too annoying trying to push it back up into place all the time.

So do I

 

[SFG75]

I guess that the moving of it hasn't bothered me. I leave it on while I read and then use the flap as a bookmark.

 

[abecedarian]

I guess that the moving of it hasn't bothered me. I leave it on while I read and then use the flap as a bookmark.

Glad to see someone else does that too! My main gripe is when the stupid cover won't stay on well enough to use as a bookmark. If it is my book, that's when the cover gets retired.

 

[SFG75]

Glad to see someone else does that too!.

I'm just glad that you posted-I thought I was the odd one out on this. What weirdo leaves the jacket on?

 

[abecedarian]

I'm just glad that you posted-I thought I was the odd one out on this. What weirdo leaves the jacket on?

I sometimes get annoyed with the library's taped covers. Why does it happen so often that the tape waits til the book is in MY possession before the losing its sticking power? I know patrons are discouraged from using regular scotch tape, so I have to limp along with a cover that won't stay on and gets pretty snaggly looking by the time I take it back.

 

[Jeanne-Marie]

I guess that the moving of it hasn't bothered me. I leave it on while I read and then use the flap as a bookmark.

same here!

 

[FrodoLIVES]

For those that use the cover flaps as a bookmark....I have a question.
What happens if you're reading a REALLY LONG book? Do you stretch the cover and make it work or just give up and use a bookmark This question has bothered me for awhile, being someone who just takes the dust jacket off and uses a bookmark.

 

[Jeanne-Marie]

most of my books are around the 250-400 pages so the cover works still. If the book was that big I'd probably buy it in paperback anyways because it would be soooo expensive and then I'd use some junk mail!

 

[Sofia]

For those that use the cover flaps as a bookmark....I have a question.
What happens if you're reading a REALLY LONG book? Do you stretch the cover and make it work or just give up and use a bookmark This question has bothered me for awhile, being someone who just takes the dust jacket off and uses a bookmark.

use the back cover flap when you get past the halfway point......?

 

[-Carlos-]

Here is an example. Sorry about the blurry image:

 

[eyez0nme]

God! My Eyes! My EyesSSSSS!!

 

[abecedarian]

use the back cover flap when you get past the halfway point......?

That's how I do unless its a huge book. Then I'll take the cover off and use a marker.

 

[SFG75]

use the back cover flap when you get past the halfway point......?

Exactly! It works just fine really.

 

[Jeanne-Marie]

God! My Eyes! My EyesSSSSS!!

 

[SFG75]