# Are you a bookmark person?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-bookmark-person/350257>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-bookmark-person/350257 "2006-03-28T16:03:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-bookmark-person/350257/61 "2006-03-29T10:41:00Z")

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> [@Draelin](#):
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> Paperbacks, I will gladly dog-ear pages. Harcovers, I usually use the dust jacket as a bookmark.

Exactly what I came in to say. Except, I’ve gotten in the habit of just remembering the page number and not having to mark the page at all, but if needed I’ll do as you do: dogear a paperback, use the dust jacket for a hardcover.

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**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-bookmark-person/350257/62 "2006-03-29T14:49:40Z")

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> [@LunaV](#):
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> Would it help if I mentioned that I fold the bottom corners, not the top? ☹

Folding the bottom corners is for remembering a favorite scene. 🙂 (And if you check any of my many trashy romance novels, you’ll discover that a folded bottom corner usually means something racy is about to happen.)

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-bookmark-person/350257/63 "2006-03-29T15:39:47Z")

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> [@Anaamika](#):
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> This doesn’t work as well when you are reading multiple books at once, however. Currently I am working on the third book of the Farseer trilogy, and the Demon Princes all at the same time. I just put aside the Stainless Steel Rat; before, it was all three.

I can juggle three books with the numbers in my head usually. The only time I forget numbers is when I’m interrupted from reading and lose my page. If I have time to commit it to memory then I’ve got it locked 🙂

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-bookmark-person/350257/64 "2006-03-29T15:40:15Z")

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Are the next few pages sticky? 😉

Re dust jackets, I pull 'em off and stick 'em on the top shelf while the book is being read. I reunite them later.

Re selling books, while I don’t think I have any serious moral qualms about doing it, I never actually have. Hmmm.

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