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What kind of bookmarks do you guys use?

I just pick up free advertisement postcards from stores/uni and cut them in half.

>> No.2778043

>>2778041

whenever I'm at a friends house and I see a book with a bookmark in it I steal the bookmark

on the page it was on I write, "do you even read"

>> No.2778045

Dollar bills, library receipts, napkins, pay stubs, scrap paper, etc...

>> No.2778049

origami elephants, unicorns and ghosts along with small gouache paintings.

not to mention my kindle's memory

>> No.2778058

I've sometimes just torn off and discarded all the pages I already finished reading.

Not even kidding. Only if the book is annoying me.

>> No.2778062

>Dollar bills

aren't those like dirty as fuck?

>> No.2778064

>>2778062

Probably, yeah. Not enough to do much damage, I'm not too worried in any case.

>> No.2778065
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2778065

I just fold the page in half. Leaves a line down the middle but whatevs. Foldin' corners ain't extreme enough for me.

I read using a mirror, plebludites.

>> No.2778066

due date notices

>> No.2778067

Library receipts.
If the book is translated from, say, french, then a bit of paper filled with french phrases.

>> No.2778070

>>2778041
Rolling papers, matches (called lucifers here, which I much prefer), random bits of torn off paper, pipe cleaners, tissues, toothpicks, anything at hand really.

>> No.2778074

>>2778070
where do you call them that?
that is awesome
romania?

>> No.2778075

>>2778074
The Netherlands.

>> No.2778085

pressed flowers, origami, album covers cut to size, embroidered squares of fabric, coasters, feathers, small mammal furs

>> No.2778098

>>2778070
>H-Hey guise look at me I smoke weed. Did I mention that I smoke weed guise? Can I be a kool now?

>> No.2778099

I've taken to using a Zimbawbwean 100 trillion dollar bill. Shit's so cash.

>> No.2778108
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2778108

>>2778098
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_(tobacco)

>> No.2778115

A few months ago I took out Charlie and the chocolate factory. Inside I found a bookmark with a picture of the sun and then details about the sun, it's distance from earth etc. Thanks kid.

>> No.2778124

I use whatever's at hand, or nothing at all, as a bookmark.

>> No.2778130
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2778130

Pre-revolution Russian 500 ruble notes. My great-great-grandfather was some sort of bigshot trader who was ruined when the Bolsheviks took over, so I have a lot of them.

>> No.2778133

>>2778062
Dollar bills are sturdy. Use some anti-bacterial fluid on it.

>> No.2778136

>>2778130
Oh wow, that's pretty cool bro.

>> No.2778141

I don't use bookmarks much, unless:

A. I bought it new at a store, in which case I use the receipt

or

B. It has one of those handy built in streamer ones, which are always fun.

But I mostly buy my books at a used bookstore that doesn't have any sort of checkout/receipt system, you just hand them money. So I just remember the page.

>> No.2778151

>>2778115
score!

>> No.2778155

i read all my books in one sitting

>> No.2778157

Bookmarks are plebeian tier.

A true bibliophile will be able to find their place without one.

>> No.2778168

being poor I only go to the public library, and they give you a shitty one with each book you borrow. I got quite the number actually

>> No.2778172

>>2778155

Even War & Peace?

>> No.2778173

>>2778099
I just bought a mint condition one off eBay. Thanks for the inspiration. Solid, thick, tight, etc.

>> No.2778178

>>2778157
but it takes longer regardless of how smart you are.


anyway, paperbacks are pleb tier. a true bibliophile exclusively reads hardbacks and uses the dust jacket slip to keep the page

>> No.2778180

Playing cards.

>> No.2778184

>>2778178

Paperbacks are much more convenient for reading and taking with you. Hardbacks are better for collecting and keeping.

>> No.2778190

>>2778184
hardbacks are convenient if youre smart or rich enough to carry a bag or drive a car

>> No.2778193

>>2778178
>but it takes longer

Oh, fuck. There goes all the productive hours I would have spent posting stupid shit in 4chan! It takes literally 5 seconds to find your spot without a bookmark.

If you can't tell that which you've read apart from that which you've yet to read, you need to start over at the beginning.

>> No.2778194

>>2778190

Carrying a bag or driving a car doesn't make the act of reading a hardback more convenient, paperbacks are better suited for reading through a book, they're lighter and generally smaller. I enjoy both, though.

>> No.2778195

>>2778190
>smart
>drive a car

Pick one.

>> No.2778196

>>2778130
Listen to me very carefully, those banknotes are worth a lot of money. Take care of them, check whose signatures are on them and keep them in a safe place. 500 ruble notes are in great demand right now and are getting more valuable with time. Sequential serial numbers will double the value or more.

>> No.2778197

>>2778173

Surprisingly durable, isn't it. Plus, there isn't anything more classy than hyperinflated currency.

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>>2778130
>Sequential serial numbers will double the value or more.

You mean like these?

>> No.2778206

>>2778130
Another fun fact about the 1912 500 ruble note is that it was given out in exchange for gold, and rapidly became worthless in it's own time.

They sell for anywhere from ten to thirty dollars each or more on ebay, but can bring much more if you have notes with some of the rarer treasurers signatures or in especially pristine condition.

Don't use them as bookmarks kid.

>> No.2778207

Right now a .40 cent charlie ticket I got from the bus a few months ago. I've grown a bit attached to it.

>> No.2778216

>>2778200
inb4 shitstorm

>> No.2778221

>>2778206
Okay, I'll take them to a few antique coin stores and see what they say. Thanks.

>> No.2778246

>>2778221
Just be aware that 9 out of 10 coin dealers are dishonest scumbags, and will try to cheat you.

>> No.2778257

>>2778246
That's what I figured, so I will visit multiple ones.

>> No.2778270

>>2778257
When you say you have a "a lot" of them, how many are we talking here? These notes do tend to come in big bundles when they turn up.

>> No.2778281

>>2778270
I have a dozen or so. My father has more, several boxes. Most of them are framed.

>> No.2778282

I use my "What to do after you give blood" card
by the time it's a bit tatty I'm due another donation
and thank god no one here has said they fold the corners down

>> No.2778284

>>2778041
I use those little download code cards you get free with records.

>> No.2778288

>>2778282
Dog earing is fucking vandalism and should be punished accordingly.

I also dislike it when people crack open paperbacks so the front and back touch, completely ruining the spine.

>> No.2778388

corner folding masterrace reporting

>> No.2778797

>physical books

>> No.2778815

I just remember the page number.

>> No.2778817

I use the receipt I'm given at the time of purchase.

>> No.2778825

>>2778282

I tear the corner off and use it as a bookmark, is that bad?

>> No.2778841

Bookmarks are for casuals.

Finding the page each time you open it is what's up

>> No.2778845

Corners of notebook/computer paper, minipost-it sticky marks, sometimes an actual bookmark. I have a handful of real bookmarks but they are rarely handy when I first bookmark a book so I stick with whatever crap I have in the book at that time.

>> No.2778849

I just get any random piece of paper nearby, tear a piece, fold it, an put it in the book.

No need to spend $2782782919 on something you can make for free for the exact same effect.

>> No.2778861

>>2778288
I do all of those things. I love it when I finish a book and it's beat to hell.

>> No.2778978

I use Jokers whenever I get a new pack of playing cards

>> No.2778984

>implying I don't pirate pdf's and read them on my laptop

fucking plebs with their books. what is this, the middle-ages?

>> No.2778987

I use an index card

>> No.2778999

>>2778984
Books were exuberantly expensive and rare in the middle ages, they were only owned by the rich and the church.

Get some class you filthy peasant.

>> No.2779002

>>2778999
fuck, you're an unintelligent person

>> No.2779023

>>2778288

If you haven't cracked open the spine, folded many of the pages, underlined and commented on the book by writing on the pages in pen, dropped it in the bathtub a few times, and get dirt on it, then you haven't really lived the book. I imagine if you're afraid to even bend the spine you must be afraid of taking chances and living a fulfilling life.

>> No.2779042

>>2779002
tha anon is right

you are wrong and just said a "fuck you" for answer

you was very imature

>> No.2779044

>>2779042
*that

sometimes I hate my keyboard

>> No.2779048

>>2779023
>people who maintain their property are afraid to live, a true rockstar trashes everything whoohoo

>> No.2779050

>>2779023

You forgot to burn a few pages...

God, I hate these faggots who wont even take a small adventure and take a chance in their lives.

>> No.2779065

Where do I stick this bookmark into my Kindle? This little slit on the side?

>> No.2779072

>>2779065

Yes. Or alternatively you can just place it on top of it and it will automatically detect it and save your page

>> No.2779094

I fold up those little advertisments they have in National Geographic trying to get you so buy books and shit or I use a noteccard. I also use my kindle about half of the time and that shit keeps your place for you. Anyone who buys bookmarks is a faggot.

>> No.2779100

>>2778099
I love it!

>> No.2779121

My memory.

>> No.2779195

>Not reading often enough, resulting in not being able to remember the page number
>Having to use bookmarks
>MMDCCLIII AB URBE CONDITA
>Anno Domini MMXII
>A shiggidy diggidy whiggidy doo

>> No.2779203

90% of the time I just use bathroom toilet paper

don't ask why

>> No.2779205

>>2779203

Why?

>> No.2779220

Usually just keep track of the chapter I"m on and find it from there, although I generally stop reading on the end of a chapter.

Now I read ebooks more often and it keeps track for me.

>> No.2779242

My library receipt.

>> No.2779263

I use a photograph of a person I love. Its a daily reminder of why I want to continue living.

>> No.2779309

Receipt, or bus/train ticket. Latter is preferable as I know exactly when and where I first started reading, which can often remind me of things as I tend to purchase literature whilst travelling.

>> No.2779319

Index cards and post-its the really low adhesive kind that can get taken off and restuck a bunch of times.

*Get real caught up reading the book and forget where you put your bookmark* "Oh no!" *takes another from the pack.* Problem solved.

>> No.2779321

>>2779263
seal shouting gay.jpeg

>> No.2779332

>>2779321
>mfw no gf.png

>> No.2779412
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2779412

magic the gathering cards
mainly lands or those advertisement cards they started inserting into boosters.

>> No.2779436

whatever is available. my uni bookstore actually gave out a bunch of bookmarks to all the incoming students sometime so I use those a lot

>> No.2779614

Playing cards.

>> No.2779619

business cards

>> No.2779620

>>2779412
>magic the gathering
oh god you use it to read Game of Thrones don't you?

>> No.2779623

I picked up five neat freebie magnetic bookmarks. It's essentially a flattened, flexible bar magnet folded on the middle. It wraps around the top of the page I'm reading so it doesn't fall out of the book in case I hold it upside down. It's pretty neat, actually.

>> No.2779626

>>2779620

Don't diss M:TG. It's god some kick-ass writing on those cards. Even the novels are all right as far as fantasy books go.

>> No.2779638

>>2779626
>got*

>> No.2779666

>>2779412
Same here, though never the advertisement cards. I like just using terribad creatures and such.

>> No.2779817
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2779817

My Kindle keeps track of where I left off.

>> No.2779819

>>2779817

People really need to stop using that lying cunt's face for anything. He's not worthy.

>> No.2779825

>>2779819
I'm sorry. I googled "smug" and he was all over the results.

>> No.2779826

I use playing cards, they help me keep track of how many books I've read.

>> No.2779836
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>>2779825
This is my favorite smug pic. Some guy posted it last month.

>> No.2779838

>>2779826
< 52?

>> No.2779847
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2779847

Currently rocking this. It gets the job done

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2779853

>not using your dogs tail as a bookmark

I SHIGGY DIGGY DOO OOO

>> No.2779856

>>2779838
There's 4 suits faggot.

>> No.2779864

Postcards from museums and galleries for the most part.

Sometimes I also use cards from an old decks I have around, one of tarot and another set of Texas chainsaw themed playing cards. Only if I'm in a pinch.

>> No.2779865
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2779865

I use my old pokemon cards.

>> No.2779868

>>2779865
>pokemon cards.

You pathetic little shit, get back to one of the japanese cartoon boards.

>> No.2779884

I use index cards. Sometimes I write notes on the cards if I'm reading a non-fiction book or words I find interesting.

>> No.2779926

>>2779868
What are you even doing on this website?

>> No.2779943

>>2779926
Implying everyone on /lit/ watches anime and masturbates to hentai. I bet you like mlp too.

>> No.2779951

>>2779943
Drop it to the floor, make that ass shake-Whoa, make the ground move, that's an ass quake-Built a house up on that ass, that's an ass state-Roll my weed on it, that's an ass tray-Say Ye, say Ye, don't we do this every day-day?

>> No.2779952

>>2779943
I'm just saying that almost everyone here has probably owned pokemon cards at one time, and quite a lot of posters are weeaboos, what with this being a website for weeaboos created by a weeaboo and his weeaboo friends from SA. I mean in case you haven't noticed 4chan is a clone of 2chan and half of the boards here have to do with anime in some way or another.

>I bet you like mlp too.

You take that back.

>> No.2779958

>>2779952
>You take that back.
I'm sorry, that was below the belt.

I guess it might be different here in the UK, but I've only ever known one person who liked Pokemon, and never liked it myself.

>> No.2780009

Damnit, I've been using Greek drachma, Egyptian and Cambodian paper money as bookmarks for quite some time now. Reading this thread and a quick search turned me off that instantly. They are in pretty much mint condition, but you still made me feel bad about using them. Damn you Americans and your obsessing over cleanliness.

But some Pokémon and Magic cards have changed hands pretty often as well, maybe that's not really sanitary to use either?

>> No.2780026

This thread is fucking pointless and has nothing to do with literature.

You are all pseudo-intellectuals.

>> No.2780041

>>2780026

Agreed, and it's kinda disgusting the thread got this many replies. But then again: start a topic you are interested in, at least this is not a thread dedicated to complaining. Those are the truly pointless ones.

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2780053

>>2779205

>> No.2780064
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2780064

I don't use a bookmark.

I fold the corner of the page.

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2780074

>>2780064

you nigger

>> No.2780090

>2012
>not using kindle

oh that delusion

>> No.2780117

>>2780009

Don't think you have to worry about that. Not a hygiene specialist though.

If you haven't got sick by now, what's the odds of getting sick? Pretty slim I say.

>> No.2780118

Currently using the stub of an old flight boarding pass.

>> No.2780479
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2780479

>2012
>Not using the severed tongue of a conquered foe as your bookmark

>> No.2780484

>>2780090
>using kindle
Hahaha, oh you.
Before you leak butthurt fluid on me, I'm not getting on you for using an ereader, just for using a kindle specifically.

>> No.2780494
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2780494

>pic related
The best for porch beers and a good book

>> No.2780496

A random piece of paper.

>> No.2780504

>>2780501
no you don't.

>> No.2780500

>>2780484
yeah, I'm a dick for accepting birthday presents.

>> No.2780501

I use severed fingers.

>> No.2781368

I dog-ear my pages.

>> No.2781460

>>2778074
Why is that awesome? Or are you some sort of edgy retard?

Lucifer means light bringer, it's logical.

>> No.2781578

I use Pokemon cards. Usually my shiny Charizard or my shiny Ditto.

>> No.2781610
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2781610

>not using $100 bill as a bookmark exclusively
Stay pleb, /lit/

>> No.2781613

>>2781610

>implying I won't need that shit for cigarettes and groceries before the book's even done.

>> No.2781615
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2781615

As a /po/ fag i make and use this

>> No.2781617

>>2781615

That looks neat, can you provide instructions on how to make it?

>> No.2781623

>>2781617
yea give me a sec

>> No.2781624

>>2781610

see:

>>2780009

>> No.2781626

>>2781617
This, those look beautiful

>> No.2781629

>>2781615

First I thought wow I gotta use this now too, but then I remembered I use a Kindle

>> No.2781634

>>2781624
It's alright, poor people don't have $100 bills, so they haven't got their plebeian filth on it.

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>>2781617
here is a big list of some more

http://www.origami-resource-center.com/books-and-bookmarks.html


and here is a video and a link of the one in the pic


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkqBoYexuxU

http://hollyrocksjewelry.blogspot.com/2012/02/easy-origami-bookmarks.html
They work well if you make them from a post-it

>> No.2781638

>>2781615
That's great.

>> No.2781641

>>2781637

Awesome, thanks.

>> No.2781645

>>2781634
Enjoy sharing your germs with drug dealers.

>> No.2781653

Train tickets, plane boarding cards and toothpicks seem to be the most common things I use, looking around my desk. I most often just leave the book open, face down. Mainly because my mother told me I shouldn't because it's disrespectful to book sor some shit. Silly old besom that she was.