Board Thread:Clubs/@comment-38091275-20190724234819/@comment-38480398-20191002032925

What does everyone have against dog-earing?! I prefer to use bookmarks when I'm at home, but I take books with me and since I have a really nice, fancy 3D planets bookmark and I don't want to lose, so whenever I'm out and about, I just dog-ear. I also like cracked spines- I don't crack them deliberately, but it's SO satisfying when I'm reading and the spine slowly sort of falls open. I HATE any sort of damage, but I like my books to look read... what's the use of having a private-mini-library if everything jsut stands on the shelves?

As for the rest, I don't like dust jackets, I'm neutral on hardback vs. paperback (hardback is nicer, paperback is more convenient), I don't like ridiculously floppy books, I don't like ones that are too big or super small (super small is ok though...), painted edges are awesome, cover changes are unecessary, the smell of books is AMAZING and I like nice covers. Nice covers for me mean blue, green, silver, gray, black, white or purple- dark or muted, not neon: nothing colourful- I really dislike covers that are bright, pink, red, orange, yellow, any shade of neon or have contrasting colours (I don't mind lots of colours, but make it shades and variations and keep it in one scheme). Oh, and I hate beige covers. And I want a simple, elegant, effective design. Simple doesn't mean undetailed- I like details- just, well... simple. Not over-the-top. Not colourful or extravagant or flamboyant. For example: An Unkindness of Magicians and The Lies of Locke Lamora (and its sequels: the gollancz editions only though) have beautiful covers. So do the Lunar Chronicles, The Poison Jungle and Exile.

Sorry this got so long! :)