Had a moment last week where I realized I was dog-earing pages all wrong

I've been folding down page corners in my paperback thrillers for years until a friend at the Nashville library swap said it damages the spine and makes pages fall out faster - she showed me her copy of a Lee Child book from 2015 that still looks new because she uses those little sticky flags instead. Now I'm wondering if I wrecked my whole collection of James Patterson novels from the 2000s with that habit. What do you use to mark spots in books without ruining them?

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riley4328d ago

Sticky flags saved my books too, game changer for sure.

derek_perez28d ago

Wait, don't sticky flags leave little bits of glue residue that attract dust and grime over time... @riley43 is right they're better than dog-ears but I've got books from the 90s with folded corners that are still holding up fine.