Anonymous #2 1w

Fr like is everyone else just peaking into the book instead of opening it all the way so that they don’t ruin spines

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Anonymous OP 1w

nah you have to train the spines so they flop open but you don’t crack them. best of both worlds- you can read properly but your pages don’t start falling out

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Anonymous #4 1w

I do this occasionally with trade paperbacks as those I tend to naturally keep nicer, but theres no way I’m sitting and turning every page of a Sanderson or Jordan mass market when the pages and binding are so thin it doesn’t really matter what you do anyway 😅

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Anonymous #2 1w

yeah I mean fair I guess. I take a lot of pride in my book collection and I already spent my hard earned money on it so I’ll take the time to spine train my books (it’s a good thing to do while I listen to audiobooks!). Bigger mass markets will bow, but they won’t crack if I take care of them properly

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Anonymous #4 1w

Yea that makes sense too. I’m a big rereader so if I like the series I have multiple sets, usually get the mass markets to try and if I fall in love with the series I’ll buy the trades and/or special editions. Those I do keep nice, but more so from only reading them at home than by any conscious thought. Mass markets are easier to throw in a bag and they’re the ones I lend out so I don’t care if they come back a little dinged up since theyre not really made to last even if the spine stays intact

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