Forget the death of the book. It turns out we have an even bigger problem: the death of the bookplate.
Alex Beam, writing in the Yale alumni magazine, flips through some gorgeous samples from the university’s collection and ponders a future without beautiful printed books to mark with your personalized stamp of possession and desire
Maybe the highlighter will die with it….If you need to underline, do it in pencil. If it’s a book you can’t afford to lose, don’t lend it out. If you’re inscribing a gift to a friend, remember the best gift you could give is a book with unmarked endpapers with real resale value. Last and most importantly: If you’re not famous or notable you just ruined a perfectly good book with your bookplate. Get over yourself.
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The best is last.
http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/extras/bookplates/27.html
I miss the intricate and lovely bookplates from my public library, used when I was a child. They now stamp them sloppily with a rubber stamp.
Maybe the highlighter will die with it….If you need to underline, do it in pencil. If it’s a book you can’t afford to lose, don’t lend it out. If you’re inscribing a gift to a friend, remember the best gift you could give is a book with unmarked endpapers with real resale value. Last and most importantly: If you’re not famous or notable you just ruined a perfectly good book with your bookplate. Get over yourself.
With all due affection….