Disrespect for books

[Tara]

dont you hate it when people disrespect your books.

I just got my copy of fight club back (after almost a year) and the front cover was ripped off and then someone rested a coffee on the first page, then there were numbers and notes all through it, on the pages, of where the person was to lazy to find a note pad. all the way through there were food stains.

i would have rathered if they had kept it, i would buy a new one.

this ever happened to you?

[JBond]

I'm veeery picky with my books' condition. When I read one, I'm careful not to crease the outside cover by never opening it too much. Although, I guess that's only if it's a new book and maybe part of a set...it has to look pretty.

I can't think of many times I've lent out a book thoguh. I guess once a long time ago I lent a neighbor one of my "Goosebumps" and I got it back in bad condition, I was pretty ticked off.

But I guess it could have been worse...

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[GlitterzGurl]

I've never lent any of my books once my friend accidently spilled juice all over my copy of Where the Wild Things Are when I was little.

Bookmarks are my savior...I feel horrible when I crease pages...it looks terrible, IMO

[Angelixx]

^ agree about the creasing pages thing....

but no one ever does that to my books...cus they know...if by some freak chance i actually LET them touch my books.....they would be hunted down and severely hurt for causing any damage ;)

[boydston_14]

Yeah, my friend took my copy of ROTS: the junior novel editioin(in paperback), and bent it all the way back, which led to a page with a pic of Darth Vader falling out. Then i let my other friend borrow Harry Potter POA a few months earlier... now I'm afraid the pages are gonna fall outta that, too.

[Ramplate]

I lent a few of my comic books out ONCE - that night the upstairs apartment where those guys lived burned up. Oily rags started the fire - the guy replaced my issues. Thank goodness they were fairly recent and not expensive collectibles - it was a favorite story of mine though.

[HeadHunter]

no one disrespectsmy books and survives to tell the tale....I hade to buy a copy of a hardback book once that was no longer available HB to complete a set....so that cost more money so they know that book is OFF LIMITS

[Drizzt240]

I thought this thread was more about the way society doesn't read that many books anymore. :funny:

As long as I can read the words I'm fine with my books.

My dog ate my LOTR book. :sad:

[HeadHunter]

I thought this thread was more about the way society doesn't read that many books anymore. :funny:



tho its funny you mention that cause it IS absolutly true....I myself am guiltyu of it since i didnt start reading properly till a year and a half ago and i am almost 24

[Princess Me]

I don't see why people get so upset over creased books. As long as you can read them... well that's all that matters isn't it? Sure, you want them to look pretty but a few creases never hurt anyone. I understand if there are so many stains that they cover the words or something but really... what's the fuss?

[GlitterzGurl]

I lent a few of my comic books out ONCE - that night the upstairs apartment where those guys lived burned up. Oily rags started the fire - the guy replaced my issues. Thank goodness they were fairly recent and not expensive collectibles - it was a favorite story of mine though.

omfg that's terrible...

I don't even allow my niece or nephew to touch my comics...I buy them their own copies incase they drool on mine :angry:

[Angelixx]

I don't see why people get so upset over creased books. As long as you can read them... well that's all that matters isn't it? Sure, you want them to look pretty but a few creases never hurt anyone. I understand if there are so many stains that they cover the words or something but really... what's the fuss?

theyll no longer be worth anything in the far off future

an original edition of the first harry potter book......in given time......could be worth a fortune in the future

[Dwight]

I hate it when people treat my cooks and comics harshly.

[Frizzo the Clown]

I hate it when people ruin the pages of my favorite pornos. Only I'm allowed to ruin the pages of my favorite pornos.

[PsychoMike]

theyll no longer be worth anything in the far off future

an original edition of the first harry potter book......in given time......could be worth a fortune in the future
That only counts for Hard cover books.... Paperbacks don't really go up in value much.

[Satiric Angel]

^ agree about the creasing pages thing....

but no one ever does that to my books...cus they know...if by some freak chance i actually LET them touch my books.....they would be hunted down and severely hurt for causing any damage ;)
hehehehe...... :P missing your GOF book??? dont worry i dont crease the pages....but u do missy...i saw them creased,....and dont blame the condition of the book on me...when you gave it to me it already looked like a car hit it a couple times... :P

[Angelixx]

hehehehe...... :P missing your GOF book??? dont worry i dont crease the pages....but u do missy...i saw them creased,....and dont blame the condition of the book on me...when you gave it to me it already looked like a car hit it a couple times... :P


believe me that was not me....its explained in two simple words:

little brother

[Dwight]

Haha! Blame it on everyone else.

Oh, and Frizzo, what's with you and porn?

[Angelixx]

Haha! Blame it on everyone else.

Oh, and Frizzo, what's with you and porn?


he just loves porno.....and im afraid i have recently brought up the word a lot....his porno sense has been going haywire ever since

[Frizzo the Clown]

Did someone say porno again?

[equipe]

Haha! Blame it on everyone else.

Oh, and Frizzo, what's with you and porn?

Just don't go and mention Midget Porn... The results can be messy. Wait a minute... Oops, Sorry Frizz.

[Frizzo the Clown]

Midget porn? Where? Hold on! Let me get my vasoline...I'll be right back!

[Ramplate]

I don't see why people get so upset over creased books. As long as you can read them... well that's all that matters isn't it? Sure, you want them to look pretty but a few creases never hurt anyone. I understand if there are so many stains that they cover the words or something but really... what's the fuss?

My Amazing Spider-man #1 comic book (original price about 12 cents) is worth $18,000 at least to another collector.

[PsYkOoOoO]

I lent my friend some Goosebump books when i was young.I was totally fine with lending people books since it hought RL Stine was a genius(I was young),and wanted my friends to appreciate him too.Not until one day when this friend of mine returned book 16 to be with half the pages gone.Well,they were found in his bag later on but that's beside the point.

Never lent anybody any books after that.Not even a flip through the pages.Yeah,im paranoid.Sue me.

[katronium]

he just loves porno.....and im afraid i have recently brought up the word a lot....his porno sense has been going haywire ever since

"hi nice to meet you, what's your name"
"oh hi, i'm bob"
"...porn?"

oooooh angel your porno sense is NEVER anything but haywire. what? porn? where?


P.S. onnn topic: if anyone ever breaks my HARDCOVERS their pretty much ruined. because, you just don't do that.

however, i personally LOVE the look of a worn paperback. it just makes it appear more appreciated. my opinion :)

[pixiness]

Someone once told me - Only lend those books which you never care to get back. It's sage advice. When I loan someone a book - I don't expect to get it back, and I don't expect to get it back in the same condition in which I gave it. So really - it's a gift from me to them so that they can enjoy the book and not have me flip out on them later. Yes, it means I have to re-purchase some books, but I've also got friends who get me bookstore giftcards because "hey you lent me that really great book and I never returned it to you because I lent it to someone else"

I think it's cool when a book travels from person to person to person. You can't expect it not to get a little beat up along the way.

[Tony Montana]

I usually read a book and give it to my friends and they do the same. Our books circulate around so everyone could read and enjoy them. I dont want to read the same book twice, there are other new interesting books instead for me to read.

[smokiechimp]

I wouldn't ever dog-ear the pages in a book I was reading. It's internationally known to be disrespectful to the author and authors deserve alot of respect.

[Tony Montana]

Im doing that all the time, who cares, Ive paid for it, Im reading it, its respectfull.

[Tornado]

Yeah, I 'dog-ear' my books all the time. It's not like it matters, I'm the only one who reads them. I don't lend out books or DVDs or games anymore.

[HeadHunter]

If anyone mis treated my potter books....oh god there would be trouble

[smokiechimp]

I mistreat Potter books all the time. I thought thats what you had to do with them snot rags. :P

[katronium]

i dog-ear most of my pages . . . but not my hardcovers :P
then again, i buy a lot of my paperbacks recyceled -- like at old bookstores, or one of those trade in stores --- so the cover's pretty beaten up when i get it. but i don't mind . . :)

[Princess Me]

Usually I don't mind what happens to my books but my mum dog-eared a page of my new Harry Potter book, which was still in perfect condition. I was noooot happy!

[cool_chik]

I just throw everything around the house so I wouldn't want to know what has happened to my books...I am kinda trying to get back in the habit of reading and I have been looking for the 1st and 2nd Harry Potter books around my house (because I'm reading the series again for the 1st time in 2 years) and I found the 2nd scrunched up behind the computer and mum found the 1st in my room. The pages are all crinkly and the 1st ones pages are ripped. It's still legible though :)

[Bobby007]

Man, I'm downright anal about how I keep my books. I make an effort when reading them not to even crease the spine, and I NEVER dogear the pages.

[Angelixx]

I just throw everything around the house so I wouldn't want to know what has happened to my books...I am kinda trying to get back in the habit of reading and I have been looking for the 1st and 2nd Harry Potter books around my house (because I'm reading the series again for the 1st time in 2 years) and I found the 2nd scrunched up behind the computer and mum found the 1st in my room. The pages are all crinkly and the 1st ones pages are ripped. It's still legible though :)


**gasps and faints**

[Guns go Bang]

I have a problem with books. I have so many that there are just piles. I swear, half of my room is a book shelf, a full book shelf mind you, and they all have to be in alphabetical order. I'm so OCD about my books that it's pretty much scary.

[boydston_14]

If anyone mis treated my potter books....oh god there would be trouble

someone already did that to my copy of POA last year. i am still pissed

[Juanito]

Whenever I buy a book, first thing I do is sign my name on the first page, usually also the place of the world where im at, and the year. I will lend books to friends and other people, and i expect to receive them back, but in many cases they are never returned. I make a point of returning books that I have been lent.

I don't expect the book to be returned in the same condition. But if they returned it in very bad condition (it has never happened), i'd get pissed.

If i like a book and expect to read it again, or use it as reference further on, i will not lend it. I will let someone read it in my house, though.