Posted by Minnie-Haha on May 26, 2005, at 9:31:15
In reply to pencil only – mostly, posted by badhaircut on May 26, 2005, at 7:20:50
> I put proofreader's marks throughout. I admit this is nuts. For whose benefit are these marks?!
I do this too (sometimes -- especially if I've started to notice that the book could have used better editing).
> I put cross-references. These *are* helpful. And I add entries to the index in the back.
Yes and yes!
> I highlight the page-edges along one side of some reference books in various colors for different chapters so I can flip to them easily.
Yep.
> And I label the spines with stickers that have the year of first publication. This makes it much easier to shelve a bunch from the same author/subject.
My shelving system if pretty loose, though if I ever got a much larger collection, I'll need to come up with a better one. I've actually thought of starting a database (probably computerized) of the books I do own.
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