penguins are based because you can tell when a nigga hasn't read them
>he doesn't read a book online to decide whether he likes it and then order a physical copy only if it's deserving of the honor
>>24814456These penguin editions age so fucking shit that you just have to carry a copy around in your backpack for a couple weeks to make it look fully read
>>24814456Why would you read Ovid before Virgil?
>>24814520I hope they find a cure for autism one day.
>>24814456idk why people say thisI never crack paperbacks
>>24814631Books are meant to be read, stop treating them like ornaments.
>>24814636maybe you just have big meaty claws and I have dainty kitty paws
>>24814456oxford's world classics mog these in almost every capacity; paper, binding, editor notes and introductions, and most importantly, the price
>>24814645Knopf hardbacks beat out every other publisher in every regard, except price. It's the enlightened choice. I prefer Penguin Classics for paperbacks, but I'm far less fussy. All of my paperbacks end up beaten up and abused regardless.
>>24814456Damn you raped Ovid
>>24815054Show spines
>>24814636You don't need to see both pages at the same time. Stop raping spines.
>>24814642>dainty kitty pawsOkay, pussy hands
>>24814645OWCs have tiny margins so you're forced to put your thumb over the words to hold it open and then the shitty ink smudges
>>24814631The first thing I do when I get a new book is crack the spine. It's extremely satisfying.
>>24815067>>24815054samuel johnson said books are to be used, not preserved like relics. tear out pages, annotate them, skip to the middle, fold corners, read the good bits again and again until the paper frays. most people with real feeling for literature have enormous appetites and consume books ruthlessly.
>>24815176I don't care.I'm not destroying my book just cuz. You just fucking suck at handling your book
>>24815234totally mismatched level of conversation there... i’m not trying to convince you, i was making a cultural-philosophical observation about how people use books.
>>24815176> tear out pages, annotate them, skip to the middle, fold cornersThree-year-olds do the same thing and it doesn’t give them anymore “real feeling for literature”
>>24815266both passionate. but i was being descriptive not prescriptive. tearing out pages doesn’t create a feeling for lit. it’s the appetite for books that leads to excess.
>>24815202/lit/ in a nutshell
>>24815176>tear out pages, annotate them, skip to the middle, fold corners, read the good bits again and again until the paper fraysI have books on my shelves that are older than I am because their previous owner was kind enough to not do that. People who do those things are the same people who refuse to return the shopping cart.
>>24815332you and the previous owner have the wrong idea of what books are. i’m sure if you ever happen to open one of them you’ll see no words from the author asking you kindly not to besmirch these tomes.the shopping cart comparison is beyond parody. did you also report people for breaking lockdown and not wearing a mask? you seem to think readings a civic duty.
>>24815245>>24815176"Something something about a monkey holding the wrong end of a hammer imaging himself a great sculptor"The lit hoes aren't going to sleep with you because you dress in "dark academia
>>24815350where did that come from?
Still waiting for a compelling argument. Books are meant to be read. Cracking a spine doesn't render a book unreadable. It's also almost inevitable when a book has 600+ pages.Caring about the aesthetic of book ownership is for silly billies. Don't forget to put on gloves every time you handle your books too, because everyone knows skin oils tarnish books! >>24815332For a reader you sure have a hard time recognising hyperbole.
>>24814636wtf is this idiocy? There's nothing wrong with reading books without trying to tear them apart
>>24815384it’s gay
>>24815384Read what I wrote again, maybe slower this time.
>>24815401Sorry, arguments online must be /won/ unambiguously, and each statement taken to be an extreme form of divergence and dissension.
>>24815412Hey, at least we finally agree on something. Everything hinges on my ability to convince you until you assent, and vice versa.
And they say that black don't crack!
>>24814456Penguin Clothbounds are superior in every way
>>24814456Cracked Penguins feel good to read. Excellent hand feel. Nice and floppy.
>>24814538yeah the orange letter ones were the last straw, the all black and white are utter shit
>>24814538Carrying it in your backpack won't crease the spine
Love penguin classics
>>24814642Stop being cute or I'll shag you
>>24814631I never crack spines either, but most of my books, especially these penguins, will get worn along the edges even if i keep it at home.
>>24814520>buying a penguin as the physical copy
>>24815176Are you a woman?
>>24814645Don't they use glue instead of sowing for hard covers? I dont trust any single brand for these things
TL;DR: If you crack spines you are a nigger./thread