Question to the physical book readers here, what do you use as bookmark?
I currently got a paper bookmark but don’t like it to be honest.
A sticker of cute dogs in space suits and the caption “we want fully automated intergalactic luxury gay space communism” because it reminds me of Ian M. Banks - also gets a laugh out of people 😁
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Many years ago, I fell from the stairs due to a diabetic episode. I was kept in a coma for a few days. When I woke up I had this id bracelet on my arm. I still use it as a bookmark till this day.
Some cardboard advertisement card I got with a shirt I ordered online.
Book Darts! I’m typically reading for research and writing and the book darts are great for coming back to the right sentence when I’ve stopped off. I’ll leave them in long-term if I’m swapping between edited volumes—I’ve got a tin of 100, so it’s no problem if I leave a few within books here and there. I typically add one to the first page whenever a new book comes home. If I haven’t got one already placed or I start reading while out and about I dog-ear.
These 3d printed ones. https://www.printables.com/model/59453-bookmark-basic I use tiny prints to finish up the last meters of a filament roll. I've made tons of these and give them away.
My wife bought a few sets of bookmarks off aliexpress. They look really good. Here's an example:
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Here's the link: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004921501847.html, but you can find tons of styles and models.
I have a bunch of magnetic bookmarks, I'm usung mainly them because thise don't fall out accidentally
I fold any piece of paper into one of those dog-ear corner bookmarks. I've got dozens around, made of everything from sticky notes to receipts to a parking ticket. They way I do it has a line going down the middle on one side that I use to show me which side of the page I'm on.
I laminated some of my duplicate Pokemon cards (don't use holographics as they heat up in the laminating machine!!!) and use those, now.
I keep bookmarks whenever I get them, also picture postcards etc. I have some that I've bought, others I've made (e.g. knitted or embroidered). Mainly I use strips of thin white card that I razor off an A4 sheet.
