Book Hack #shorts

Book Hack #shorts
I secretly kinda like the creases though🤫

#books #bookhacks #hacks

Featuring:

Connie

[AimeeColeman]

I just read all my books at an incredibly awkward 30° opening 🙃

[dreamydisttel]

Her: Give it a sniff

Me : That's always my favourite part🤣😏

[DepressinglyOptimistic]

I once saw a 200 year old book that actually had instructions on how to open a new book properly. Really wish I wrote those down.

[embee]

Another tip is to do this with the book flipped away from you so the words are upside down and you don’t get accidental spoilers

[qaisarahmohdzahir]

Me trying to do this on a new book:

Getting spoilers when doing it.

[PresidentFunnyValentine]

I like cracked spines. On a book, it shows passion and dedication.

On a person... eh, not so much.

[neriahsalazar]

In our class, we have a classmate that have a lot of books. And she's the person we go to borrow her books since majority of the class can't spend much on books like that and/or has strict parents and/or has no space to keep books safe from damage. She'd let us borrow the books as long as we don't lose it or damage it. The damage part however, extends to the spine. We also aren't allowed to fold the pages, even slightly for bookmarking. Anyways, we accepted those terms since they are reasonable. This led to us reading the book with opening it as small as we could. It's not a problem for us. We also don't like creasing the spine and she's actually one of the best person in class

[LeeStJohn-ymdf]

This is how my school librarian taught us how to "be a friend" to our school books and I have done it always. I'm 63.

[momplspickmeupimscared]

I like cracked spines more. shows the amount of passion someone read that book w bc they care a lot about the content of the book rather than its looks. yk like the old saying "don't judge a book by its cover"

EDIT: I never meant to offend anyone who does this. just my personal stance, I totally tolerate it if people put so much effort into keeping the spines non-cracked.

[nancydavis]

I was taught to do this back in grade school. It is better to do this for the book because it won’t break the binding so fast so therefore it will last longer. So you can read it over and over again.

[sstheinsane]

I actually really like the feeling of a creased spine and used pages, it kind of makes me feel nice. Like a homey feel to it, like that it's an old book and is showing its marks. Fresh books are cool too but kind of feel like I to be delicate with them but the used ones feel like I can be a bit more comfortable.

I might be the only one but oh well.

[j.g.]

I've flexed my books for years, and it helps a lot. Hold the book with your dominant hand around the spine and other hand around the pages, and flex it into a crescent shape, putting most of the force right at the corner where the cover bends to form the spine. Make sure to provide plenty of support, hold for a few seconds and curve the other way to repeat. Do it a couple of times, and it works the pages without breaking the glue.

[geks]

me: *opening the book and glancing at the last page*

"and then everybody died."

me: ah 🧿u🧿

[shena]

So I'm not the only one who smells my books? I can't help it! 😂📚

[thatweirdkidontheinternet]

wait she’s that girl with a twin who makes sims videos?!

[diosawintour]

I wish I knew this a decade ago, I literally broke my favorite book at the time (The Great Gatsby) in half 😭

[LyssaLynn]

This is exactly why I always preferred hardcover books, they were more durable and kept their spine together. But it was also an inconvenience because hardcover is usually more expensive and when I’m ordering lots of books (like there’s a series or continuation) those extra dollars really add up. I think next time I will consider using this hack and just get paperbacks.

[souranimations]

i like when the spine creases when you crack the spine, it makes the book look more well loved and worn

[JessicaKuhns-zsci]

Love the smell of old vintage books a lot and brand new books a lotter🤓

[simplycharming]

My favorite part of reading actual paper books is cracking the spine, and running my fingers along the lines that remain. One of the main reasons reading books is special to me is that they have that unique feeling when you “break it in”. If I’m going to buy a book, I’m going to use it, and I don’t intend on sharing. If I wanted perfectly neat books I would just read them digitally.