tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3385584749316151937..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Opening a new bookMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-32423245846663968742016-11-07T13:01:27.729-06:002016-11-07T13:01:27.729-06:00some pictorials to clarify the text:
https://s3-m...some pictorials to clarify the text:<br /><br />https://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/yvFSOkrnJqUtcWjSXmY52g/o.jpg <br /><br />http://aaknopf.tumblr.com/post/22718061076/iheartclassics-yes-i-know-most-of-you-just <br /><br />http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/09/01/how-to-open-a-book-and-library-hand/ How to open a book and ‘library hand’<br /><br />I-)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55837384000715881962016-11-06T18:03:20.792-06:002016-11-06T18:03:20.792-06:00Yup. I had to cut the pages of a monograph I refer...Yup. I had to cut the pages of a monograph I referenced as part of my undergraduate research. It was printed in 1929.Aritê gunê Akasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619166885106439477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-74389958186832122262016-11-04T19:02:03.125-05:002016-11-04T19:02:03.125-05:00It's irrelevant, but also beautiful.It's irrelevant, but also beautiful.Shoshanah Marohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532684548824957399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19169147141129101132016-11-04T12:40:11.002-05:002016-11-04T12:40:11.002-05:00I learned about this as a youth and always practic...I learned about this as a youth and always practiced it since, especially with hardcovers or with particularly thick paperbacks. Over the years, I had a lot of paperbacks that fell apart from being read too much. W_D_Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099519910715677370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-9744703390165779072016-11-03T13:51:39.733-05:002016-11-03T13:51:39.733-05:00mmm, and didn't books at some point in the not...mmm, and didn't books at some point in the not-so-distant past have signatures bound in such a way that the first reader needed to cut the edges carefully? i seem to recall a victorian "book knife" at an antiques shop, and i'm sure i have read references to "uncut leaves" in a book...nofixedstarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514617120008201743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47064441905174406192016-11-03T10:47:42.981-05:002016-11-03T10:47:42.981-05:00Really depends on the binding and how everything i...Really depends on the binding and how everything is glued.<br />JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-87655182583450196502016-11-03T10:16:08.901-05:002016-11-03T10:16:08.901-05:00i did not know there was a special method. you al...i did not know there was a special method. you always some thing new here!<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-36275417389310790742016-11-02T22:36:54.160-05:002016-11-02T22:36:54.160-05:00It seems still to work on "real" books b...It seems still to work on "real" books but I've had mixed results with trade paperbacks. The spines of those with inserts (e.g. a section of color illustrations in an otherwise b&w book) always seem to break at the point of the insert.Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-7139787462638196102016-11-02T21:50:30.283-05:002016-11-02T21:50:30.283-05:00I always do it that way. I always do it that way. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14797317910988407423noreply@blogger.com