Bookplates
I just used my next-to-last bookplates.
They have tigers on them and are apparently from the Sierra Club.
Anyone with a good bookplate source, please post it here. I use bookplates to remind people (often unsuccessfully) to return my books.
darkknightradic wrote:
cool (: ♥
Posted on 31-Aug-03 at 2:41 am | Permalink
moonfire77 wrote:
what are bookplates?
Posted on 31-Aug-03 at 2:53 am | Permalink
mortaine wrote:
It’s a piece of adhesive, acid-free paper (they used to be lick-and-stick, but most are self-adhesive now) that you write your name on and stick into the front of a book.
Libraries use them sometimes, especially specialized libraries (such as law or medical libraries). Churches have them in the front of the hymnals, usually.
The idea is that the person borrowing the book will return it to its owner, and that they’ll remember who that is cause of the bookplate. I use them frequently, especially when taking books somewhere where they might be shared with others (such as D&D games, and at work).
It used to be that putting your name in was sufficient, but I put my name, email address, and sometimes my phone number.
Posted on 31-Aug-03 at 3:24 am | Permalink
trelana wrote:
Bookcrossing has some nifty ones. Not sure if their current edition is to your tastes or no.
LibrisArt.com also has a fairly large selection of them, with various artists featured, free shipping for orders of less than 10 sets ($10 for a set of 20).
That said, there’s always eBay, too. Pretty random selection, obviously, but sometimes decent prices. A lot of the ones listed, though, seem to be from LibrisArt.
Posted on 31-Aug-03 at 4:02 am | Permalink
moonfire77 wrote:
oh ok i’ve seen those. somehow never occurred to me to put them in my books tho. probably cause i never lend them out.
Posted on 31-Aug-03 at 4:27 am | Permalink