To hope this is the end of the book sleeve?

[TulipsInbloom1]

I hate book sleeves that come on hard backed books. I have to bin them. Received a hardback copy of a new book I wanted for Christmas with no sleeve - and no, it wasnt removed before gifting.

I dont get the point of them. The cover underneath could just have ghe title on it as this one does.

I hope this is the beginning of the end.

I don't even know where my kindle is at the moment! It's one of those things that goes through periods of use but then gets mothballed when I'm not somewhere I get time to kill sitting and reading for months on end - and I tend to just flick through magazines on the Readly app these days. The kindle has the entire Terry Pratchett back catalogue stored on it so gets broken out occasionally to indulge in a light spot of Discworld (several of our Pratchett books got read so much they were approaching disintegration point in their physical incarnation).

pickachew

Strongly agree. I have a ring style popsocket on my kindle cover so I don’t need to grip the thing at all.

Also, my dyslexic brain really appreciates that I can change fonts to a more readable one. I’ve had to abandon some books if I can’t get n with the font.

I love my kindle, and no i dont replace it when a new model comes out, i replace it when it breaksdown, my current one i have had for over 5 years, (i think) and i bought it refurbished

the light is very subtle, i dont get a headache, i like that i can carry hundreds of books around with me, i always have the full series close to hand

I personally think an e-reader is greener than a physical book - for me, i read maybe a book and a half each week? and as per below, its greener for me

i did a quick google
goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/are-reading-ebooks-on-e-readers-environmentally-friendly

if an e-reader owner reads fewer than 50 books on their e-reader it would have had a lighter impact on the environment. Once you break the 50 book threshold, you are getting your Captain Planet Badge.

I use the kindle app on my ipad. Admittedly I do not read (excluding work related stuff) as much as I should but have definitely done more than 50 books to date so imagine the average kindle reader reads much more.

@tillytrotter1 wtf? Wind your neck in. That's pretty rude.

Of course I don't and never have LET him do it.

That's a pretty nasty thing to say about a 5 year old. Give your head a fucking wobble.

Why does every nice thread have to have one nasty person on trying to spoil it?

I can't stand book sleeves either. I try very hard to keep them on but inevitably after a while get fed up and throw them away. Mind you I only get hardbacks once in a blue moon, on those rare occasions that I so desperately want a newly released book that waiting for a paperback isn't an option.

*hard stare over top of sensible librarian specs

I have a ring style popsocket on my kindle cover so I don’t need to grip the thing at all.

Ooh, what is this please? I get pins and needles in my hand when I hold my kindle in the bath.

This is today's thread on a first world problem, if ever there was one. Just make sure when you bin them OP they go for recycling.

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074M74BC3/ref=asc_df_B074M74BC357764125/?hvlocphy=9046703&linkCode=df0&hvptwo&hvnetw=g&hvadid=309785494452&creative=22146&hvpone&hvlocint&creativeASIN=B074M74BC3&hvpos=1o2&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl&hvqmt&tag=mumsnetforum-21&hvtargid=pla-403249773043&hvrand=3543670432395901055

Mine was a quid off eBay

stuck it on the kindle cover, works a treat

That was to bizzle

And yep, mine is also security against bathtime mishaps.

Yes kindle. I've got a lot of 'started' ebooks but very few completed. Cant warm to them. Ok on train.

And yep, mine is also security against bathtime mishaps.

Thanks for the link. Fortunately my kindle is waterproof but I've not tested it out yet.

heartofgold i do indeed work in publishing, in production, in fact. The printer will always print extra jackets so shops can replace knackered jackets. If the cloth or printed case gets damaged you can't replace it, which is an issue with a £20 hardback. There's probably a lot more unsaleable stock of non-jacketed hardbacks.

Yesterday DH bought a second-hand book where the jacket had done its job admirably in that the jacket had some mould in it (easily cleaned off) but the book itself was fine.

Persephone Books even jacket their paperbacks. They are lovely objects in themselves.

I guess we must be lucky because we have loads of hardbacks including a lot of very expensive art and architecture books and DD never touched any of them.