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Do you keep the slipcases that come with your books, or throw them away?

>> No.16608408
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16608408

>>16608398
You keep them.

>> No.16608414

I usually toss them. It's just one more thing I gotta deal with in order to get to my book. I just want to grab my book off the shelf as quickly and easily as possible.

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16608425

>>16608414
Why the shelf though?
Or the covers? Rip those off. Preface too, right?

>> No.16608522

>>16608398
Of course you keep them, they're aesthetically pleasing and you already paid for them

>> No.16608565

>>16608414
You should break the spines too so your books open faster.

>> No.16608570

I keep them because I like the rush of air that comes out when you pull the book out

>> No.16608572

>>16608565
not him but I do break all my spines

>> No.16608578

>>16608398
Discard. Shelf space is more valuable than tacky covers

>> No.16608592

>>16608425
Do you think if you told someone you were planning on taking off your eyeliner/lipstick it would be appropriate for them to ask
>why those though? Or the eyebrows? Rip those off. Face too, right?

>> No.16608599

>>16608398
I rip them off in disgust then make new ones so all my slipcases match. Don't you?

>> No.16608601

>>16608578
surely you would but a cheap paperback with small print and fewer pages instead of a fancy slipcase edition then

>> No.16608603

>>16608398
why would I pay the money for a book that comes with a *slipcase* and not keep it

>> No.16608611

>>16608601
>surely you would but a cheap paperback with small print and fewer pages instead of a fancy slipcase edition then
Most of the time I do but occasionally there'll be a set which only comes in a slipcase or I'll see a dirt cheap used copy where I'd not save any money buy purchasing the cheaper paperback.

>> No.16608618

>>16608398
The only reason I buy a slipcased book is because I liked the book and probably read, and still have, the paperback. It looks cooler in my "library" rather than the dog eared, age chewed paperback. And it reminds me, "Yeah, I need to read that one again". Of course, in my original paper back

>> No.16608937

>>16608408
>>16608425

I crushed so hard on this girl growing up

>> No.16609088

>>16608398
Cases are for people who want to display books, not read them.

>> No.16609096

>>16609088
you can do both

>> No.16609100

>>16608398
I burn them.

>> No.16609111

>>16608937
Me too. The original Goth. I probably would have been disappointed in the real thing though

>> No.16609156

>>16608398
i throw away the books and fill them with pornos so to impress my hosts while not wasting space in my house

>> No.16609161

>>16609156
> hosts
i meant guests

>> No.16609197

>>16609161
Better without the correction anon. Lol

>> No.16609462

>>16608398
I keep them. If it even has a slip cover, then it's some kind of special edition, and if I dish out money for a special addition, then it's for aesthetic reasons.
Either that, or it's a box set, and then why wouldn't I want to keep my books together?

>> No.16609574

Keep them, obviously. They reserve the space on the shelf that the book should be returned to.

>> No.16609610

>>16608570
This man knows it.

>> No.16609666

>>16608398
Nah, luckily there are no slipcases in my Goyndle Kikereader™