The printing of titles on book spines

Re:The printing of titles on book spines by kleiba on Saturday June 03, 2017 @05:07PM (#14478493)

I don't understand why you couldn't just put a book upside down on the shelf if you want its spine print to face the same way as books that are printed the other way around. "Don't worry, the letters won't fall out."

Likewise, if it's so important that the spines can be read for a stack of books in a store, turn all of them to their face except for the top one... oh, yes, and hope that no-one buys the top one or else someone needs to keep flipping the new top of the stack.

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Re:The printing of titles on book spines by saagarjha on Saturday June 03, 2017 @05:16PM (#14478544)

I'd wager that many people (such as me) think it feels "wrong" when the book is upside down. This is especially true if the spine has some sort of artwork.

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Re:The printing of titles on book spines by animal531 on Monday June 05, 2017 @10:15AM (#14487723)

Definitely. When eating packets of chips I never open them from the bottom, it just feels wrong.

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Re:The printing of titles on book spines by vorg on Sunday June 04, 2017 @05:04AM (#14480470)

At high school and uni whenever I carved my name with pen into the page edges of my newly bought textbooks on the first day of term to dissuade book thiefs, I always held the book face up while doing so. It would have felt unnatural to hold the book upside down while performing this sacred rite.

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Re:The printing of titles on book spines by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday June 04, 2017 @09:59AM (#14481626)

The letters might fall out.

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Re:The printing of titles on book spines by mirimir on Saturday June 03, 2017 @09:55PM (#14479518)

That's what I do :)

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