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Re:Writing summaries is more important than reading more books by bikenaga on Saturday May 20, 2023 @01:53PM (#36014030)
I was using Post-Its to mark pages and add comments, but I stopped after reading some warnings about the glue damaging pages:

https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/post-it-or-not-post-it

http://libraries.ucsd.edu/preservation/postits.html

It's not clear from these articles how soon damage becomes apparent; I haven't noticed any yet in books which had Post-Its. It may not matter if you don't intend your books to have archival value.

I've tried Book Darts for marking pages, and they can also be used like paper clips to hold notes. I write short notes in pencil, but try to avoid dark leads which make marks hard to erase.

Re:Writing summaries is more important than reading more books by jonsen on Saturday May 20, 2023 @03:55PM (#36015013)
Second link of yours doesn't work for me.

I have at least a few Post-it notes in every book. Some sitting there for thirty years or more. Never experienced any problem. Always used the real Post-it from 3M.

Re:Writing summaries is more important than reading more books by bikenaga on Saturday May 20, 2023 @05:25PM (#36015761)