For those readers still reading paper books how

[kairos12]

long can you retain a bookmark?

I'm good for about 3 days.

I need to use the old gas station method and attach a hubcap to the bookmark.

[Ohiogal]

1. I guess I don't have that problem

and I’ve always got a book or two going.

[Shrike47]

2. I don't use them, just try to remember where I was. It generally works.

[MLAA]

3. Forever, it is called a dog-eared page!

[tblue37]

4. I use bookmarks, and have some that I got 30 years or more ago. nt

[Runningdawg]

5. A real bookmark is just asking for the cat to steal it

I just use a piece of paper but I have to put it all the way in the book, if anything is hanging out the cat will steal it.

[demigoddess]

6. I usually use the slips they give you when you check out the book at the library.

Don't need them to last forever, you get another one when you check out the next book. Put it deeper in the book and you can't lose it.

Or a very large rubber band.

[Bayard]

7. I have a pile of bookmarks

We get them from donating to all kinds of wildlife organizations. But the flap on a book jacket works well too.

[PennyK]

8. Not a prob for me!

I use a gizmo for sewing called a Wonder Clip. I don't like them for sewing but they make great bookmarks and clips for cords.

[Tobin S.]

9. I usually bend them up and wear them out before I lose them.

About one every two books. I usually carry a book in my lunch box. That's why they get bent up.

[Kali]

10. I'm hard on books.

I will place them face down where I am, and ruin the spine, or just shove anything in there from a scrap of paper to laundry.

[Flaleftist]

11. They make books with paper?

[csziggy]

12. My favorite bookmarks are the little magnetic ones

Like these:


https://www.amazon.com/Monolike-Magnetic-Bookmarks-Tropical-Set/dp/B07FXVM7ZS?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_14

But they are getting harder to find. I think I will have to make my own:

But I like smaller than the ones shown in the video. That's the advantage of making my own - I can make whatever color and size I like!

[akraven]

13. I don't use them.

I confess. I dogear!

[Laffy Kat]

14. Paper bookmarks so I can nibble on the corners while I read.

It's comforting to me. Strange, I know. If I'm between bookmarks I try to remember the page I'm on.

[zanana1]

15. I tape a ribbon to the top of the spine of the book...

Then use the long part of the ribbon as a bookmark. Works like a dream.

[Phentex]

16. I love beautiful bookmarks!

They have to live on my nightstand or they do vanish.

I find those junk postcards from real estate companies make good bookmarks. They are sturdy and big enough to not disappear in the book.

[Mosby]

17. I use mini post-its.

If it's non fiction, I usually use several.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Oh for heaven's sake......

That is a lovely idea, and how could I have not thought of it years ago??? Thank you.

[bikebloke]

18. A plastic phone card

I've had it nearly 30 years since I had to make some calls while in New Zealand. When I finish one library book, I move it to the next.

[backtoblue]

19. I use strips of ribbon

Or bits of paper, napkins, whatever does the trick.

[mainstreetonce]

21. Junk mail

It's free