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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 5820279" data-attributes="member: 13703">Nope, no marks at all in my books.  Not even a name on the inside front cover (although I am considering putting my name on the inside of my 3.5E PHB to avoid confusion).I have put sticky notes or sticky flags in books before, and was disappointed to find that the ones I put in my PHB left the page slightly tacky when I removed them.I try to treat my roleplaying books (and all my books in general, but the RPG ones in particular) with the utmost care.  I remember lending my Kingdoms of Kalamar campaign setting hardcover to one of my friends.  He only had it for 2weeks, but when I got it back the hardcover had come away along the spine.  It still looks normal-ish, but the spine now feels all soft and I imagine it would damage a lot easier.I'm still annoyed about that book to this day, even though I almost never use it.  As a result, I am really reluctant to lend any of my RPG books out to people, even friends.The one exception to this has been my Shackled City AP Hardcover.  Over the 3+ years of running the campaign it spent so much time in my backpack (I would read it on the train to and from work) that all the corners are tatty and even some of the cover along the spine has started to tear.While I hate seeing my books damaged, I sort of see that as a badge of honour for that book.  The reason why it is so damaged is due to the amount of use I got out of it.  Now that the campaign has finished it has served its time and can enjoy a nice "retirement".Unsurprisingly, I also never wrote in my university textbooks.  I bought them all brand new and after I was finished using them they looked as good as new (and I did actually use them!).I guess it's just not in my to mark up my books.Olaf the Stout</blockquote>

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