Random Things Found in Used Books, Part 1

I found this in a copy of Machiavelli’s The Prince. It was obviously an ad hoc bookmark, but either side had blocks of content unharmed. Looks like it was torn from one of those skeevy urban alt-magazines that complain about everything.

4 Comments

  • Jill says:

    That’s funny. Not having lived in an urban environment for a long time, I see the content, if not tone, has altered a little over the years.
    Bookmarks and marginalia. Fun stuff entirely lacking in ebooks. I guess there’s the highlighting in ebooks, but it’s not very personal. It’s only noteworthy for the sheer quantity of people that all highlight the same inane sentences.

    • Jay DiNitto says:

      Judging by the dates mentioned in the first photo, I assume that paper was published was sometime after the 2016 election and before the midterms in 2018.

      If you highlight something on a Kindle, on an Amazon-bought book, does it show up on Amazon or Goodreads somewhere? I’m not familiar with how all that works.

  • Ed Hurst says:

    I notice that on both sides we see examples of not really addressing the issue, but using it as an excuse to vent on things totally impertinent.

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