I shred the binding side with a saw, so I can scan the book with my Fujitsu scanner. Easy way to digitalize a entire book.
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This is the book version of ed gein
They do this for you in Korea. A lot of long novels are released chopped up into ~200 page chunks.
Just get a freaking backpack.
Oh shit, I left the half with the end notes at home!
I shred my books to save time reading
I've done this for coloring books before, but only to make the sheets more accessible. I have never once complained about the transportation issues of a book. Git gud scrub
Insanity. Also doesn't work with IJ unless you ignore the end notes.
Just read books on your phone, or a tablet. You can carry an entire library with you.
I don't even like it when they destroy books to scan them by cutting off their spines. I prefer when they use scanning methods that preserve the books as well as possible. This feels just straight up evil.
I stopped getting upset about this sort of thing when I learned libraries destroy books as part of their normal operations.
They do? That's gotta be upsetting in a similar way as becoming a veterinarian and having to put down animals a lot.
I had the same reaction, but having had time to sit with it for a few years I've taken a more pragmatic view. It's not like they're memory holing the books or trying to wipe them out.
They just have too many books and not enough space.
In all honesty, in no way sarcastically, I consider this a war crime.
I cut mine cross-wise to save space. There is a lot of authors who make no sense.
This is a well used strategy on trips that last a month or more with limited space or weight for gear, think backpacking or sailing. Rip book in half, take first half of book to start trip, mail the second half to the resupply spot for pickup. Also used when stormbound and just one book among multiple people.
"yeah, I just finished Infinite. It was pretty good, abrupt ending though. I hear Jest picks up right where it left off."
Skip jail. Straight to a firing squad of librarians.
Easy to spot, they're the only firing squad with silencers
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