"Do You Write In Your Books?" Topic

Textbooks, of course I used highlighters and some margin notes. As I think about it, some rulebooks also got the same treatment.
I do not recall highlighting or writing in non fiction or fiction books

Only if there is an obvious error in a non-fiction book.

Jim

Only if they deserve to be written in …

Protesting the possible answers
Heavens No is my choice

The word for this is "annotation." It is a learned skill.

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Some rare books can be more valuable depending on who annotated it. For example, a book owned by Thomas Jefferson with his annotation in the margins would be more valuable than without it.

Other. Only very rarely.

I have too much respect for books to disgrace them with my poor penmanship.

Other: Rarely.

I tend to write in rules books ( to clarify or change something) and OB books.

Do I write in my books? What do you take me for, a Philistine?

It depends. My copy of the Federalist Papers is covered in notes. When I buy a book to do research for a class I'm writing – yes. My Ospreys or fiction books – no.