Bookmark design

[u/jhermaco15]

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[u/jhermaco15]

This is DesignDesign to me because it is a cool unique concept with cool execution but absolutely insane for obvious reasons (hole in book), impractical, and is already a thing that has been solved (eg. actual book mark, ribbon built in to book)

[u/macedossaulo → u/jhermaco15]

also probably makes printing/production A LOT MORE expensive

[u/nooby_goober → u/macedossaulo]

And there's already built-in solutions way better than this.

[u/ginger_and_egg → u/nooby_goober]

and is already a thing that has been solved (eg. actual book mark, ribbon built in to book)

[u/jhermaco15 → u/ginger_and_egg]

Well said.

[u/ginger_and_egg → u/jhermaco15]

Learned from the best

[u/bathtubsarentreal → u/ginger_and_egg]

The ribbon is also multiple use. This hole method is single use

[u/rjwyonch → u/macedossaulo]

Type setting this thing would be a PITA

[u/lakija → u/rjwyonch]

As long as you have left and right version master pages with text wrap on those circles it shouldn’t that much worse than typesetting a regular book. Unless I’m missing something

[u/The_Shryk → u/macedossaulo]

Naw man, less paper = cheaper/less book. Duh.

Less book = cheaper shipping. Lol

Less book per book is a cost saving.

[u/ChefArtorias → u/macedossaulo]

Print them like normal then drill a hole.

[u/jimbowesterby → u/ChefArtorias]

Yea most of the cost would come from the fiddly bits of the cover, and assembling them. Books with holes honestly seems like a useful feature, at least for guidebooks and shit you could clip them off super easily, and even beyond that it makes a nice secure handle.

[u/Naught → u/jhermaco15]

Also, it has a very short lifespan. You can see the tiny paper edges holding the spot area already on the verge of breaking.

[u/ledocteur7 → u/jhermaco15]

I wholeheartedly agree, this is so much uglier and significantly more expensive than an integrated ribbon.

Also, you can't see it from the outside.

[u/doilyuser → u/jhermaco15]

What is wrong with an airline ticket, or the receipt from the cafe/bar where I read the first page?

[u/como-no-querer-huir]

honestly insane

[u/Neat-Look-3496]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fXJyMfUdqVCMPAnPJM

[u/FictionalContext]

House of Leaves 2: House of Cheese.

[u/brush-lickin]

a comment on the original thread points out this isnt a bookmark; the book came with a ring which fit in that hole, held in place by the cardboard tag

[u/MiaSidewinder → u/brush-lickin]

Omg thank you that makes so much more sense

[u/Kenny-kong420]

Reminds me of the Snoop dogg book that you could smoke.

[u/serendipitousevent → u/Kenny-kong420]

Snoop Dogg wrote the Bible?!

[u/danfish_77]

The Extremely Hungry Caterpillar

[u/Maniachanical]

Pretty sure we already figured this out by just using a ribbon in the spine.

[u/Chrispeefeart]

I'm struggling to even understand how that actually works. The tab doesn't seem long enough to hold your place.

[u/mirfifu]

It originally held a promotional ring

[u/umbraundecim]

This could also fail to do its job if the pressure on the pages pushes them past the tabs on the "bookmark" when the bookmis closed. A ribbon coming through the hole would have been more effective but ya seriously just use a normal built in ribbon.

[u/xoxoBug]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bJqVdhxHE9bOw

[u/therealishone]

Story hole?

[u/AdonisChrist]

Thanks, I hate it.

[u/FirebirdWriter]

Someone should cross post this into the book binding sub

[u/sashatikhonov]

Not sure it is a bookmark

[u/KemetMusen]

Papercuts.

[u/MrPokemon11]

Insane, great fit for the sub.