Imean paperbacks are cheap and would also probably do this on their own in due time anyway. If he was doing this to hardcovers I’d see it as a bit of an issue.

I love destroying the books I read. I buy ancient paperbacks used and choose not to care about their well-being, storing them in my pocket until the wheels fall off. When I read Dracula my book had no front or back cover and I kept the last 15 or so pages tucked in loose in the middle of the book because they would fall off every time I cracked it open.

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.

Just get a freaking backpack.

They do this for you in Korea. A lot of long novels are released chopped up into ~200 page chunks.

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

Oh shit, I left the half with the end notes at home!

I shred my books to save time reading

Insanity. Also doesn’t work with IJ unless you ignore the end notes.

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.

In all honesty, in no way sarcastically, I consider this a war crime.

Skip jail. Straight to a firing squad of librarians.

“yeah, I just finished Infinite. It was pretty good, abrupt ending though. I hear Jest picks up right where it left off.”

Release the hounds!

I know a woman that cut her textbooks in college to make them less heavy to carry. She is unique.