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Overheard a librarian say something about book spines that blew my mind
I was at the public library in my town picking up holds and heard this librarian tell a teenager that the spines are designed to be read from bottom to top for a reason. She said it's so you can read the title while the book is lying face up, which I NEVER thought about in 30 years of reading. Has anyone else noticed this or am I just late to the party?
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ray1364d ago
@the_nathan right? I was just as stunned. I've probably handled thousands of books in my life and never once caught on to the bottom-to-top spine thing. It makes total sense though, especially for those fat paperbacks where the title is huge. @the_nathan that librarian really did open our eyes to something hidden in plain sight.
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Respectfully, I see it a little different. In my experience, most folks grab a book off a shelf with the spine facing them, and bottom-to-top means you have to tilt your head to read it. Your mileage may vary, but it always seemed like a design choice that made more sense decades ago than it does now.
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