Nerd Heaven

Perhaps one of the worst feelings in the world (okay… not the worst feeling… but close) is losing a book. If you don’t have your name somewhere in the book, the book is as good as gone. What claim do you have to it?

To combat this you have to identify yourself in the book. Some people write their names on the inside cover along with the date of purchase. However, this can be a problem if you have handwriting that might be compared to chicken-scratch.

Solution: make your own book plates. Book plates are what libraries use to identify their books. They are normally placed on the inside cover of the book and are held on by some form of adhesive. They can be big or small, color or black and white, and made of many different kinds of material.

For me there were three options:

1. Buy some small labels and makes some small book plates. This is the cheapest option, but not necessarily the cleanest looking or the “classiest.” Cost: varies.
2. Buy larger labels and use a free template from Avery. This allows you to customize to your hearts content. Cost: $10.92 for 60 labels (plus the cost of printing).
3. Buy LSB Adhesive Bookplates from CPH. These work perfectly for me since the books that I’m putting these plates in are theology books. They are the right size and the cost is $12.95 for 150 labels (plus the cost of printing).

I was really surprised to find out that it would be cheaper to buy the nice labels from CPH. These are the perfect solution for the person who needs to mark their books. If you have any other solutions, go ahead and leave a comment.

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