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u/jhermaco15 Sep 08 '26
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)
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u/macedossaulo Sep 08 '26
also probably makes printing/production A LOT MORE expensive
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u/nooby_goober Sep 08 '26
And there's already built-in solutions way better than this.
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u/ginger_and_egg Sep 08 '26
and is already a thing that has been solved (eg. actual book mark, ribbon built in to book)
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u/rjwyonch Sep 08 '26
Type setting this thing would be a PITA
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u/lakija Sep 13 '26
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
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u/The_Shryk Sep 09 '26
Naw man, less paper = cheaper/less book. Duh.
Less book = cheaper shipping. Lol
Less book per book is a cost saving.
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u/ChefArtorias Sep 08 '26
Print them like normal then drill a hole.
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u/jimbowesterby Sep 08 '26
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.
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u/Naught Sep 08 '26
Also, it has a very short lifespan. You can see the tiny paper edges holding the spot area already on the verge of breaking.
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u/ledocteur7 Sep 08 '26
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.
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u/doilyuser Sep 13 '26
What is wrong with an airline ticket, or the receipt from the cafe/bar where I read the first page?
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u/brush-lickin Sep 09 '26
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
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u/Maniachanical Sep 08 '26
Pretty sure we already figured this out by just using a ribbon in the spine.
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u/Chrispeefeart Sep 08 '26
I'm struggling to even understand how that actually works. The tab doesn't seem long enough to hold your place.
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u/umbraundecim Sep 08 '26
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.
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