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By: The Organization of Moms

The Organization of Moms — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:34:47 +0000

Thanks for all the kind words about Avery NoteTabs and all the great ideas. We’re pretty excited about this new product, and glad to hear all of you are too. As we were developing the product, one of the biggest opportunities we uncovered was to protect books from marginalia, so these were a perfect fit.

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By: finallygettingtoeven.com

finallygettingtoeven.com — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:23:40 +0000

These are fabulous! I have not noticed them in the stores as of yet but i can assure you on my next trip i will be checking them out. Thanks so much for the heads up!

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:47:51 +0000

I just write in the book.

Don’t have to find postits which saves time, don’t have to go to store and search for postits which saves time, don’t have to buy postits which saves money, don’t have to store postits which saves room, don’t have to remove postits when giving away book to salvation arm which saves time, and I’m probably leaving out a dozen other savings of not using clear postits for that purpose.

It’s no wonder to me that they didn’t catch on! If you like them, be sure to buy a million, cause the product will surely die again.

By: Wanda

Wanda — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:13:58 +0000

I have been reading more books from the library (great for my budget and brain). Some readers have corrected the typos (in pencil). Once I even had to correct the character name.
I wish we had clear the post its when I was in college. One of my class mates forgot his book during lecture and turned my text into a collage of highlighted color. Why he didn’t just highlight the less important part would have saved a lot of ink.

Oh, and by the way, I hate dog ears on a book. Can’t find a scrap of paper or memorize the page number?

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:00:00 +0000

Ginger, I do the same thing. If I’m reading a book that I’ll want notes on I use an index card as a bookmark and take notes as I go.

Then I type up my notes ASAP so I can’t lose them!

By: Mari

Mari — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:59:05 +0000

Thank you for sharing….I love these tabs. I too have been using the smaller sticky tabs, which are difficult to write notes on. Thank you also for giving the information about the book, I was curious and wanted to know more about it. I’ll be checking them both out!

By: mamabeck

mamabeck — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:11:06 +0000

I LOVE this!
…wonder if our store has them, yet?!?!?

By: Ginger

Ginger — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:54:30 +0000

Those are pretty neat, but I’m going to stick to my old routine. I usually use index cards for jotting down notes and they also serve the purpose as a bookmark. It works well for me, they never fell out, and they are cheap.

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By: Anita

Anita — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:24:33 +0000

I’ve only ever highlighted or marked up textbooks (1) I owned and (2) wanted to keep. I still have them and I find it useful to have the mark-ups whenever I go back to them for reference.

For books I didn’t own, I used paper Post-its. For books I owned but wanted to sell I used pencil and, before selling them, went through the book with an eraser and also copied down any passages I wanted to remember.

This system worked for me, and I guess it was also more eco-friendly, though it never occurred to me at the time. Not really advocating against clear post-its, just sharing what served me well.