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Postby canvasch » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:37 pm

i'm gonna buy one of these for all my ender's game paperback books...

http://sticklebook.com/index.htm
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it's sexy....

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Postby Virlomi » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:47 pm

Does it hurt your books?

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Postby Hegemon » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:51 pm

yes... one of the things in the FAQ on that page is how to get your books to stop screaming in agony. They suggest rubbing the books with crushed tylenol tablets.

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Postby wizzard » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:55 pm

^ :lol:

It seems a bit gimmicky to me. If you have books there, they're taking up just as much space as a shelf would, and you can put more things on a shelf than just books. It does look kinda cool, though.
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Postby Jayelle » Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:18 pm

From the FAQ:
Does it damage the books?
Sticklebook's comb will leave a small mark on the ends of the book leaves but has been carefully designed to ensure as minimal marking as possible.

Does it matter how big or fat a book is?
Sticklebook's design is such that it can cope with all standard paperbacks.

Can I hang hardback books?
No - sticklebook has been designed for paperbacks only.
It only holds paperbacks and it leaves marks? No Thanks.
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Postby starlooker » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:19 pm

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Postby ratesjul » Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:03 pm

Seems weird to me. I'd be worried I'd wake up in the middle of the night to a crash when it fell on the floor.
one of the things in the FAQ on that page is how to get your books to stop screaming in agony. They suggest rubbing the books with crushed tylenol tablets.
That seems WAY too gimmicky a comment to be something that actually works.

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*giggles* It's a Kiwi thing!!
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Postby Rei » Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:47 am

eeee... I could never use that with my books. I love them too much and I don't want to see them ever damaged aside from being loved.
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Postby mr_thebrain » Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:51 am

i just don't see the point. why not have a real bookshelf? why risk damaging books or having them fall unexpectedly?

personally, i think it looks messy and inefficient.
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Postby Dr. Mobius » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:16 am

Unless that thing has some special hocus pocus that makes it work, you should be able to just put a row of hair combs on the wall and use that instead...
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Postby peterlocke123 » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:28 pm

From the FAQ:
Does it damage the books?
Sticklebook's comb will leave a small mark on the ends of the book leaves but has been carefully designed to ensure as minimal marking as possible.

Does it matter how big or fat a book is?
Sticklebook's design is such that it can cope with all standard paperbacks.

Can I hang hardback books?
No - sticklebook has been designed for paperbacks only.
It only holds paperbacks and it leaves marks? No Thanks.

Ewww, exactly as Jayelle said, although...it is kinda cool to have the illusion they're just hanging there...

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Postby mr_thebrain » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:36 pm

hair combs eh? yeah, i could probably make that. i won't. but i could.
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Postby Miss Abbie » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:05 am

I would die... it hurts the books and it doesn't even keep them in a straight line.
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Postby Jebus » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:58 pm

Yea, if you want to go for the minimalist look, use a glass shelf.

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Postby Nicholas » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:37 pm

yeea I’m agreeing with Miss Abbie 'not in a straight line' it would annoy me to death! not to mention it would hurt my precious books.
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Re: invisible bookshelf

Postby TerresaWiggin » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:08 pm

one word earthquake
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Postby Cassandra » Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:40 pm

I wanna invent something weird.
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I support this goal! :)

I have a cool idea that it would cool (and a space saver) to store books on a ceiling...

but that's a bad idea considering I live in earthquake zone lol
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Re: invisible bookshelf

Postby TerresaWiggin » Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:51 pm

how about a Murphy bed that folds up into a book shelf, kinda like taking books under the bed to a new level, as I am totally acing the current one. seriously though I end up with half my books slipping under there and I have to go fish them out all the time. hey what about a house with all the walls made entirely of books, though once again earthquake hazard... E-book overall make a nice solution if only they weren't so expensive. If anything they should be cheaper since there are no printing costs. But hey the world we live in makes no sense so why should this. anyways those are all my crazy ideas for tonight.
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Re: invisible bookshelf

Postby KennEnder » Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:58 pm

how about a Murphy bed that folds up into a book shelf, kinda like taking books under the bed to a new level
Personally, I'd prefer the "hidden bed behind the bookshelf" ... you'd open the bookshelf like doors and there's your Murphy bed behind it!
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Re: invisible bookshelf

Postby TerresaWiggin » Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:05 pm

nice :thumbs:
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