Reading and Editions
Finding Your Place in a Book With Running Heads
Use the small text at the top of a book’s pages to navigate, while distinguishing running heads from the main text and chapter titles.
BOOKS & THE LIFE AROUND THEM
Keep the conversation going after the last page.
Reading notes, thoughtful book discussions and practical ways to care for the collection you live with.
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Between the covers
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Reading Nonfiction
An Appendix Can Support a Book Without Repeating Its Main Argument
Read a nonfiction appendix by identifying the question it supports, then connect its tables, methods or documents with the relevant passage in the main text.
Ways of Reading
Read a Verse Novel Through Its Line Breaks as Well as Its Plot
Notice how line endings, white space and sentence movement shape a verse novel, without assuming every short line requires a full pause.
The Physical Book
A Book’s Endpapers Are Part of Its Construction
Look closely at a hardcover’s pastedown and free endpaper to understand the book’s construction without pulling, flattening or attempting repairs.
Book Collecting
Uneven Book Edges Are Not Always Damage
Rough page edges may be an intentional feature. Check the edition and look for actual damage before trimming or returning a book.
Reading Practice
Follow Two Timelines When a Novel Refuses to Start at the Beginning
Keep track of a novel’s changing chronology without spoiling later chapters or turning a first reading into a research project.