Do you have the habit to make dog's ear in the books?  

No! Never! If I can't find my bookmark, I use a paper clip or even a piece of paper. As a child, I thought books were living things, and I didn't want to hurt them. They provided too much joy. Now I respect their integrity and I don't want to damage them.

i used to-but only on non-valuable books like paperbacks.
i try not to at all now though,it wrecks the page after awhile.i can always find a piece of paper or something to hold the place.

I would never dog ear a book that belonged to someone else, but I do it to mine all the time. I also underline and make notes in the margins. A lot of my books are nonfiction, and I use them for research. Dog ears on the pages that have information I'm going to want to go back to,give me a good idea where to find it instead of having to thumb through page after page.

I am not doing such a cruel thing to books! I enjoy reading books a like them, but never ruin them! I don't make EVERYTHING to protect books like I'm not giving them second cover, but if I can avoid it - I'm doing it.

Hi Teka, I use a paper clip if I have one to mark my place. It will not come out so easily and it does not ruin the pages. If I can't find one I put a piece of paper or something else in between the pages. Happy MyLotting...

i most always use a bookmark. sometime if it is my own book & i have lost my bookmark i have dogeared it but never in libaray books.

i only used to do that to my books and only the cheap ones...mostly i would carry books around wiht me on the bus and the tram so using a bookmark would mean losing it...same for using the tram ticket as bookmark...but if i use someone else's books then im very respectful of them and dont ruin them...anyway i think that making ears or writing on one's books is not a bad thing, actually i love those books with a "story" of their own...

Many years ago I did this and as the books got older I found that the page would tear along that line and would mess up that page, losing that corner. Making that page look awful and distroying the book. So I starting using page markers, thus no longer ruining my books.

You have a new word friend in which you called it dog ear and I was really thinking on what you mean and just now I got it it is when you fold the end of the book as a book mark that you call it as a dog ear and in my way I always make a marker on my book and put it in place of the pages of the book so that it would be easy to take it if I need it.....

I confess! I do, but only in my own books. Never in a borrowed book.