JimmyH
Puritan Board Senior
I suppose many of the members of PB buy used books. I have been building a library and have, in the past, had an aversion to underlining, highlighting or margin notes In books. I will always ask the seller if it is not specified as to whether the text is 'clean'.
My old Scofield reference Bible bought new in 1986 has both underlining and margin notes. I find this distracting, even though it is my own, but back then I thought that was the thing to do.
Now I have a wide margin NASB and I underline text in red and since it is a red letter edition, I underline works of our Lord in black. Margin notes where I feel the need. I absolutely will not 'mark up' any other Bible that I own, which is quite a few.
Of course if I were a pastor, preparing sermon outlines, I would probably use margin notes routinely. I have begun using underlining and margin notes in books. I use pencil so that in the future, if the books change hands, the next owner can erase my marks if they choose.
I also will note the important, to me, page numbers on the front endpaper of said book. I'll write the page number and a word or two synopsis of what I feel is important to refer to on said page. This is my solution to being able to access material, that I feel is important, at a later date.
If anyone has their own thoughts on this to contribute to the thread please do.
My old Scofield reference Bible bought new in 1986 has both underlining and margin notes. I find this distracting, even though it is my own, but back then I thought that was the thing to do.
Now I have a wide margin NASB and I underline text in red and since it is a red letter edition, I underline works of our Lord in black. Margin notes where I feel the need. I absolutely will not 'mark up' any other Bible that I own, which is quite a few.
Of course if I were a pastor, preparing sermon outlines, I would probably use margin notes routinely. I have begun using underlining and margin notes in books. I use pencil so that in the future, if the books change hands, the next owner can erase my marks if they choose.
I also will note the important, to me, page numbers on the front endpaper of said book. I'll write the page number and a word or two synopsis of what I feel is important to refer to on said page. This is my solution to being able to access material, that I feel is important, at a later date.
If anyone has their own thoughts on this to contribute to the thread please do.