Dedicated followers: collectors of book inscriptions share their notes
(The Guardian Culture News)

The words left in books by their previous owners can tell intriguing stories - but do they enrich or sour the next reader´s experience?The book tells you a story before you´ve read a word of it. On the cover is Charlie Brown, carrying a baseball bat and dejectedly dragging his mitt, above the title in emphatic, meme-ish font: `WINNING MAY NOT BE EVERYTHING, BUT LOSING ISN´T ANYTHING!` And on in the inside leaf, written in pen in looping cursive: `I love you.`The pocket-sized book of Peanuts cartoons by Charles M Schulz, charming in clashing red and orange, is one of Wayne Gooderham´s favourites. `Everything about it works,` he says, leaning over the cafe table laden with his finds. `Charlie Brown on the cover, the title of the book, the sentiment inside - the fact that it´s been given away.` Continue reading...