It’s the indicator of when the last reader ended the book – Dog-eared the page and never picked it up again. Greater insight than any Amazon review can give you.
I started reading a book today, eye-rolled at the introduction and then was completely vindicated by seeing page 1 of chapter 1 dog-eared.
Normally it’s not so quick…but it does give me pause when I see a dog-eared page halfway through a book. Should I quit? Thoughts, from you library-using readers?
As someone who works in a library and has to go through every single book that comes in during my shift, and unfold Every. Single. Dog-ear. No. I can’t say that I do. I have seen books come in where half of the pages were dog-eared. It’s not a good indicator of the books contents. Only an indicator of the last person to read it. Not to mention dog-ears permanently damage the book. They can never be fixed and become prone to tearing.
If enough pages are dog-eared, our library considers them damaged and throws them out. I work in collection maintenance. Seconding the sentiment of “Stop doing that.”