If you can’t judge a book by its cover, talk to Thom Butcher and Melanie Tighe. The owners of independent used bookstore Dog-Eared Pages in Northwest Phoenix are human encyclopedias of literary lore, ...

When you hear someone talking about a dog-eared copy, as of a favorite book, it usually is accompanied by the words battered, worn, well-thumbed, shabby or time-worn. Usually the condition is a result ...

Some find folding down the corners akin to literary vandalism. For Jane Howard, to revisit those paper scars is to be haunted by – and reminded of – a past self ‘I’ve been rereading lots of books ...