MADAM – Now that sticky labels have raised ire in the art world (Letters, ATG passim), your readers might like to know that they are the bookseller’s equivalent of Post-It notes in books.
Many colleagues insist on using them to avoid writing the prices in books, but they should know that as soon as a Post-It note is placed on a page, it begins to leave a residue.
The longer it remains on the page, the more difficult it will become to remove to the extent that, especially on coated end-papers, it may actually damage the surface.