Just what the overly-generous lender of books has always wanted: a loan-shark style kit to guilt-trip their borrowers into returning their precious books, with a dash of Library nostalgia thrown in for good measure!
There are no lump-hammers or leg posts included here. What you will get, though, is a date stamp, ink pad, pencil, 20 pockets and 20 checkout cards. A "fun and gentle" reminder to your borrowers that they do need to give your shit back, and by a certain date no less! Guaranteed to help you to keep friends for longer!
photo from foyles.co.uk
...and even if this won't actually force your borrowers to give that beloved literature back, it's a neat way to keep track of who you've lent to. If you're anything like me you constantly forget.
The only downside I can see to this product is that, for me, books are art. It's the reason I don't own a kindle, the reason I don't use book plates or metal book marks, the reason I don't lend books to "spine-benders" and the reason why I always threw a massive hissy-fit whenever I'd be asked in literature classes to annotate a text. On these grounds I might be a bit too much of a purist, and not enough of a lover of the library aesthetic to be gluing pockets to the inside covers of my favourite books.
photo from foyles.co.uk
The Personal Library Kit can be purchased on the high street at Foyle's (£11.95) and Waterstones (also £11.95). Amazon, of course, also sell at £10.99
ISBN: 9781601060723
Refills are available, but are pretty hard to come by, even online, for any reasonable price. It'd probably cost you less to just buy an entirely new kit when you run out.
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