Highlighter or Pen Markers?

I dn't use either of them, i simply use a pencil. There's a reason behind it. Using highlighters or pen markers makes the books unsuitable for nybody else to read it. Worse, even u r also not gonna like it when u pick the book again for reading. Making use of pencil is much better. The pencil marks can be rubbed off easily.

You know what? I don't usually write in books. However, in college I used both but mainly highlighters.

I usually just put a post-it note or bookmark in the page that I want to remember. I agree with the former post about not really liking to mark up books. When someone else would read them, or if I was to reread them again down the road, they could possibly be interpreted different. I wouldn't want my perspective from that particular reading to influence anyone else's (or my future) view of the story.

I like to use a highlighter than a pen when reading a book or studying. But most of the time, I don't mark my books much because I don't study . LOL!

If it's for educational purpose, I use highlighters in marking my book. That way I can easily scan important stuff that I may refer to afterwards. If it's for personal or leisure reading, I don't mark my books at all. As I often like to enjoy the entire book and I'm not the type to take notes or quote from a book. ^_^

Neither, for the same reason as the poster below me. I use tiny post-it-notes instead.

I prefer highlighters myself. With more than one color you can even color code what you are emphasizing. I think the color cheers me up, and makes me pay more attention than a line of pen or pencil. I like different kinds of office supplies, and I really like high lighters and sticky notes.

I 'd like to highlight the part I want to remember and am interested in. by this way I can easily know where i should start to read and where I will end when I come back to review it again. Another reason for me to do that is when I come back to the books I have read, I feel a sense of accomplishment at the sight of these highlighed part. I usually will say to myself.I conquered them.lol...

I've tried using pens to mark what is important in my books, but then when I want to go back to that spot, it is so difficult to see where I've marked sometimes. So I've taken to using my highlighter instead....it makes things so much easier.

I used to use a pen, but now I have qualms about marking up books. I prefer to keep books in as close to original condition as possible. I usually even take off the dust jackets while I'm reading books so they don't get torn. Instead of marking a book up, I usually make a note in a notebook with the page number and my own thoughts about the passage. This seems to work better for me. I've reread some of the books that I marked up a long time ago and sometimes I wonder why I thought a particular passage was so great.

If they are books I don't want to keep, then I would highlighter pen, but if they are books that I find valuable and want to keep, I will not mark them. I would probably take notes from them instead. I am always using highlighter in magazines or written papers though, if I want to mark something that is interesting and want to refer to later. :-)

i like using highlighter than penmarkers... penmarkers are a little messy i cant concentrate on things ive marked coz of the lines but when you use a highlighter is easier to read the sentences that being higlighted.

When I was studying I used highlighter because it's easier for me to come back to the important words or phrases in the book.

Like several previous posters here, I do not generally mark up books. I do not mark the following: Books I borrow from the library Books I borrow from friends/family Fiction books When I do mark books, it's with a pencil and only the following: Educational and reference books I do occassionally use a highlighter, but it's typically for such things that would be more permanent (not up for interpretation) like definations, quotes, dates, names, etc. Concepts, ideas, and the like I would use a pencil. I also like to jot down additional stuffs in margins of books (in pencil of course).