Dog ears

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Dog ears is an informal name for folding the corner of pages to mark where you are in a book, as opposed to using an actual bookmark. While generally frowned upon by those that want to preserve books in their original condition, it is particularly common in use on paperbacks which are designed to be cheaper and more harshly used than hardcovers. Sometimes, it is also used to keep sheets of paper together, in the absence of a stapler or paper clip.

In 2007 IBM released a social computing product called "Connections" with a functional element named "Dog Ears" allowing users to bookmark websites of personal interest, and allowing other users to subscribe to these "Dog Ears" if they had similar interests.