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Notebook cover quandary (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by dr_jekell@lemmy.world to c/fountainpens@lemmy.world

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There is something I have been wondering.

Various manufacturers regularly put out new notebooks with specialty covers either as a yearly special or a limited edition product.

My question is, why don't they start making covers instead/as well?

Hobonichi, Midori, Kokuyo and some others make basic covers but none make decorated paper, plastic, vinyl or fabric covers that can be moved between notebooks.

It would be nice to be able to get a fabric cover printed with something like Van Gogh's Starry Night.

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[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

The cynic in me says that it's because if they did this, you'd have less reason to buy their limited edition notebooks. If you could just buy a bunch of standard A5 notebooks for example, and one reusable cover, you'd probably stick with a cover design or two that you like and just buy standard notebooks which are likely cheaper, especially if you get them on sale. There's less profit in that arrangement for the manufacturers since you wouldn't need to keep buying limited edition (and likely higher priced) notebooks as you fulled them up.