At high school and uni whenever I carved my name with pen into the page edges of my newly bought textbooks on the first day of term to dissuade book thiefs, I a

At high school and uni whenever I carved my name with pen into the page edges of my newly bought textbooks on the first day of term to dissuade book thiefs, I always held the book face up while doing so. It would have felt unnatural to hold the book upside down while performing this sacred rite.