If you can’t judge a book by its cover, talk to Thom Butcher and Melanie Tighe. The owners of independent used bookstore Dog-Eared Pages in Northwest Phoenix are human encyclopedias of literary lore, ...

When you hear someone talking about a dog-eared copy, as of a favorite book, it usually is accompanied by the words battered, worn, well-thumbed, shabby or time-worn. Usually the condition is a result ...

When I was in junior high, I know Mom noticed how my interest in reading books had accelerated. It all happened after I checked out a book with an old-west setting from the school library. Susan Davis ...