BookFactoryBlack Banded Journal/Banded Diary - 192 Pages, Black Cover, 5.25" x 8.27" (JOU-192-CCS-K)

These are great! They look great, and are very pleasant to write in. Price is good for how many pages are inside! :-)

Excellent quality

As described and fast delivery

A little pricey but needed a diary asap so prompt and clean packaging / delivwry

Good

Very expensive for item

I bought these as an alternative to Moleskine notebooks but have found they do not compare on several levels. The covers of these notebooks are made from paper (unlike leather for Moleskine or Vinyl for some other makes) which makes them much less durable. They also do not have a pocket inside the back cover like many other similar notebooks. They have a slightly obtrusive Book Factory stamp on the back cover. Other than that they are serviceable.

So far it has held up strong and I can't find a bad thing to say about it.

Though it was a wee bit smaller than I thought, my fault for not paying attention, it will still suit my needs very well, I just may have to get another one as well. I am very happy the pages are lined, good quality paper, especially love the elastic page reminder. The price is great for a hard cover journal, I would recommend this one after much reviewing prior to my purchase.

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A good journal for what you're paying for; 2.5 months of mild wear/tear and it still looks quite nice. I kept it out of water and mostly in bags, though. I write in it daily with dark gel-ink pens, which don't bleed through; and the binding is still intact, as are the elastic and bookmark ribbons. It can lie flat just find and the binding will hold.The outside has a plastic-y feel, so it's not high-class, but it looks plain and elegant enough to take notes in a professional setting if that's what you want it for. Also, there's no pocket, but I knew that when I was buying it, so there's no complaints on that end. I sometimes tuck a few folded sheets of paper into it for later reference and it hasn't affected the binding or elastic's ability to hold, and the papers don't tend to fall out (even index cards).Definitely a cheaper and reasonable alternative to some more expensive brands.

I liked the looks of this book..Very understated..I gave it to my niece for her diary and she seems to be using it..

I originally purchased one of these in green for use as a work notebook.While Moleskine is the go-to known brand for notebooks like this but I didn't want to put down that much money and pick up that much snobbery for something that I wasn't sure I was going to use often. I also ordered these pens to go with it, based on my preference for the style and other reviewers indication that it does not bleed through the page .I've attempted to keep a personal journal at various points in my life and never really been able to make the habit. I've tried everything from spiral bound notebooks, to bookstore-art notebooks, to Field Notes, to one of those handmade-paper leather bound jobbies I ordered from Amazon to guilt myself into it. No dice. The comfort I felt in touching pen to this paper immediately surprised me. It isn't magic and there isn't anything inherently life altering about it but it feels good to the touch, the book lays open in a comfortable way and the lines are perfectly spaced. It's simple and it works fantastically.I was so happy with it that I purchased the red/black variety for a more specific project. I'm even looking forward to filling it up so that I can get another!