I’ve bought a lot of notebooks, journals and sketchbooks throughout the years. This is one of my favorites. I have the staple bound blank paged one. It also comes glue bound and spiral bound. You can also get it lined or dotted. I love how smooth the paper is. It holds pens and colored pencils very well. I would not use any oil based markers on it because it does leak on to the back page. This doesn’t bother me though since I don’t write or draw on the backs anyways. The one I have is 40 pages. You can also buy it with 75 or 90 pages.