But they are an art itself. Look at the binding! The paper! The fingerprint free cover!
It is like so... holy and pristine and... just out of the world.
Talking about that, I stumbled across a very entertaining video from Jerryartsrama YouTube Channel talking about a New Sketchbook Syndrome. Quite true, quite true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFCknHC8NAo
He is very entertaining.