Reviews for Twelve South 13" BookBook Hardback Leather Case for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina Display

Warning! If your a 13" Macbook Pro with retina display user do not waste $80 dollars on this case. This may fit a 13" macbook Air perfectly, but not a 13" retina. When you put the retina in the case, the elastics barely grab on to the corners of your screen, and if you just open your retina display a tad bit past 90 degrees the elastics slip right off leaving you with a dangling back of the case. Due this problem it defeats the purpose of the case and i ended up returning this. I'v also seen in other reviews that people had the same problem!!

In conclusion, this case is beautiful and is really made for the Macbook air, but do favour for yourself and do not buy this case if you have a macbook retina. I tell you this so you do not disappoint yourself.

It has a thin leather outer cover and compress cardboard for stiffness, and ultra suede lining with light padding. Care in closing and not forcing the zipper is key. Perfect fit even with plastic case on the apple. I find little fault with this case and I purchase two additional bookbooks for my other apple devices. Yes, it has scratches..you want it to have scratches and look used. It is a used book..duh! When hot in use I keep all devices in their respective bookbooks.

It turned my beautiful Macbook Air into something indescribably luxurious!

I received the 15" MacBook Pro version for my birthday. The computer fits perfectly even with the plastic Speck case on it. This case really looks like an antique book. It had scratches on it when purchased, but I think this is intentional to create the the look of an antique book. Leather smells good, not obnoxious & cheap.

I have heard several people say that they have plastic zippers on their Twelve South BookBook cases. I can only guess that they have a different generation (if there is such a thing for the BookBook) case, or that the case for the MacBook Air uses different zippers than for the MacBook Pro.

I have a 13" MacBook Pro, and received my BookBook case yesterday. Excited as ever, I removed it from the package and inserted my 1 month old MacBook Pro, which I love only marginally less than my children (just kidding, but thought it would work for emphasis).

After removing it once so I could snap the elastic corner stays from the case onto my MBP, I was shocked and upset to see and feel that the zippers had scratched the corners of my MBP, mainly the corners of the lid........but it really scratched them, and since I invested a lot in my MacBook (a lot for me, anyway), it kind of upset me.

I can't say that I don't love the BookBook......it is beautiful, and looks like a large encyclopedia (if Twelve South came up with a way for customers to personalize their BookBooks, i'd be willing to bet they would make more of a killing than they probably already are at $79.99 a pop). I will use the case until the stitches pop, especially now that my MBP has scratches on the case and I don't really want to take it out to use it!!

Honestly the people who say this makes the computer get to hot must be doing some pretty heavy gaming or computer intensive work. I've used the computer in the case from the battery being fully charged down to nothing straight and the laptop barely gets hot enough to notice. Overall this is a great product and really does the already great looking macbook air justice in overall look and feel.

Highly Recommended.

I love TwelveSouth's products. I have Book Book for my iPhone, and just bought this for my new 13" MacBook Air.

Pros: disguises your expensive laptop and makes it look like an antique book of some sort. Quality construction, good fit, lightweight, seems to offer great protection.

Cons: Expensive, the zipper is a little tight (you need to be careful with that), and it does increase the size of what you are carrying.

Overall, I'm happy with my purchase and would recommend.

I just received my BookBook for my MacBook Air and it is built very sturdy and it fits my computer perfectly. I have the BookBook for my 4S and and can't wait to get out in public to see if I get the same stares and questions with this. Twelve South does Mac proud. I feel the zipper is of high quality and if I'm careful this should last a very long time. I'll be dropping it off at the book binders tomorrow for the labeling.
Soooooo Cooooool

Had this less then a year and the zipper broke! to bad to..I loved it

There's no doubting how attractive these are, or what a good concept it is. I bought one at the same time as my Air, but I don't take it out of the house often, so hadn't actually taken it and about, or even had the Air in the case much except a few times to show people.
The first time I actually used it last weekend, one of the zippers broke immediately. Makes me wonder how long the other zipper will last, but when its goes it will render the case useless.
Further, it isn't flexible, the Air doesn't fit it too harmoniously, so that when you do close it, if you aren't zipping it, it will tend to pry the Air open, waking it back up and draining power, so you may want to shut down more often than you otherwise would.
Lastly, and I am not saying there is any deception at all, but note that there is no room for anything but the Air, so if you want to take your charger, that's a separate 'carry'.