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Re: Addendum to previous survey: do you hoard books or pass them on/sell them when you are done? Camilla Send a noteboard - 29/06/2011 02:15:55 PM
I hoard books. I hardly ever give any of my own books away, and I never ever sell them. Even the bad ones. I am wondering whether the aversion to writing in books is tied up in some sort of transitory ownership-idea. I would have thought it would be the other way around, that those of us who cannot bear to part with the book as an object would be more protective of it, but now I am starting to wonder.

So: do you collect books?

My library suggests I do.

do you purchase books specifically for collecting?

I'm not sure what you mean here?


I meant books that you imagine will have a certain value, for example. Rare books, first editions, especially pretty bindings.

I will buy an edition of a book that is nicer because I'm planning to keep it but I generally wouldn't buy a book purely to collect it, it would be a book I wanted to read.

do you sell books when you are done with them?

Last time I moved I had a sort out of books I wasn't bothered about keeping and got rid of them. I gave them to a charity shop rather than sell them though.

do you borrow a lot of books in the library?

No, I ought to though.

do you buy used books?

Yes

why/why not?

Why not indeed.
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Addendum to previous survey: do you hoard books or pass them on/sell them when you are done? Camilla - 26/06/2011 09:21:48 PM 986 Views
I collect, but I also purge Larry - 26/06/2011 09:36:04 PM 1084 Views
My answers Camilla - 26/06/2011 09:38:40 PM 885 Views
I guess I'll find out when I start running out of place. Legolas - 26/06/2011 10:05:35 PM 1007 Views
I collect them. Tom - 26/06/2011 10:24:52 PM 947 Views
My house is full of books. Seriana Sedai - 26/06/2011 10:40:53 PM 909 Views
I don't hoard books, they just have a tendency to end up in my presence. Stephen - 26/06/2011 10:56:13 PM 828 Views
Don't think i've ever thrown/given a book away Wibble - 26/06/2011 11:22:08 PM 990 Views
I collect. James - 26/06/2011 11:42:14 PM 861 Views
As of now, I still have room on my bookshelf so I don't need to get rid of anything. ? - 27/06/2011 02:42:21 AM 795 Views
I used to collect... LadyLorraine - 27/06/2011 04:11:31 AM 944 Views
Ah. jh - 27/06/2011 12:50:54 PM 1016 Views
my 1500 books say "yes" temeraire - 27/06/2011 04:53:42 PM 896 Views
weeell nossy - 28/06/2011 11:54:13 PM 873 Views
Re: Addendum to previous survey: do you hoard books or pass them on/sell them when you are done? snoopcester - 29/06/2011 11:53:42 AM 1041 Views
Re: Addendum to previous survey: do you hoard books or pass them on/sell them when you are done? Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:15:55 PM 830 Views
Oh. jh - 29/06/2011 04:42:14 PM 898 Views
Re: Oh. Camilla - 29/06/2011 06:35:35 PM 886 Views
Re: Addendum to previous survey: do you hoard books or pass them on/sell them when you are done? snoopcester - 30/06/2011 11:37:46 AM 885 Views
Re: Addendum to previous survey: do you hoard books or pass them on/sell them when you are done? Camilla - 30/06/2011 11:39:46 AM 858 Views
I wouldn't say I collect books for collection's sake, but I don't get rid of them either ironclad - 29/06/2011 12:15:45 PM 983 Views
Mine..they are all mine.... eagleeye - 29/06/2011 03:08:32 PM 861 Views
Re: Mine..they are all mine.... Camilla - 29/06/2011 03:12:34 PM 865 Views
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