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Um nossy Send a noteboard - 12/07/2012 02:05:17 PM
So I guess I'll make it a survey since ultimately I'm wondering what other people do. Please elaborate as much as possible.

1. How do you make room for new books in your home?

Put them where they don't go. For example, I'm currently thinking about taking ugly ones and wrapping them in pretty paper, then putting them on a bookshelf above the headboard of the bed in the spare room. That way I can keep books, but use them in attractive ways.

2. If you get rid of old books, how do you figure out what to get rid of?

I have had to get rid of most of my books (traveling with them would suck), and I don't like it. I think it's always going to be highly personal and not fun. You'll have to decide, but I know I keep the most nostalgic books and purge those I don't think I will read or didn't absolutely love.

3. Are there books that you aren't sure why you keep but can't bear to get rid of or put into storage?

Yes. I <3 books. It is a disease.

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/Survey: the changing face of home libraries Tom - 12/07/2012 12:27:26 AM 2266 Views
Well... jh - 12/07/2012 10:08:20 AM 910 Views
The obsessive compulsive in me won't let me stack books in corners. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:53:57 PM 760 Views
Not even if you stack them in really neat piles? You need to get your C.D.O. checked. *NM* jh - 17/07/2012 08:07:42 PM 331 Views
My collateralized debt obligation? I hate those things. Tom - 17/07/2012 08:15:30 PM 791 Views
No, no... CDO is just... jh - 18/07/2012 11:19:20 AM 769 Views
Ah...see I'm not quite that bad in that respect. Tom - 18/07/2012 01:19:06 PM 1139 Views
And neat piles are still clutter. *NM* Tom - 17/07/2012 10:29:00 PM 356 Views
Um nossy - 12/07/2012 02:05:17 PM 897 Views
You had a free bookshelf above the headboard of the bed in a spare room? Lucky you Tom - 15/07/2012 01:52:42 PM 826 Views
Maybe if we constructed some kind of spatial distortion device? nossy - 16/07/2012 02:55:50 AM 862 Views
we just keep buying more bookshelves... and putting books in different rooms *NM* temeraire - 12/07/2012 04:26:56 PM 346 Views
That worked for the first ten years in this home... *NM* Tom - 15/07/2012 01:48:35 PM 338 Views
Karl May? Interesting. Legolas - 12/07/2012 07:36:42 PM 821 Views
The Führer loved him, so I'm sure I will too. Tom - 13/07/2012 04:46:10 AM 798 Views
Heh. Legolas - 13/07/2012 11:00:41 PM 871 Views
You people are wussies Larry - 12/07/2012 07:56:20 PM 1098 Views
I got the BUR edition in a little box. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:48:04 PM 748 Views
That is odd Larry - 17/07/2012 02:56:52 PM 884 Views
Well, you know my opinion of used books Tom - 17/07/2012 05:00:13 PM 839 Views
I must not be very sensitive to those smells Larry - 17/07/2012 05:57:35 PM 879 Views
When I run out of space on my bookshelves... HyogaRott - 12/07/2012 08:50:13 PM 941 Views
And what will you do when you run out of space for bookshelves? Tom - 15/07/2012 01:42:18 PM 831 Views
I take books I haven't read in several years to Half Priced Books... a tiny refund on my purchases. *NM* Macharius - 13/07/2012 01:44:18 AM 335 Views
Books from paper ? How peculiar. Orange - 13/07/2012 09:48:50 AM 775 Views
Some of us hate eBooks. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:40:27 PM 782 Views
Thankfully I haven't had to make such hard decisions yet A Deathwatch Guard - 15/07/2012 08:11:57 AM 842 Views
Yeah, I can't go and buy a 21st bookcase. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:38:56 PM 722 Views
*snorts* We'll see how long that lasts this time. *NM* Legolas - 17/07/2012 10:56:16 PM 311 Views
A long, long time this time. *NM* Tom - 18/07/2012 03:50:45 AM 353 Views
I could have sworn I saw a hardcover Lovecraft omnibus. Ghavrel - 18/07/2012 01:25:00 AM 1125 Views
I have it. It doesn't have lots of things. Tom - 18/07/2012 03:50:28 AM 765 Views
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