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Karl May? Interesting. Legolas Send a noteboard - 12/07/2012 07:36:42 PM
Having a finite amount of space, I have tried to cut back on book purchases. However, with the euro down and the various amazon.com outlets in Europe not repricing books I made some more acquisitions (Balzac's Comédie Humaine in 12 volumes, Rabelais in one volume, Corneille in 3 volumes, all from Pléiade, as well as Orlando Innamorato and volumes 18 and 19 of the Italian history series I've been buying, and Heinrich Mann's Professor Unrat and Karl May's 6-volume Orient series). *

Do let me know what you make of him. And whether you rate him higher or lower than Maurice Druon. :P
1. How do you make room for new books in your home?

I put them on top of other piles. Ideally, piles on a shelf, otherwise, piles on the floor. Yeah, not the most organized person ever. :P

Of course, at some point in the near (possibly quite near) future I'll be moving out, at which point I'll leave a fair bunch of books behind in my parents' house and only take the ones I am really fond of or the ones I bought in recent years, so hopefully that shouldn't overwhelm my shelf space too badly yet then... ten years down the road, no idea, ask me again then. :P
2. If you get rid of old books, how do you figure out what to get rid of?

Haven't ever gotten rid of old books yet. :P
3. Are there books that you aren't sure why you keep but can't bear to get rid of or put into storage?

See above.
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/Survey: the changing face of home libraries Tom - 12/07/2012 12:27:26 AM 2124 Views
Well... jh - 12/07/2012 10:08:20 AM 773 Views
The obsessive compulsive in me won't let me stack books in corners. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:53:57 PM 634 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 276 Views
My collateralized debt obligation? I hate those things. Tom - 17/07/2012 08:15:30 PM 655 Views
No, no... CDO is just... jh - 18/07/2012 11:19:20 AM 640 Views
Ah...see I'm not quite that bad in that respect. Tom - 18/07/2012 01:19:06 PM 1012 Views
And neat piles are still clutter. *NM* Tom - 17/07/2012 10:29:00 PM 304 Views
Um nossy - 12/07/2012 02:05:17 PM 762 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 695 Views
Maybe if we constructed some kind of spatial distortion device? nossy - 16/07/2012 02:55:50 AM 726 Views
we just keep buying more bookshelves... and putting books in different rooms *NM* temeraire - 12/07/2012 04:26:56 PM 286 Views
That worked for the first ten years in this home... *NM* Tom - 15/07/2012 01:48:35 PM 292 Views
Karl May? Interesting. Legolas - 12/07/2012 07:36:42 PM 680 Views
The Führer loved him, so I'm sure I will too. Tom - 13/07/2012 04:46:10 AM 658 Views
Heh. Legolas - 13/07/2012 11:00:41 PM 732 Views
You people are wussies Larry - 12/07/2012 07:56:20 PM 946 Views
I got the BUR edition in a little box. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:48:04 PM 610 Views
That is odd Larry - 17/07/2012 02:56:52 PM 756 Views
Well, you know my opinion of used books Tom - 17/07/2012 05:00:13 PM 700 Views
I must not be very sensitive to those smells Larry - 17/07/2012 05:57:35 PM 749 Views
When I run out of space on my bookshelves... HyogaRott - 12/07/2012 08:50:13 PM 788 Views
And what will you do when you run out of space for bookshelves? Tom - 15/07/2012 01:42:18 PM 700 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 282 Views
Books from paper ? How peculiar. Orange - 13/07/2012 09:48:50 AM 645 Views
Some of us hate eBooks. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:40:27 PM 638 Views
Thankfully I haven't had to make such hard decisions yet A Deathwatch Guard - 15/07/2012 08:11:57 AM 708 Views
Yeah, I can't go and buy a 21st bookcase. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:38:56 PM 589 Views
*snorts* We'll see how long that lasts this time. *NM* Legolas - 17/07/2012 10:56:16 PM 253 Views
A long, long time this time. *NM* Tom - 18/07/2012 03:50:45 AM 300 Views
I could have sworn I saw a hardcover Lovecraft omnibus. Ghavrel - 18/07/2012 01:25:00 AM 956 Views
I have it. It doesn't have lots of things. Tom - 18/07/2012 03:50:28 AM 636 Views
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