Do you collect books?

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I don't collect classics or anything to preserve value, but I definitely have a problem getting rid of books. I couldn't take them all with me when I moved, so about half of my collection is still at my parents' house.
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I was always the child that wanted the library from The Beauty and the Beast. I am in the midst of building it, haha!
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Yes! I recently started collecting limited edition books. I try to limit my copies of books to 2. One for reading and one simply for the collection. I especially love my collections to be in hard covers.
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I collect books but haven't read most of them.
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I love collecting books in different editions =)
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Sometimes I do collect books ,but due to limited space I prefer borrowing or just reading online.
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Yes, I started collecting books when I was in High School but when this pandemic came, I have to find a way to earn money so I thought about it really hard and now I am still selling my preloved books at reasonable price 😊 I am not promoting or anything, I just wanted to share 😊
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Yes, I collect books. I can say collecting books is my hobby as much as reading books.
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I used to, but after moving a few times and hauling those books around I realized I needed to downsize. I've limited myself to one small bookshelf. My eBook collection? Now that's a different story.
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One copy is enough for me too, and only if I loved the book and there's a chance I will read it again. Since I read mostly e-books now, only if I really loved the book I will also buy the hard cover version to stand on my shelf.
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YES, collecting books is such a great therapy. It's more expensive though :')
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layla74 wrote: 15 Nov 2010, 06:33 Some of my friend like collecting books.Such as some world literature."Gone with the wind" "Litter Women" "The little Prince".They bought different versions of them for collecting.What about you? Are you collecting books? :roll:
I've been collecting my favourites in hardback special editions for years. I tend not to read these ones. They are just to look pretty on the shelf! 
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Now, my e-book collection since I got my first Kindle—well,  that's a whole other story. I have a complete library there!
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layla74 wrote: 15 Nov 2010, 06:33 Some of my friend like collecting books.Such as some world literature."Gone with the wind" "Litter Women" "The little Prince".They bought different versions of them for collecting.What about you? Are you collecting books? :roll:
Sadly I don't have the space to display my books currently (children ruin everything). There are certain books I do collect and despite keeping hold of all my books I would be ok with not owning lots of them. Now having a baby (15 months) I am really glad that I kept all of the books I liked as a child/teenager that he will be able to read as well.

Star Wars books is one of the things that really hooked me into reading and I do enjoy hunting around in old and second hand book shops for first edition and hardback versions of them. I have around 30 or so in first edition as well as the later version I already had.
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One copy is good for me.
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