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Re: Do you collect books?

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No I prefer to read them online or in a library. Maybe i will collect some very good books for my kids, but not for myself. I f I need book, I will find it in the library.
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Post by Letora »

I used to before I started running out of room and had to move. I gave up a lot of my physical collection, but my favorites I now have in digital format.
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No, not really. A copy is good enough for now, but maybe someday I will come across an author whose works I want to savor...
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I'm more of a hoarder of books! I love books....I have a habit of bringing home many thinking i'll read that then donate it if I don't like it enough to keep. I have made a collection of the classics though and there are some others that i'll never get rid of.
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Yes, I love to collect books, especially ebooks. There are so many available freely on the internet. I also collect journal articles.
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Post by Nisha Ward »

I used to want to collect every book I read, but lately I've decided to only do collections for certain series, like Harry Potter or Tolkien. It's too expensive to collect hardcopy versions of books and I don't have space for them. I wish I could collect all the Sherlock Holmes books though.
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Yes, I love collecting books. I have all the series of "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan and as of now I am collecting Nora Robert's and Debbie Macomber's writings.
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I don't collect books with the exception of the very interesting ones.
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I used to collect classic paperbacks but had to stop. Other than moving problems, it was quite tragic to have the copies ruined by the flood.
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Post by annadeniseneal »

I do! I grew up in a house full of books... new and old. And immediately, whether in my college dorm room or my first apartment, I started my own collection. Now, I have my own bookshelves, but both of my boys do, too. Creating literate people comes from having books around (in my opinion)! Why wouldn't someone collect books??!?
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I'd love to start a physically owned collection of the books that have made the greatest impact on me. It's just that at the moment, I don't yet have the funds or the space to start collecting them. When I do though, I definitely will!
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I collect antique hardback books. I love the smell of them and they look so pretty on the bookshelf, especially the leather-bound ones with gold lettering.
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My wife and I like to collect series.
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The closest I have come to collecting books is buying every book that I see that is even remotely related to Jane Austen. I absolutely love everything she has written and I will never part with any of her books.
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Post by HusainNecklace52 »

I do collect books, but I don't have any sort of specifications.
I buy what I like and I preserve what I have, simple as that.
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