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oddballdave

Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 259
Location: Telford, Shropshire

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 12:45 pm Post subject:
Prefer https://www.bookcrossing.com or https://www.sf-books.com myself

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 10507
Location: cambridge

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 1:09 pm Post subject:
Nice idea but I like to keep my books incase I want to read them again or just look at them or lend them to other people plus having a house full of books is great, any front room which doesn't have bookcases for any other reason than lack of space is doing something wrong!

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 1:09 pm Post subject:

bagpuss wrote:

Nice idea but I like to keep my books incase I want to read them again or just look at them...

She who dies with most books wins?

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28121
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 1:15 pm Post subject:
I know I have books I will never read again, so I think it is a great scheme. Swap the dross, the outlived, the irrelevent for something new.

oddballdave

Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 259
Location: Telford, Shropshire

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 1:22 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

bagpuss wrote:

Nice idea but I like to keep my books incase I want to read them again or just look at them...

She who dies with most books wins?

Or HE!

Dave
with only two bookcases....
the whole of upstairs
and
the whole of downstairs

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 10507
Location: cambridge

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 1:30 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

I know I have books I will never read again, so I think it is a great scheme. Swap the dross, the outlived, the irrelevent for something new.

I try once or twice a year to go through the book shelves and give things to charity shops, maybe I should do this instead!

Naomi

Joined: 26 Mar 2005
Posts: 1945

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 1:34 pm Post subject:

I have to say that I find it very hard to part with books.

In fact there are some in my collection that I know I cannot ever give away. I will re read them or use them as reference books to dip into occasionally ,so they stay forever!!

But quite often I buy a book from a charity shop , boot fair or the library stall and read it in a day or two and it isnt one I would necessarily dip into again, so I would be happy to pass those ones on.

Books are addictive aren't they?

I love seeing bookshelves full of books, but I also love reading them ... so if I know for sure that I wont be reading them again, I like to think someone else may want to and that's where book swapping comes in.

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28121
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 1:41 pm Post subject:
I'm overflowing here, I doubt we are talking 100's! So they ain't in the bookcases anymore, but stacked all over the place. I am hoping this scheme may catalyse some rationlisation.[/img]

Róisín

Joined: 30 Jul 2005
Posts: 578

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 3:02 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

bagpuss wrote:

Nice idea but I like to keep my books incase I want to read them again or just look at them...

She who dies with most books wins?

In the majority of cases with rare, old or delicate books, private ownership (motivated by whatever reason) is the only thing that has ensured their survival. Libraries have really awful reputations for 'losing' or 'misplacing' books; charity shops will chuck what doesn't sell etc. Bugs is right.

*takes off bookcollector's hat*

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 7:13 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

She who dies with most books wins?

She who lives with most books, has no room for anything else (and a lifetime of dusting!) Unfortunatley, himself seems to agree (for once!) and we now have three rooms full of books - haven't counted since the third room was shelved, but it was over 2000 when we just had one and half. Our new house has a library included in the plans!

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 7:23 pm Post subject:

Excellent. I have been looking for something like this

I read a lot but normally will only read a book once so don't like buying them, so expensive too

I read a ton more books while breastfeeding my daughter so I'm getting prepared in advance before this ones born

I have books I won't read again and some I'll never read as when my OH worked at heathrow he would bring loads of books home as passengers leave them behind and they are just thrown away

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 7:32 pm Post subject:
When my brother emigrated to Canada we had to get rid of circa 4000 books to charity shops etc. It was not as easy as it sounds. My collection must be reaching that now. "Library book sale " is too tempting.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45526
Location: yes

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 8:28 pm Post subject:

i gave about 50 to specific folk and gave the rest (a very full transit van) to someone to sell when i left london .
i have replaced some and aquired some new ones but as mr mears says knowledge weighs nothing and so i try to learn and pass on rather than archive .i need some reference books though .mostly plant / fungi identification,i havnt bothered with cryptic crosswords for a couple of years so those ref books are waiting . i have a few books about fish ,a few on bushcraft ,a few on veg growing , a few on practical politics( and combat ), a few random ones that are not mine and one work of "fiction"which is one of the replaced ones .
on the farenheight 451 principle i could not tolerate a world without conrads heart of darkness ,some time i will have to learn it properly .
i also find that the net can solve most factual questions . even 6 years ago there was enough to not need more than 2 paper books at hand to write a fairly complex dissertation .if i had needed to rely on books i would have been stuffed as the subject was very wide and specialised at the same time .
the aincient version of the net was a liberary .
scan all books . cyber library . yes please .

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Tue May 09, 06 9:15 pm Post subject:
I put some books on earlier and already have had 2 swap requests

Craftygreenpoet

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 9
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 06 12:31 pm Post subject: Another bookcrossing fan!

I love books and there are some I don't want to ever part with, novels I totally love, vital reference books, beautiful books. But I read a lot of books and pass them on. Bookcrossing is fab because it gives you so many different options - leaving books in public places for others to find, swopping at meetings or sharing internationally. You then get to read what other people think of the books. Of course there is the risk when leaving them in public places that they will be thrown away but a surprisingly large number are actually picked up by someone who then comments on them on the website.

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