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I've gone through periods of thinking collecting books is 
folly. But when it comes down to it, I love ideas and 
keeping the books allows me to revisit ideas. I could more 
easily live without access to people than I could ideas.

I've often thought an aclove for books run around the 
entire house under the ceiling would be a handy way to 
store a large collection without having to dedicate a room 
to shelving a collection. You may have more books than me. 
If you are storing them in hopes of building a library in 
your remote house that's one thing, but I can't see paying 
to store anything long term. As it was in my last house I 
stored some valuable things in a barn due to lack of space 
and everything was eventually ruined by something. I would 
have been better off photographing them for memories and 
selling them to people who could enjoy and keep them 
properly.

--Sage

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:58:57 -0700 (PDT)
 bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have to pay a lot to store most of my books.  I bought 
> out all of the commercial shelving inside the cage (where 
> they kept expensive , fragile stuff) when Best 
> Electronics went bust 10 or 15 years ago.  But, most of 
> my books and periodicals are in file boxes.  They take a 
> lot of space , they are very heavy, and they attract 
> pests (watch for termites and especially for roaches 
> eating the animal glue for 18th & 19th century volumes). 
> I spent decades and I have no idea how much money and I 
> will end up selling them for a song .  they have brought 
> me pleasure over the years.  ButI would not do it 
> again....bobf
>
>
> --- On Sun, 10/26/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> 
> wrote:
>
> > From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Things one could long for in 
> > the country
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 1:40 PM
> > >> I am a compulsive book buyer.  
> >
> > Me too, Bob. I buy the versatile Scandia shelving so
> > it's 
> > been reconfigured in every house I've ever lived in. I 
> > don't mind moving books, they are so much a part of me.
> > I 
> > even keep them in LOC order. LOL. I figure if this is my 
> > worst habit, I can live with it.
> >
> > --Sage
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