From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:43:33 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)   
   wrote:   
      
   >Paul S Person  writes:   
   >>On Fri, 5 Dec 2025 01:41:24 -0600, Lynn McGuire   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On 12/2/2025 9:05 AM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   >>>> Things I Wish I'd Known When Starting a Book Collection   
   >>>>=20   
   >>>> Handy advice for overly enthusiastic bookworms (you know who you are)   
   >>>>=20   
   >>>> =   
   >>https://reactormag.com/things-i-wish-id-known-when-starting-a-book-collec=   
   >>tion/   
   >>>   
   >>>I only have 4,000 books at the moment.  Plus 500 books in my SBR=20   
   >>>(strategic book reserve).  I keep them in seven 6 ft tall by 3 ft wide=20   
   >>>bookcases, triple stacked, in my bedroom.  Triple stacked is a front=20   
   >>>row, a back row, and a top stuffing of books on each shelf.   
   >>   
   >>If they are vertical, you might be able to save some space by stacking   
   >>them horizontally. Depending on how much space there is between the   
   >>shelves and the size of the books, of course. Doing two rows like this   
   >>can cause loading problems on the shelves (ie, if they are adjustable,   
   >>they may bend enough to come loose; if not, then the shelf might bend   
   >>or even break).   
   >>   
   >>>I have asked my wife if I can install an eighth bookcase in our bedroom.=   
   >>=20   
   >>>  She said no.  And then she said I should get rid of one of the =   
   >>bookcases.   
   >>>   
   >>>I am getting rid of the 8,000+ books from my parents.  Half were=20   
   >>>hardbacks.  It has been difficult.  The local library has taken over a=20   
   >>>thousand books so far.   
   >>>   
   >>>What do you do with a 60+ year old complete set of the Hardy Boy books ?   
   >>   
   >>=46ind a collector and sell it. Or at least give it away.   
   >   
   >There are several complete sets available on ebay. They're not   
   >rare.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>=46ind a cash-starved grade-school library that has space on its shelves   
   >>but no Hardy Boys and donate it..   
   >   
   >Would modern students find the mysteries compelling, tame or   
   >ridiculously dated? (those students that (1) can read and (2) do read).   
      
   I don't know about anyone else, but I found /The Sign of the Crooked   
   Arrow/ to be quite deliciously frightening when I read it.   
      
   Of course, times have changed, and they probably /are/ dated,   
   technologically at least.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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