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...but at the same time, I have way too many books in the house!
The reason for having so many is partly due to being in a book club. My latest process has been to just buy used books off Alibis online, so as to reduce the cost of the physical book. Now and again, I will also buy the occasional ebook.
What I really should be doing is using our local library systems, but I haven't made that part of my routine yet. But even the local libraries are leaning heavily into ebooks.
In any event, getting rid of the physical books is problematic now. There was a time when thrift stores around town would take them, but they are turning them down. Today I hopped over to another part of the city where a young guy has opened a small used book store. I took 12 with me; he accepted 4, so at least I found a home for those!
Some of the others I'll shove into the "little libraries" around the neighborhood -- those book boxes that people put up in the yard.
And a few of the paperbacks that I don't particularly think are good reading, I will recycle.
I really do prefer the experience of a physical book - the touch, smell, etc. And I like being able to pick one up off of my shelves and read or just flip through. There will probably come a time where I'll have to accept that they have disappeared, but that day is not today!
The reason for having so many is partly due to being in a book club. My latest process has been to just buy used books off Alibis online, so as to reduce the cost of the physical book. Now and again, I will also buy the occasional ebook.
What I really should be doing is using our local library systems, but I haven't made that part of my routine yet. But even the local libraries are leaning heavily into ebooks.
In any event, getting rid of the physical books is problematic now. There was a time when thrift stores around town would take them, but they are turning them down. Today I hopped over to another part of the city where a young guy has opened a small used book store. I took 12 with me; he accepted 4, so at least I found a home for those!
Some of the others I'll shove into the "little libraries" around the neighborhood -- those book boxes that people put up in the yard.
And a few of the paperbacks that I don't particularly think are good reading, I will recycle.
I really do prefer the experience of a physical book - the touch, smell, etc. And I like being able to pick one up off of my shelves and read or just flip through. There will probably come a time where I'll have to accept that they have disappeared, but that day is not today!