New DSM nears Completion, but will there be an ebook

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Lutraa

Compulsive ebook hoarding is a pattern of behavior that is characterized by the excessive acquisition of and inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of unread ebooks that fill ereader device storage areas and cause significant distress or impairment. Compulsive ebook hoarding behavior has been associated with health risks, impaired functioning, economic burden, and adverse effects on friends and family members. When clinically significant enough to impair functioning, ebook hoarding can prevent typical uses of time so as to limit activities such as cooking, cleaning, changing position, and sleeping. It can also be dangerous if it puts the individual or others at risk for obesity, poor hygiene, insolvency, and other health and financial concerns.

The DSM-V criteria for diagnosing ebook hoarding disorder are:

A. Building and maintaining excessively long ebook "wish lists" on OverDrive and ebook commercial vending sites.

B. Adding so many folders to Calibre that it constantly crashes.

C. Adding ebooks such as the epub version of the IRS tax code to one's ereader "because it was free."

D. Reading a dozen or more ebooks simultaneously on multiple devices.

E. Persistent difficulty in deciding which ebook to start reading next, that causes significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

(See also Compulsive eReader Acquisition Disorder and Compulsive MobileRead Forum Posting Disorder.)

I'm not a compulsive hoarder then, just a hoarder as I only fit part of the criteria... I won't download the IRS tax codes (whatever that may be but I presume it has something to do with the yearly tax collection) and put them in my Calibre download simply because it's free.

And I wouldn't want that psycho book on my device! Too many bits would flip and it would get too heavy.