How Do You Store your *REAL* books? - Page 2

Sweetpea · 06-05-2009, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

I was very surprised by IKEA quality. I thought that for such price, all shelves will bend under books weight within 2-3 years. However, 4 years and no signs of shelf deformation, considering that all my books are hardback editions or worse.

Considering some of my shelves are about 20 years old, and always have been carrying books, and none are bent, I'd say the quality is good enough

GeoffC · 06-05-2009, 06:35 AM

we've got ours in too many places to mention - there's a bookcase in every room (except our bedroom where they're on the floor !!!) - there's even one in the barn (where the we keep the books we aren't too fond of ........)

GeoffC · 06-05-2009, 06:35 AM

Hang on a mo, though - you telling us that electronic books aren't real !!!!!!!!!!

Alphapheemail · 06-05-2009, 10:19 AM

I give all my books away once I read them...

:: Ducking for cover:::

Usually to the local library... I only keep my major text books ( only the ones I KNOW I will need later)

See... I am a self proclaimed rat pack... and I hate it so I try to Spring clean... say once a day...?

I marvel at the amount of hoopla I collect, and sometimes sit and consider that maybe the Amish are onto something...

krisk · 06-05-2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

I was very surprised by IKEA quality. I thought that for such price, all shelves will bend under books weight within 2-3 years. However, 4 years and no signs of shelf deformation, considering that all my books are hardback editions or worse.

worse? you're reading on stone tablets?

Angst · 06-05-2009, 01:24 PM

I keep my books in:
1. Boxes - 4-5 boxes in the closet.
2. Bookcases - I have three
3. Stacked in piles on the floor - I have lots of these.

Every time I move, or Spring Clean, I throw out any books I don't think I will want to re-read.

Xenophon · 06-05-2009, 04:08 PM

Bookshelves. Lots and lots and LOTS of bookshelves. Waaaaay too many bookshelves. In most rooms of my house. Some custom made by me, others purchased from various places. I like eBooks -- they don't take up physical space.

Xenophon

desertgrandma · 06-05-2009, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

Hang on a mo, though - you telling us that electronic books aren't real !!!!!!!!!!

Now, now, I'm sure he meant to say "paper" books.

right, Gideon?

astra · 06-05-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

worse? you're reading on stone tablets?

Very similar

Such as:
The Lord of the Rings - 3 book boxset [Illustrated]
The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit (illustrated hardback)
The Silmarillion

vs. standard hardback editions they are like stone tablets

I am not talking about Sherlock Holmes

Gideon · 06-05-2009, 05:04 PM

No, clearly ebooks are not real books. :P

Yes, I was wondering how long it'd take for me to get called on that one.

=X= · 06-05-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gideon

How Do You Store your *REAL* books?

In my eBook reader or in my PC

=X=

Alisa · 06-05-2009, 06:13 PM

I've gotten rid of most of my pbooks because I rarely reread fiction. I've kept things I'm likely to reread, things I loved so much that I would like to have them on hand to lend to people and reference/technical books. I, however, am married to a packrat. In addition, he actually does reread many books so he has a good reason for hanging on to quite a few of them. We got to the point that our shelves were beyond full. The shelves with paperbacks had them stacked two rows high and two rows deep. You couldn't find anything and we still had books in stacks that we couldn't squeeze on the shelves. Everywhere we could fit a bookshelf, has a bookshelf. At this point I convinced him to at least get rid of the books he didn't like. It helped that I also calculated for him the cost in square footage devoted to book storage. We have now started boxing and cataloging stuff that we are less likely to need in the immediate future. I just have to accept that we're opposites in some things. This is one of them. He has an emotional attachment to the paper books as objects. I don't. I prefer reading on a device. I view them as dustcatchers. I hate clutter and would rather have all my books in electronic form except for things that are best on paper, like art books.

You could actually still use a boxing method as long as you kept the stuff you access fairly frequently somewhere easy like slide-out bins under the bed, as someone else mentioned. The rest could go in banker boxes in the closets. Then you can just have a small number of bookshelves for the current reads and stuff you know you want all the time. Are you attached to the DVD packaging? We saved a lot of space there by dumping the cases and putting them all in binders. My husband has a fairly large collection and he was able to fit it in three big binders. I actually don't have any DVDs. Just like I rarely reread novels, I rarely watch the same movie or show more than once.

Gideon · 06-05-2009, 07:13 PM

I'm actually ripping all of my disks to hard drive currently, so I can box them all away. We use the computer for a 'tv' anyway, so this isn't too big a deal (though time consuming! It'll take weeks!)

I even considered going through books that way, slowly scanning them all, but my scanner went kaput so ... so much for that.

Right now the box option is sounding 'best' but it is contingent on finding an apartment with lots of closet space. A "sliding" option sounds ideal, but since most my books are large they don't fit in the underbed bins I've found (and it'd only hold a few anyway, really.)

So I'll probably box most the books, get one doored bookshelf and keep what I'm most likely to use in there.

I keep hoping there will be some sort of magical solution.

Peverel · 06-05-2009, 07:25 PM

Interesting stuff.I have a HP Media Smart Server that streams via PVCONNECT to my Netgear EVA. Currently have about 2 TB of movies ripped. Mostly ripped to Divx or xvid as I am not playing HD yet.......

Gideon · 06-05-2009, 07:34 PM

I put everything into mp4/aac format since I know I can play it on anything in the house that way. A bit bigger than DIVX, but decent quality.

I don't mess about HD videos myself. I don't have anything that can rip the ones I do have and wouldn't want to have to store the files even if I did. But it'll be nice to be able to box up everything and still be able to watch our movies. If only it was that easy with books!

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06-05-2009, 06:35 AM	#17
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	we've got ours in too many places to mention - there's a bookcase in every room (except our bedroom where they're on the floor !!!) - there's even one in the barn (where the we keep the books we aren't too fond of ........)

06-05-2009, 10:19 AM	#19
Alphapheemail .a ribbon around a bomb. Posts: 639 Karma: 4334 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sigh... ny Device: PRS700	I give all my books away once I read them... :: Ducking for cover::: Usually to the local library... I only keep my major text books ( only the ones I KNOW I will need later) See... I am a self proclaimed rat pack... and I hate it so I try to Spring clean... say once a day...? I marvel at the amount of hoopla I collect, and sometimes sit and consider that maybe the Amish are onto something...

06-05-2009, 01:24 PM	#21
Angst Cannon Fodder Posts: 2,819 Karma: 50921712 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite	I keep my books in: 1. Boxes - 4-5 boxes in the closet. 2. Bookcases - I have three 3. Stacked in piles on the floor - I have lots of these. Every time I move, or Spring Clean, I throw out any books I don't think I will want to re-read.

06-05-2009, 04:08 PM	#22
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,481 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	Bookshelves. Lots and lots and LOTS of bookshelves. Waaaaay too many bookshelves. In most rooms of my house. Some custom made by me, others purchased from various places. I like eBooks -- they don't take up physical space. Xenophon

06-05-2009, 05:04 PM	#25
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	No, clearly ebooks are not real books. :P Yes, I was wondering how long it'd take for me to get called on that one.

06-05-2009, 06:13 PM	#27
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	I've gotten rid of most of my pbooks because I rarely reread fiction. I've kept things I'm likely to reread, things I loved so much that I would like to have them on hand to lend to people and reference/technical books. I, however, am married to a packrat. In addition, he actually does reread many books so he has a good reason for hanging on to quite a few of them. We got to the point that our shelves were beyond full. The shelves with paperbacks had them stacked two rows high and two rows deep. You couldn't find anything and we still had books in stacks that we couldn't squeeze on the shelves. Everywhere we could fit a bookshelf, has a bookshelf. At this point I convinced him to at least get rid of the books he didn't like. It helped that I also calculated for him the cost in square footage devoted to book storage. We have now started boxing and cataloging stuff that we are less likely to need in the immediate future. I just have to accept that we're opposites in some things. This is one of them. He has an emotional attachment to the paper books as objects. I don't. I prefer reading on a device. I view them as dustcatchers. I hate clutter and would rather have all my books in electronic form except for things that are best on paper, like art books. You could actually still use a boxing method as long as you kept the stuff you access fairly frequently somewhere easy like slide-out bins under the bed, as someone else mentioned. The rest could go in banker boxes in the closets. Then you can just have a small number of bookshelves for the current reads and stuff you know you want all the time. Are you attached to the DVD packaging? We saved a lot of space there by dumping the cases and putting them all in binders. My husband has a fairly large collection and he was able to fit it in three big binders. I actually don't have any DVDs. Just like I rarely reread novels, I rarely watch the same movie or show more than once.

06-05-2009, 07:13 PM	#28
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	I'm actually ripping all of my disks to hard drive currently, so I can box them all away. We use the computer for a 'tv' anyway, so this isn't too big a deal (though time consuming! It'll take weeks!) I even considered going through books that way, slowly scanning them all, but my scanner went kaput so ... so much for that. Right now the box option is sounding 'best' but it is contingent on finding an apartment with lots of closet space. A "sliding" option sounds ideal, but since most my books are large they don't fit in the underbed bins I've found (and it'd only hold a few anyway, really.) So I'll probably box most the books, get one doored bookshelf and keep what I'm most likely to use in there. I keep hoping there will be some sort of magical solution.

06-05-2009, 07:25 PM	#29
Peverel Still Easily Confused Posts: 889 Karma: 505319 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampshire/Berkshire/Surrey - yes I am that big Device: Kindle	Interesting stuff.I have a HP Media Smart Server that streams via PVCONNECT to my Netgear EVA. Currently have about 2 TB of movies ripped. Mostly ripped to Divx or xvid as I am not playing HD yet.......

06-05-2009, 07:34 PM	#30
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	I put everything into mp4/aac format since I know I can play it on anything in the house that way. A bit bigger than DIVX, but decent quality. I don't mess about HD videos myself. I don't have anything that can rip the ones I do have and wouldn't want to have to store the files even if I did. But it'll be nice to be able to box up everything and still be able to watch our movies. If only it was that easy with books!

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