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mdibella · 07-08-2008, 03:16 PM

For years I have dealt with an obsessive (grin) inability to throw away a book. Hey, I might want to read it again! There have been a couple I've burned, they were so awful, but throw one away that I enjoyed? nuh uh not happening...many other 'Stuffers' out there will understand, you can't ever have enough 'stuff'.

Consequently, I have books everywhere. In the basement, in the bedroom, in every closet, under the bed...BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS.

Lately I've been experiencing the joy of Stuffing *without* Stuffing. I take a pile of books from wherever they are in the house, and check the Kindle store. Those titles that are available electronically are packed in a box and taken to a nearby nursing home, where they are welcomed with enthusiasm. I don't necessarily have to actually BUY the Kindle book (though often I do)...just knowing I can get it immediately off Whisper should I want to read it is enough. This week, the nursing home has gotten a full set of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files (a favorite series which nonetheless takes up a lotta space). They have all of Harry Potter. They have Anita Blake up to book 8, where it started being porn and I stopped buying it. They have classic sci fi and new urban fantasy. They love the books and I love the extra space!

So what are YOU doing with your old paper copies???

07-08-2008, 03:16 PM	#1
mdibella Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 1107 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Infinite Kindles, Occasional Sony's	The Joy of UnStuffing!! For years I have dealt with an obsessive (grin) inability to throw away a book. Hey, I might want to read it again! There have been a couple I've burned, they were so awful, but throw one away that I enjoyed? nuh uh not happening...many other 'Stuffers' out there will understand, you can't ever have enough 'stuff'. Consequently, I have books everywhere. In the basement, in the bedroom, in every closet, under the bed...BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS. Lately I've been experiencing the joy of Stuffing without Stuffing. I take a pile of books from wherever they are in the house, and check the Kindle store. Those titles that are available electronically are packed in a box and taken to a nearby nursing home, where they are welcomed with enthusiasm. I don't necessarily have to actually BUY the Kindle book (though often I do)...just knowing I can get it immediately off Whisper should I want to read it is enough. This week, the nursing home has gotten a full set of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files (a favorite series which nonetheless takes up a lotta space). They have all of Harry Potter. They have Anita Blake up to book 8, where it started being porn and I stopped buying it. They have classic sci fi and new urban fantasy. They love the books and I love the extra space! So what are YOU doing with your old paper copies???