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covingtoncat73 · 10-29-2013, 01:03 PM

Hear me out, this is in general and not recommendations for a reason, I don't mean reads you love (though you may love the story, too), but stuff that is important primarily because of its physical nature.

I was thinking about this because of the ebooks v. used pbooks thread but, I do have a history degree and done some archives work, so I think about preservation. I love technology and I love ebooks but I do have concerns about how quickly the formats and devices will be rendered obsolete.

Anyway, mine are...

1) Jungfrau von Orleans a (very old) book about Joan of Arc that was my great-grandmother's and with an inscription to her. Her Swiss relatives called her "Jungfrau" because there is a Swiss mountain of that name they said was as hard as her head (she was stubborn). It is in German, so I can't read it.

2) A book that is a slim volume with a long poem about Pocahontas that my greatx2 grandfather's army buddies gave him. The pages are good but the binding is falling apart. I need to donate it to the HNOC.

3) My physical copy of Ocean at the End of the Lane, signed by Neil Gaiman! I have this one in ebook, too.

4) A totally falling apart volume of poems about New Orleans by Brod Bagert, signed by the author when I was 10, A Bullfrog at Cafe du Monde.

10-29-2013, 01:03 PM	#1
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	What are your most cherished pbooks? Hear me out, this is in general and not recommendations for a reason, I don't mean reads you love (though you may love the story, too), but stuff that is important primarily because of its physical nature. I was thinking about this because of the ebooks v. used pbooks thread but, I do have a history degree and done some archives work, so I think about preservation. I love technology and I love ebooks but I do have concerns about how quickly the formats and devices will be rendered obsolete. Anyway, mine are... 1) Jungfrau von Orleans a (very old) book about Joan of Arc that was my great-grandmother's and with an inscription to her. Her Swiss relatives called her "Jungfrau" because there is a Swiss mountain of that name they said was as hard as her head (she was stubborn). It is in German, so I can't read it. 2) A book that is a slim volume with a long poem about Pocahontas that my greatx2 grandfather's army buddies gave him. The pages are good but the binding is falling apart. I need to donate it to the HNOC. 3) My physical copy of Ocean at the End of the Lane, signed by Neil Gaiman! I have this one in ebook, too. 4) A totally falling apart volume of poems about New Orleans by Brod Bagert, signed by the author when I was 10, A Bullfrog at Cafe du Monde. Last edited by covingtoncat73; 10-29-2013 at 01:06 PM.