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Any book collectors or self-appointed bibliophiles here?
Greetings, fellow bi-peds!
I'm curious about two things:
(1) Are you a book collector (or bibliophile?)
(2) If so, how do you rationalize and/or reconcile your hobby with the Reader?
I'm a book collector, mainly of 20th and 21st C. First Editions of fiction. I also like the way a book smells. [Book collectors understand this strange phenomomen; wives, mistresses, and girlfriends tolerate this anomaly.] I should stress that I collect only authors that I personally read and enjoy.
The 2nd question I find more interesting. For example, I collect Joyce Carol Oates. (I hope she wins this year's Nobel Prize - finally!) Her newest book is out -- she comes out with one book a month! - hahahahah -- and I bought it as an ebook as part of my credit for my second Reader. But I have yet to buy it for my book collection. But, as everyone here knows, new hardbacks novels are between $23 - $25 USD. Being a book collector, I HAVE to see the book before I buy it, in order to ascertain the condition and if, indeed, it is a First Edition that I'm purchasing.
Don
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