Welcome, Brlove.
I think my problem is that I'm a book collector in the sense of desiring First Editions, mainly of contemporary literture and Latin American Literature. I also collect
Henry James, James
Branch Cabell, and
Joyce Carol Oates specifically.
Actually, however, most of my collection is centered around authors I enjoy and, therefore, collect.
But the problem - now that I'm divorced, older, living in a an apartment now and not a house - is that the collection seems to have grown larger by leaps and bounds, especially having gotten larger during those years I was married when we owned a house.
I also love music and collect
LPs, [aside: objects similar to CDs, but much larger, where the sound wave itself is actually put on this object. CDs take the music and chop it into millions of "0"s and "1"s, then the sound wave is electronically reassembled, in an effort once again hear the sound wave] mainly those centered around jazz, but also some of the older rock I grew up with. That means I have seperates in my stereo gear, such as an incredible Thorens turntable in perfect working condition (pricey and hard to fine nowadays in this kind of condition); phono preamp; preamp; amp; and CD player. Each one of these items is expensive and adds space, weight, and etc. to an already overflowing apartment!
What's particulary great about the Reader - at this juncture in its influence on the book-reading market - is the abundance of classics that some of us here have put together. I have all of Burroughs and Haggard, for example, but not a single book. The real problem, for me, is my love of contemporary literature in collectible book condition - not genre fiction. I don't really colllect genre fiction anymore, but I still love to read it on the Reader. Until ebooks really take off, like the way Audio Books have now started to realize a growing niche market, then I can't get all the books I want by the authors I like on the Reader. There's not a single
Jorge Amado or
Jose Saramago [Nobel Prize in Literature] available as an ebook.
I guess I need someone to tell me, "enough is enough!"
And then, like a fool, I go out and buy a
SECOND Reader - just in case!
But it's not like I don't listen and read the things I have. I do!
Don
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Originally Posted by Brlove
I used to love collecting books, then I got married. My wife isn't big on the whole 'keeping books til I die' thing. She sold a big bunch of my books while I was on deployment. This struggle over books is what lead her to let me get a Sony Reader, doesn't take up much space and PG books are a lot cheaper than B&N.
I've been a lurker on this site for some time, but I felt I needed to post on this.
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