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Originally Posted by Ea
Yes!
I sympathise. I've just moved, I had abt. 1.2 cubic meter (40 cu ft). Over the last months before moving I culled a few shelves worth of books. And after I moved I ended up giving away at least as many books again. I was really shocked that is was so much.
That said, even if I prefer reading e-books (at least fiction), I still like to own some of them in paper version, too, and I don't think a living room is a real living room without books. One's choice of books are after all an expression of who one are, and apparently I feel a need to have that on display at some level. And books are also a good conversation starter for guests.
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I keep all my books in my book room, which I rarely show people. My husband keeps his books in his office / media room. Judging by the rest of our home, we're illiterate, lol.
I've moved repeatedly for work, so movers always do the packing and moving, and my employers pay. Moving estimators love people with large book collections. The actual movers don't seem to, lol. I owned one house in which the book room ended up on the fourth floor. Those movers were not happy campers.