Will e-book readers make your library obsolete? - Page 7

yvanleterrible · 02-17-2009, 05:50 PM

That little library goes around the room.
Wanna see a closeup of the table?

desertgrandma · 02-17-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

That little library goes around the room.
Wanna see a closeup of the table?

Well, yes!

pilotbob · 02-17-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

That little library goes around the room.
Wanna see a closeup of the table?

Wait.. you mean this is a recent construction? Nice... it looks like some vintage library you would see in some Elizabethan mansion or something.

Yes, more pics please!!! Flickr collection would be awesome.

BOb

stoogeswoman · 02-17-2009, 06:02 PM

Well, someone in my mother's "blackmail stash" is a picture of me at the age of 8 going to bed with four, count 'em four, of my favorite books!

My lifelong love affair with books includes the physical object as well as the content! So no, my ebooks won't replace my library any time soon.

I do, however, think it will make me much more selective about which books I buy and in which media. If I really, really love a book to the point of obsession, I often buy more than one copy: one really good collectible/first edition (the best I can afford), which gets a place of honor on my shelf and is lovingly cared for; and one "reading copy" which can be tossed into a bag and otherwise molested.

However, if I know that I probably won't read it more than once or twice - like most of the trade paperbacks - I think now I would buy it as an ebook. Those tend to get donated to the library eventually anyway.

And actually, now that I think about it, the "reading copy" referred to above could be the ebook as well! So while ebooks won't replace my library, I think they will definitely have an impact on its size!

yvanleterrible · 02-17-2009, 06:02 PM

I've building furniture for a living fer... 29 years and 9 months.

I do marqetry (table top) and carving like on the armoire, all for the same client.

Oops! And eighteen days.

pilotbob · 02-17-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I've building furniture for a living fer... 29 years and 9 months.

Very nice. I wish someone like you was around here. I want to have my mantle lowered and modified so I can put my HD TV and speakers there.. and create built in books shelves on eaither side to hold equipment and books!

BOb

yvanleterrible · 02-17-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Very nice. I wish someone like you was around here. I want to have my mantle lowered and modified so I can put my HD TV and speakers there.

BOb

The sound system alone in that little armoire is worth around 60 grand (Can D)

lilac_jive · 02-17-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I've building furniture for a living fer... 29 years and 9 months.

I do marqetry (table top) and carving like on the armoire, all for the same client.

Oops! And eighteen days.

How much does one of your libraries cost?

I can pay you....over ten years..

yvanleterrible · 02-17-2009, 06:10 PM

That one around 15 G ...including installation.

I have a tiny web site. The URL is on my user page. (Argh! That'll get me spammed again)

lilac_jive · 02-17-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

That one around 15 G ...including installation.

I have a tiny web site. The URL is on my user page. (Argh! That'll get me spammed again)

Ok, make that twenty years

I have this wall in my new house in the loft that is just SCREAMING to be a wall-to-wall bookcase.

pilotbob · 02-17-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

That one around 15 G ...including installation.

Wow... that's nice. I would pay 15 G for a room like that.

If I could afford a room like that. of course.

BOb

zerospinboson · 02-17-2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

what you say is true of good quality books, sure. if you buy nice hardcovers (or good quality paperbacks, with sewn bindings and good paper) then a book can be quite durable.

however, my books are not stored in particularly extreme conditions (i live here too after all) but still, i have countless not-that-old paperbacks which are literally falling to pieces : the glue of the binding doesn't hold anymore, so the pages fall out in clumps or individually, and the paper is yellow and brittle and sometimes just turning the page is enough to tear it, or the corner will actually break off in my fingers (and before you say it, i have a gentle touch).

the problem is a lot of books are not made to last and i think often people don't make the distinction. some are, and i won't dispute that ; i also have some very nice books on good quality paper (which is still white and not brittle) and i think i can count on keeping them for many years to come, hopefully my whole life, for some of them. i'm not saying that books are all so poorly made and so fragile that the slightest exposure to indirect sunlight for more than 30 seconds will cause them to disintegrate. but they *are* nonetheless fragile, and some of them are not made to last, and those ones will certainly be outlived by digital media as long as you take the minimum precaution to keep access to it ; much like there are certain precautions you must take to preserve paper books.

The Brothers Karamazov (Everyman's Library, hardcover)
This is the kind of book (binding) one [that is, I] would like to see more.
That said, there is a (i think Library of Congress) standard that some books claim to adhere to for "long-lastingness" [or something].
Anyway, buying hardcovers from amazon US was very rewarding for me last year (as a dutch national) because of the marvellous euro<>dollar exchange rate (especially when it was at ~1:1,55), so I got quite a few of these volumes for something like €10 each, ex shipping (which wasn't that much either)

mjh215 · 02-17-2009, 06:22 PM

Lovely work yvan... I'm a hobbyist woodworker, though I have been my whole life... (My father is a patternmaker) Other then my kitchen cabinets I haven't done anything that elaborate, my hats off to ya...

-MJ

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-17-2009, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

That one around 15 G ...including installation.

I have a tiny web site. The URL is on my user page. (Argh! That'll get me spammed again)

Oh wow - you have created some gorgeous, goregous stuff. And the marquetry is jaw dropping.

Spartacus2112 · 02-17-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I've building furniture for a living fer... 29 years and 9 months.

I do marqetry (table top) and carving like on the armoire, all for the same client.

Oops! And eighteen days.

Beautiful inlay work! Do you do guitars as well?

View Poll Results: Will e-readers make your library obsolete?
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02-17-2009, 06:02 PM	#94
stoogeswoman Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 492 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Reseda, CA Device: eBookwise 1150 and Kindle 1	Well, someone in my mother's "blackmail stash" is a picture of me at the age of 8 going to bed with four, count 'em four, of my favorite books! My lifelong love affair with books includes the physical object as well as the content! So no, my ebooks won't replace my library any time soon. I do, however, think it will make me much more selective about which books I buy and in which media. If I really, really love a book to the point of obsession, I often buy more than one copy: one really good collectible/first edition (the best I can afford), which gets a place of honor on my shelf and is lovingly cared for; and one "reading copy" which can be tossed into a bag and otherwise molested. However, if I know that I probably won't read it more than once or twice - like most of the trade paperbacks - I think now I would buy it as an ebook. Those tend to get donated to the library eventually anyway. And actually, now that I think about it, the "reading copy" referred to above could be the ebook as well! So while ebooks won't replace my library, I think they will definitely have an impact on its size! Last edited by stoogeswoman; 02-17-2009 at 06:05 PM.

02-17-2009, 06:02 PM	#95
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I've building furniture for a living fer... 29 years and 9 months. I do marqetry (table top) and carving like on the armoire, all for the same client. Oops! And eighteen days. Last edited by yvanleterrible; 07-28-2010 at 11:39 PM.

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02-17-2009, 05:50 PM	#91
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	That little library goes around the room. Wanna see a closeup of the table?

02-17-2009, 06:10 PM	#99
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	That one around 15 G ...including installation. I have a tiny web site. The URL is on my user page. (Argh! That'll get me spammed again)

02-17-2009, 06:22 PM	#103
mjh215 Guru Posts: 988 Karma: 12653 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: None of your business	Lovely work yvan... I'm a hobbyist woodworker, though I have been my whole life... (My father is a patternmaker) Other then my kitchen cabinets I haven't done anything that elaborate, my hats off to ya... -MJ