As we all are, an avid reader!

painkilleraz · 04-02-2011, 01:43 AM

I am as, most here are, someone who lives and breathes books. Recently however, due to upcoming graduate school and family life have had to begin selling or giving away my paper library. This is something that hurts quite a bit more then I ever expected it would. However, to move where we are planning for my graduate studies it is necessary to reduce expenses and a major one is moving the over three thousand first edition manuscripts my library once held.

Thankfully my caring family realized the sacrifice I was making and purchased for me a Kindle 2, this tiny piece of hardware has completely changed my life and now I carry it with me everywhere. Currently, I have over 500 of my precious books on it and am always looking for more. Thanks to Gutenburg and other similar avenues I have been able to restore my priceless (to me) collections of work from 200+ years ago.

I am joining this forum for two purposes, first because it seems like a wonderful place, and second because my thirst for knowledge drives me to both exchange and gather new and wonderful tomes of print for my now largely digital library.

I currently write journal and academic papers as well as the occasional article for various publications and can only credit my voracious appetite for reading with the ability to place on paper those thoughts that batter us all round the head and jerk from our souls the very essence of our being.

(I am practicing my creative writing as it is not my strong suite and in fact leaves, as you can easily see, much to be desired.)

So thank you all and please do not take offense if I rarely pop in, after all graduate school is far more difficult then I expected or at least far more time intensive.

neilmarr · 04-02-2011, 08:42 AM

Good to have your company, PainKiller. An ebook virtual library certainly does solve a lot of problems, but I, like many others here, understand just how traumatic it can be to ruthlessly prune a treasured collection of treebooks. If you're like most, the good news is that you'll soon get over it. Luck with the studies, happy Kindling and very best wishes. Neil

MickeyC · 04-02-2011, 08:58 AM

Hi painkilleraz and welcome to MobileRead. Be sure and check out our free books here in the Patricia Clark Memorial Library

GeoffC · 04-03-2011, 04:25 AM

Welcome to Mobileread ….

Gutenburg good !, Mobileread Library even better ....

"Land of Sun"

Valmore Daniels · 04-03-2011, 10:55 AM

welcome

04-02-2011, 01:43 AM	#1
painkilleraz Reader,writer Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Land of Sun Device: Kindle 2	As we all are, an avid reader! I am as, most here are, someone who lives and breathes books. Recently however, due to upcoming graduate school and family life have had to begin selling or giving away my paper library. This is something that hurts quite a bit more then I ever expected it would. However, to move where we are planning for my graduate studies it is necessary to reduce expenses and a major one is moving the over three thousand first edition manuscripts my library once held. Thankfully my caring family realized the sacrifice I was making and purchased for me a Kindle 2, this tiny piece of hardware has completely changed my life and now I carry it with me everywhere. Currently, I have over 500 of my precious books on it and am always looking for more. Thanks to Gutenburg and other similar avenues I have been able to restore my priceless (to me) collections of work from 200+ years ago. I am joining this forum for two purposes, first because it seems like a wonderful place, and second because my thirst for knowledge drives me to both exchange and gather new and wonderful tomes of print for my now largely digital library. I currently write journal and academic papers as well as the occasional article for various publications and can only credit my voracious appetite for reading with the ability to place on paper those thoughts that batter us all round the head and jerk from our souls the very essence of our being. (I am practicing my creative writing as it is not my strong suite and in fact leaves, as you can easily see, much to be desired.) So thank you all and please do not take offense if I rarely pop in, after all graduate school is far more difficult then I expected or at least far more time intensive.

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04-02-2011, 08:42 AM	#2
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, PainKiller. An ebook virtual library certainly does solve a lot of problems, but I, like many others here, understand just how traumatic it can be to ruthlessly prune a treasured collection of treebooks. If you're like most, the good news is that you'll soon get over it. Luck with the studies, happy Kindling and very best wishes. Neil

04-02-2011, 08:58 AM	#3
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi painkilleraz and welcome to MobileRead. Be sure and check out our free books here in the Patricia Clark Memorial Library

04-03-2011, 04:25 AM	#4
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Welcome to Mobileread …. Gutenburg good !, Mobileread Library even better .... "Land of Sun"

04-03-2011, 10:55 AM	#5
Valmore Daniels Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,592 Karma: 2822668 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	welcome