Cleared Out the pBooks!

DixieGal · 02-23-2009, 01:44 PM

I did it! Cleared off the shelves and overfilled the library's book drop box. They are gone and I have a wall of empty shelving to fill up again with rocks and gemstones. Sweet freedom and space!

JSWolf · 02-23-2009, 01:52 PM

When's the library book sale?

DixieGal · 02-23-2009, 02:11 PM

Soon, I imagine. It was mostly a lifetime's worth of college literature books, so hopefully they will be able to use them.

grooks · 02-23-2009, 02:14 PM

I sold 4 boxes of hard cover and paperback books to a local used book store. Less clutter feels so good.

GeoffC · 02-23-2009, 02:17 PM

Stuff the books - I'll have the gems and rocks .... then you'll have no use for the shelves.

zelda_pinwheel · 02-23-2009, 02:20 PM

oh, congratulations !! i'm jealous !! did you replace them all with ebooks, or just decide you wouldn't read them again so why keep them ?

i've been doing that too but it's been a slow and often painful process... there are some books i definitely want to keep and some i definitely don't need to but where do you draw the line ?? especially since i don't want to give away anything i would want to read again before i replace it with an ebook, and sadly, i have a LOT of books that aren't available as ebooks (yet ?). Léo Malet, i'm looking at YOU ! (among others). i love the Nestor Burma series and definitely want to have it around, but the editions i have now are those cheap pulp editions so they should really go as soon as possible. plus i have a LOT of them.

*sigh* i wish i knew someone nearby with one of those scanners where you cut off the binding and drop the whole thing in... that would really make my life simpler. although with the proofing and the ocr error correction, it might also make me go right off Nestor Burma, and that would be a shame...

Sweetpea · 02-23-2009, 02:23 PM

I could never give my pbooks away... As a matter of fact, I need lots more to fill our lounge...

zelda_pinwheel · 02-23-2009, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I could never give my pbooks away... As a matter of fact, I need lots more to fill our lounge...

i might be able to help you out with that...

AnemicOak · 02-23-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

I did it! Cleared off the shelves and overfilled the library's book drop box. They are gone and I have a wall of empty shelving to fill up again with rocks and gemstones. Sweet freedom and space!

Lucky you.

I've been able to get rid of hundreds of books, but still have a few thousand on hand. I don't think I'll ever be pbook free though. To many non-fiction titles I doubt will ever be ebooks.

yvanleterrible · 02-23-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

). i wish i knew someone nearby with one of those scanners where you cut off the binding and drop the whole thing in... that would really make my life simpler. although with the proofing and the ocr error correction, it might also make me go right off Nestor Burma, and that would be a shame...

Oh! Don't try it with old yellowed fragile paper. It tears up into the machine at every few pages. You have then to fish tiny bits out and wind up typing everything by hand; after having to puzzle out the page. It happened to me while trying an old Bob Morane. I too wish I could find those old copies in ebooks .

DixieGal · 02-23-2009, 02:39 PM

Tim got rid of all of his old electronic reference books - some talked about possibly sometine in the future having computers in our own homes! Imagine that! I had already given away my scifi collection, so these were mostly college textbooks of literature, so they really never go out of style.

I had been slowly clearing them out, but finally yesterday I thought, "You will never be able to read pbooks again. Just get rid of them." And it was easy after that.

If I ever want to re-read them, I know where to find them to download. See the blinking red arrow above the blue line and the link to "ebooks." Oh wait, there are no blinking arrows to draw attention to the link.

Geoff Sugar, you can have them. But you have to pick them up, because I ain't shipping them overseas!

We did keep all of our travel and art books - those are priceless to us!

yvanleterrible · 02-23-2009, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

We did keep all of our travel and art books - those are priceless to us!

So they are to me too!

GeoffC · 02-23-2009, 02:45 PM

Let's see, does any airline fly Scotland to Birmingham Ala ?

DixieGal · 02-23-2009, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Let's see, does any airline fly Scotland to Birmingham Ala ?

Naw, you have to change planes in Atlanta. Twice. And once in Dallas.

lilac_jive · 02-23-2009, 02:54 PM

I have a few boxes I'm dropping off at the library soon (aka when I get off my lazy butt). Half of them are still packed up somewhere from when I moved back home. Trying to figure out if I should dig them out before I move or after.

02-23-2009, 01:44 PM	#1
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Cleared Out the pBooks! I did it! Cleared off the shelves and overfilled the library's book drop box. They are gone and I have a wall of empty shelving to fill up again with rocks and gemstones. Sweet freedom and space!

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	When's the library book sale?

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DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Soon, I imagine. It was mostly a lifetime's worth of college literature books, so hopefully they will be able to use them.

02-23-2009, 02:14 PM	#4
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	I sold 4 boxes of hard cover and paperback books to a local used book store. Less clutter feels so good.

02-23-2009, 02:17 PM	#5
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Stuff the books - I'll have the gems and rocks .... then you'll have no use for the shelves.

02-23-2009, 02:20 PM	#6
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oh, congratulations !! i'm jealous !! did you replace them all with ebooks, or just decide you wouldn't read them again so why keep them ? i've been doing that too but it's been a slow and often painful process... there are some books i definitely want to keep and some i definitely don't need to but where do you draw the line ?? especially since i don't want to give away anything i would want to read again before i replace it with an ebook, and sadly, i have a LOT of books that aren't available as ebooks (yet ?). Léo Malet, i'm looking at YOU ! (among others). i love the Nestor Burma series and definitely want to have it around, but the editions i have now are those cheap pulp editions so they should really go as soon as possible. plus i have a LOT of them. sigh i wish i knew someone nearby with one of those scanners where you cut off the binding and drop the whole thing in... that would really make my life simpler. although with the proofing and the ocr error correction, it might also make me go right off Nestor Burma, and that would be a shame...

02-23-2009, 02:23 PM	#7
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I could never give my pbooks away... As a matter of fact, I need lots more to fill our lounge...

02-23-2009, 02:39 PM	#11
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Tim got rid of all of his old electronic reference books - some talked about possibly sometine in the future having computers in our own homes! Imagine that! I had already given away my scifi collection, so these were mostly college textbooks of literature, so they really never go out of style. I had been slowly clearing them out, but finally yesterday I thought, "You will never be able to read pbooks again. Just get rid of them." And it was easy after that. If I ever want to re-read them, I know where to find them to download. See the blinking red arrow above the blue line and the link to "ebooks." Oh wait, there are no blinking arrows to draw attention to the link. Geoff Sugar, you can have them. But you have to pick them up, because I ain't shipping them overseas! We did keep all of our travel and art books - those are priceless to us!

02-23-2009, 02:45 PM	#13
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Let's see, does any airline fly Scotland to Birmingham Ala ?

02-23-2009, 02:54 PM	#15
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I have a few boxes I'm dropping off at the library soon (aka when I get off my lazy butt). Half of them are still packed up somewhere from when I moved back home. Trying to figure out if I should dig them out before I move or after.

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