When you look at your overloaded bookshelf how do you make decisions about which books to cull?
Buying, as we know, is extraordinarily easy. Reducing not so much.
Newly single I was faced with a move to a smaller house and the realisation that my 4000 books were not going to fit, no way, no how . I had to get down to maybe 1500
My keeper criteria were
1 Sentimental connection,
2 Must have classics
3 Rarity. ie how easily could I buy another copy if I wanted to.
For me 3 was the biggest help, though it required a fair bit of internet spade work to ensure that there were enough of each specific edition / cover art kicking around abe and ebay. I knew I could donate without later regret.
How about you? Have you ever culled or do you just keep them all to build kitchen extentions and stairs to the attic?
Buying, as we know, is extraordinarily easy. Reducing not so much.
Newly single I was faced with a move to a smaller house and the realisation that my 4000 books were not going to fit, no way, no how . I had to get down to maybe 1500
My keeper criteria were
1 Sentimental connection,
2 Must have classics
3 Rarity. ie how easily could I buy another copy if I wanted to.
For me 3 was the biggest help, though it required a fair bit of internet spade work to ensure that there were enough of each specific edition / cover art kicking around abe and ebay. I knew I could donate without later regret.
How about you? Have you ever culled or do you just keep them all to build kitchen extentions and stairs to the attic?