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Post by artraveler on Oct 3, 2020 11:10:52 GMT -8
I have about 600 books on my Kindle, but my phone still weighs less than a pound. Some are duplicates of the written library. I have made arrangements for the U of A library to get the books when the time comes. I don't know how, or if I can pass on the electronic library. Suggestions?
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Post by timothylane on Oct 3, 2020 11:16:46 GMT -8
I don't know how much our collection weighed, but it may have reached that. My main paperback collection was in 7 large, deep bookcases that probably stored in the vicinity of a thousand books each, and they were just a small fraction of the bookcases we had. The family room floor was difficult to get around in because of all the books stacked on the floor (this was below ground level, so flooding was always a major worry). We had them stored on our staircases (leaving enough room to go up or down), and there were bookcases in just about every room.
Considering how many were hardbacks, and adding in the magazine collections (especially in the large bedroom closets, though there were some elsewhere), I suspect our collections of reading material may well have exceeded that amount. And just about all of it left behind, to our great regret.
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Post by timothylane on Oct 3, 2020 11:21:20 GMT -8
I have a Kindle somewhere, though I'm not sure what happened with all the medical moves. Certainly it isn't with me personally. But I can handle them on my computer, and it has FAR more than 600 books (many of them in multiple formats). Grant McCormick continues to send free Kindle editions to his "book club", including the monthly download from Baen Books (he sent one today).
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Post by artraveler on Oct 3, 2020 11:41:20 GMT -8
I don't know how much our collection weighed, but it may have reached that. Tim, I am so sorry that you had to leave them behind. It is like losing thousands of friends who you had grown up with and know well. It is not that many of the books can not be replaced but the emotional investment you made to decide to read them is gone. One of the greatest horror stories ever done was a Twilight Zone with Burgess Meredith as the survivor of the end of the world. He sits down with a library of his favorite books and his glasses are broken.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Oct 4, 2020 9:07:07 GMT -8
I understand the bits can be recycled which can be turned into pixie dust from which healing potions and other products can be made. You could also create The Artler Residential Virtual Library. That may not be as grand as The Reagan Library. But because it's virtual, parking is easier.
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