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I tend to hold on to them, unless they were brain-candy, in which case I throw them away.

We sort of have something like that.

I hear that under the mattresses in US hotels you can find plenty of **** mags...

Does that count?

We're so uncultured....

No, but I've seen that in Mexico and thought it was a lovely idea.

I have a big box in my closet, when it's full I donate them. Unless I like the book and would like to reread it in the future, of course.

My wife and I usually take our books to an used book store and trade them in for others. One time we went to one, while she was trading in the books I was looking for something else to get. I noticed that they had alot of religious books and not alot of others. She just happen to be trading in romance novels, which after I saw what type of books they sold I went to find her. We I got back to her she was a little red in the face and told me they didn't take those books because they only dealt in religious books. They said they where a little too racy for their taste. So from then on we only dealt with one of the other stores in town that would take anything.

I do have several bookshelves of those that I might re-read, 1st editions, reference texts, those I'm collecting (E.g. all the Discworld Hardbacks) and those that might make good presents.

You know those people that "You don't know what to buy for Christmas"?. I have a number of 1860s - 1890s bound anthologies of "Strand Magazine" (that included the original serialised DiCkens and Conan-Doyle novels).

There's something nice about reading a Sherlock Holmes mystery from the pages that were printed over a hundred years ago for avid readers impatiently awaiting the next episode.

Yeah I'm a book Nerd

My relief is that if I'm burgled, they might take my TVs, PCs and Guitars, but I doubt they'll have the wit to steal my signed first editions from Albert Camus, Aldous Huxley, TE Lawrence and my prized Hemingway.

Anything I'm not sure I'm going to want to keep, I get from a used bookstore and trade back. If it's a book I'm fairly sure will become a favorite that I will revisit from time to time, I buy it new and hold onto it.

I keep just about every book I read, and display them proudly so that those who find themselves in my comfy abode will assume I'm an intellectual. Some of my graphical novels seem to have become rather crusty, and I keep them between my mattress and boxspring.

The only books I ever really exchanged commonly were during my extended period of table-top roleplaying throughout my teens. I would find that whatever we were playing just wasn't cutting it, so I'd head down to Hooked on Books and trade them in for some new pasttime. I was a fickle nerd.

I have a fUcking library for half of my bedroom room. It's borderline hoarding syndrome All the books that people give away, end up with me. Give them up people.

I from a long line of readers, who collect books. I met Jonwin at the Science Fiction Society, so there were a fair number of books and not enough bookshelves when I moved in. Most of what I have are still in boxes, that I may peek into looking for one or two. Jonwin is more likely to be willing to give away books to local thrift store, but I only will part with a book, that I hated.

We also collect sign copies of our favorite authors, and the latest Compton Crook Award winner. 3 years ago, I was able to get the signed final copies of 2 manuscripts before the editors made any changes at BSFS annual RIF auction. Syne Mitchell was so impress with the amount of money BSFS collect for a middle school, with large ESOL population, she sent them across county for the auction.

My ex and I had 40 boxes of books last time the navy moved us across country. I think I was able to save about 15 boxes worth. Once someone said you could compined all the books in my sister's, parent's and our collection and fill a good size library with every subject covered.

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle will be at the next convention, so dig out your favorites get your requests in now and we'll try to get books sign for you. We even honnor requests from snails.

Yeah, we know.

The water closet?